IAA Number: 2014-1521
| 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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