DASI ID: ID: 10244
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"Agostini 2021: 88, fig.7 By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)"
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Chronological
Period: C
Range: 100 BCE - 1 BCE
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Incense burner
Materials: Stone
Shape: With truncated pyramidal base
Measures: h. 24 (tot); h. 14, w. 11, th. 13 (top); h. 12, w. 11.5 (base)
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Crescent moon
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Letter Measure: 5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Barāqish, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Yṯl
Type of Site: Settlement
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