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Incensiere

ca. mid-1st millennium BCE
Not on view
Dalla metà del I millennio a.C. fino al VI secolo d.C., i regni dell’Arabia sudoccidentale acquisirono notevole ricchezza e potenza grazie al controllo esercitato sul commercio dell’incenso tra l’Arabia e le regioni costiere del Mediterraneo. Questo oggetto in bronzo, adibito a bruciare l’incenso, denota l’importanza dell’incenso nella religione dei popoli dell’Arabia sudoccidentale. Lo stambecco e i serpenti che lo ornano sono potenti simboli apotropaici che rappresentano virilità e fertilità, spesso associati alle divinità locali. Il simbolo di un cerchio e una falce probabilmente rappresenta la Luna, la dea suprema del panteon.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Incensiere
  • Data: ca. 500 a.C.
  • Area geografica: Arabia sudoccidentale
  • Materiale e tecnica: Bronzo
  • Dimensioni: Alt. 27,6 cm
  • Crediti: Dono del dott. Sidney A. Charlat, in memoria dei genitori, Newman e Adele Charlat, 1949
  • Numero d'inventario: 49.71.2
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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