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incense-burner(leg ?)

Object Type: incense-burner (leg ?)
Museum number: 2007,6001.15981
Description: Anhydrite incense-burner (?); carved from white anhydrite; traces of polishing marks on the surfaces; leg fragment.
Cultures/periods: Early Islamic
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: David Whitehouse (Excavation season 1966)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Siraf, Trench A, context 31
Materials: anhydrite
Technique: carved; polished
Dimensions: Length: 6.10 centimetres; Weight: 33.50 grammes; Thickness: 1.60 centimetres; Width: 1.90 centimetres
Location: Not on display
Condition: fair
Department: Middle East
Registration number: 2007,6001.15981
Additional IDs: Excavation/small finds number: 530 (excavation number)