CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Incense burner (mqṭr)
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
Dimensionsupper half: h. 23.5, w. 13.9; lower half: max. w. 21.6
Decoration
Figurative subjectSymbol
      Symbol's shapeCrescent moon and disc with base
Chronology
PeriodLate

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (Yemen)
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleJa 2897
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1981: 97-98Jamme, Albert W.F. 1981. Pre-islamic Arabian Miscellanea. Pages 95-112 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität.