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RES 4941
By kind permission of GOAM
By kind permission of GOAM
By kind permission of GOAM
By kind permission of GOAM
By kind permission of GOAM
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 10=AM 44 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base | ||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | h. 19.5, w. 16, th. 15.7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Alabaster incense burner composed by an upper cuboid censer, supported by a very squat and straight base. The censer frontal face shows an elaborate decoration, consisting in a central panel with a row of five ibex's heads at the top and the symbol of crescent moon and disc on a triangular base. The central panel ends at the bottom with a row of dentils above a row of small triangles. On the lateral edges there is an architectural decoration consisting in two series of superimposed false windows, separated by four horizontal grooves and a row of three dentils. The lateral decoration rojects at the top forming two lateral merlons. The inscription, incised at the base, is filled by black colour. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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EPIGRAPHS
| Title | RES 4941 |
| Concordance | Ry 234 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |