DASI ID: ID: 10255
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"Antonini 2021: 179, fig. 10.a-c By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)"
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Chronological
Period: B (conjectural)
Range: 400 BCE - 100 CE
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Incense burner
Materials: Stone
Shape: With truncated pyramidal base
Measures: h. 25 (tot); h. 17.5, w. max 9.5, w. min 6 (base); 7 x 9 x 9.8 (anepigraphic top); 6,8 x 8,4 x 6 (inscribed top)
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: False window
Letter Measure: 2
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Barāqish, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Yṯl
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
repository: Storeroom
settlement: Barāqish
institution: Museum
private Collection: false
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