CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositKanagawa (Japan), Tokai University, Tokai Suzuki-ASA no. 8

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeRectangular with feet
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 6.75, w. 21, th. walls 3
Decoration
Figurative subjectAnimal » Bull
      Part of animal bodyHead
      ViewFrontal
Figurative subjectAnimal » Bull
      Part of animal bodyHoof
Figurative subjectMonogram
      Resolved monogramʾbyfʿ
Chronology
PeriodMiddle
Notes on support and decorationsLimestone tray on four angular legs, in the shape of animal's (probably bull's) hooves. The bull's symbol, in the form of a very stylized bucranium, appears also on the front face of the object.
A deep groove is carved in corrispondance of the rim.
A monogram is incised on the external long wall, whose reading is not certain.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
Link to site record

CULTURAL NOTES

Editors define the object as a container; the object was very probably used as incense burner, like other similar examples: in particular PM 30-47-37 (strong traces of burning inside) and BM 135682.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Prioletta, Hull and Blumell 2019: 253-255, figs 8/a-dPrioletta, Alessia, Hull, Kerry and Blumell, Lincoln H. 2019. The ancient South Arabian collection at Tokai University (Japan) and a miscellaneous item. Semitica et Classica. Revue Internationale d'Études Orientales et Méditerranéennes, 12: 245-258.