Support type | Artefact » Incense burner | ||||||
Shape | Cuboid | ||||||
Material | Stone | ||||||
Measures | w. 8, th. 8 | ||||||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | Three out of four faces are decorated with three horizontal series of triangles above a zigzag line. The fourth face hosts an inscription in between the top series of triangles and the zigzag line at the bottom. |
Modern site | Barāqish |
Ancient site | Yṯl |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Nkrḥ |
Notes | The object was found during the excavations of the Minaean layers of the temple. |
Link to site record |
Title | Y.92.B.O/103 |
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic |
Link to epigraph record |
Marion de Procé 2021: 258, fig. 7 | Marion de Procé, Solène 2021. Le mobilier de culte dans le temple de Nakraḥ à Barāqish. Pages 254-269 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress. |