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Incense burner, c. mid-1st millennium B.C. (bronze)

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Incense burner, c. mid-1st millennium B.C. (bronze)
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Artist
South Arabian
Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Medium
bronze
Date
c. 500 BC (C5th BC)
Dimensions
27.7 high cms
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The ibex and snakes symbolize virility and fertility, the disk-and-crescent probably represents the moon god. The building is therefore probably a temple.

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Bridgeman Images
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animal / snake / reptile / civilisation / Asia / archaelogy / archaeological / sculpture / asian / civilization / Arabia / arabian / metalwork / disk / crescent / snake / ibex / symbolic / animals / symbols / temple / religion / religious / facade / worship / horns / horned

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