National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Foot (?) Censer 
Period: Early Islamic
Material: Soapstone
Site: Ramla, esh-Sheikh Rihan
Description: Part of a handle of an incense burner made of soap stone. The handle, round in section, is obliquely carved with a pommel-shaped termination.The handle belongs to a square incense burner, round on the inside, raised on four carved feet. Sherds of similar incense burners were found in Ramla and its vicinity.
Bibliography:
Whitcomb, D. 1988. AQABA "Port of Palestine on the China Sea". The Oriental Institute, Chicago.. Chicago, 25, 25.

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Foot Censer  
Photographer :Yolovitch Yael

Foot Censer  
Photographer :Yolovitch Yael





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