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MṢM 193
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DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 193 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner (mqṭr) | ||||||||||||
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base | ||||||||||||
| Dimensions | h. 117, w. 21, th. 14 | ||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | The frontal face of the censer, decorated in low relief, shows in the centre the crescent moon and disc leaning on a trapezoidal base, on the sides of which two superimposed false windows; below two faced each other recumbent ibexes; at the corners of the frontal face two squared protruding merlons, while a third triangular one projects from the centre. Inscription A engraved on the censer below the ibexes; inscription B engraved on the upper part of the tall base; inscription C engraved on the lower part of the tall base. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (Hamdān) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | According to the Catalogues the provenance of the object might be Maʾrib. |
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EPIGRAPHS
| Title | MṢM 193A |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
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| Title | MṢM 193B |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
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| Title | MṢM 193C |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
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