Incense Burner
30-47-31
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: South Arabia
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 30-47-31 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | South Arabia |
| Date Made | 3rd century BCE - 1st century BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Description | Limestone square trough (incense burner) on four feet connected by rungs. Each face is carved in low relief. There is a triangular tooth pattern above a double straight band spanning all sides with black paint in the inscription only. There are cross-line incisions on the feet. There is a hole pierced through the corner above the accession number. The inscription is of names of aromatic plants on the four faces: Kalm, drw, rnd, hdk: reed, aloes, nard, acid (?) |
| Height | 8 cm |
| Length | 8 cm |
| Width | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Quill Jones, 1930 |
| Other Number | R'ES 4249 - Other Number |
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