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Incensário

ca. mid-1st millennium BCE
Not on view
Desde meado do primeiro milênio a C. até o século VI. d.C., os reinos do sudoeste da Arábia desfrutaram de grande riqueza e poder graças ao seu controle do comércio entre a Arábia e os povos mediterrâneos. A importância do incenso na religião no sudoeste da Arábia é evidente no incensário de bronze. O íbice e as serpentes que o decoram, poderosos símbolos apotropaicos que representam a virilidade e fertilidade, eram frequentemente associados a divindades locais. O símbolo do disco e a meia-lua crescente representa provavelmente o deus lunar, principal divindade do panteão.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Incensário
  • Data: ca. 500 a.C.
  • Geografia: Sudoeste da Arábia
  • Meio: Bronze
  • Dimensões: 27,6 cm de altura
  • Linha de créditos: Doação de Dr. Sidney A. Charlat, em memória de seus pais, Newman e Adele Charlat, 1949
  • Número de acesso: 49.71.2
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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