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MṢM 4393
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DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 4393 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner | ||||
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base | ||||
| Material | Stone | ||||
| Dimensions | h. 17.5, w. 9, th. 9 | ||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | The motif of crescent moon and disc is unusual: the disc appears inside a overturned triangular field, where the crescent is not clearly represented. The lower limits of the triangle itself are probably allusive for the crescent, which appears completely twisted. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī al-Jawf) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | MṢM 4393 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |