Local Production of a Small Rectangular Limestone Incense Altar at Tell Halif, Israel: Iconographic Considerations

This article studies local production of an incense altar found at Tell Halif in 2007 through examining its iconography. The carvings depict hunting scenes consisting of a human and various animals. These animals are positively identified as zebu, wild boar, Saluki-type hounds, and Nubian ibexes. Th...

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Authors: Bang, Seung Ho (Author) ; Borowski, Oded 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of Chicago Press 2017
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2017, Issue: 377, Pages: 49-67
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HH Archaeology
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B Pictures
B Iron Age
B southern Arabia
B limestone incense altar
B LIMESTONE
B boar
B canid predator
B hunting scene
B Petrology
B Symbolism in art
B decorative motifs
B Iconography
B Tell Halif
B Nubians
B Iron Age II
B ibex
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Summary:This article studies local production of an incense altar found at Tell Halif in 2007 through examining its iconography. The carvings depict hunting scenes consisting of a human and various animals. These animals are positively identified as zebu, wild boar, Saluki-type hounds, and Nubian ibexes. The distribution of these five animals indicates that the southern Levant might be the source of primary influence for incense altar production, while southern Arabia is also a visible influential factor. Established trade between the southern Levant and southern Arabia, as early as the 12th-11th centuries b.c.e., might support the idea of cultural ties between the two regions. The taxonomical identifications strongly support the hypothesis that the object was locally produced. And this hypothesis is also in accord with the petrographic provenance analyses of the raw material used for the Tell Halif incense altar.
ISSN:2161-8062
Contains:Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.377.0049