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A SOUTH ARABIAN LIMESTONE INCENSE BURNER
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With a pyramidal pedestal base inscribed on two sides with five rows of Old South Arabian reading, "Abd-il and Dhakhirum, the sons of Nihmayan, clients servants of (the clan) Dhu-Shar'an, have [dedicate]ed to Athtar [with]in Hidrum an incense-altar and two statues for their well-being, and the well-being of their ... and their increase, for child[ren] and prosperity," the upper portion with a deep square bowl stepped along the sides, the front panel decorated in raised relief in four divided sections, rearing ibexes to the left and right with long back-curving horns, their bodies facing out, their heads turned back, the central section with a crescent moon and solar orb above a frontal bovine head, dentils below
21¾ in. (55.2 cm.) high
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