DASI ID: ID: 10258
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"Agostini 2021 a: 163, fig.13; Antonini 2021: 179, fig. 11 By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)"
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Chronological
Period: C (conjectural)
Range: 100 BCE - 99 CE
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Incense burner
Materials: Stone
Shape: With truncated pyramidal base
Measures: w. 14.5, th. 11.7
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Triangles
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Crescent moon
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Letter Measure: 3
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Writing Techniques: Relief
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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