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Cast bronze, incense-burner in the form of a bowl with a splayed foot, one wall raised to form a sort of shield surmounted by spikes, with the front decorated with the standing figure of an ibex or wild goat (Ovis orientalia) below star and crescent moon symbols which were originally highlighted with inlay, now missing. There is a petaled motif on the right hindquarters of the ibex and a star on its right shoulder. Traces of the clay core resulting from the original lost-wax casting process are visible within the bowl and on the underside of the footed base. The animal presumably served both as a convenient handle and as a cult object.
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