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ANCIENT BIBLICAL IRON AGE INCENSE BURNER STAND, 1000 BC browse these categories for related items... All Items: Holy Land: Judean: Pre AD 1000: item #956788
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You are considering a very attractive and rare ancient biblical Iron Age I clay incense burner stand with a high hollow base and circle brown paint all around the body and base These stands or chalices, as they are sometimes called(though it seems unlikely that they were used for drinking), are wheelmade and consist of a bowl resting on a hollow foot, which widens into a round base. Our stand belong to the Iron Age I, as indicated by their characteristics stepped bases, such stands were also common in the Late Bronze Age Their function as incense burners is suggested by the Egyptian wall reliefs from the New Kingdom, which depicted the conquest of Canaanite cities. In these scenes, a Canaanite is shown standing on the city wall holding such vessel, from which rise flames or incense smoke(see the picture). These vessles, which continued to be used in the 7th century B.C recall the cense(Hebrew MIQTERET from QETORET = Incense) Carried by UZZIAH King of Judah
Dated from, 1000 - 600 BC Measurements: Height: 19.5 cm - Diameter: 15 cm Condition: Professionally repaired at the base as shown otherwise intact Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel ALL ITEMS THAT WE OFFER FOR SALE COME WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY |
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