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Darrera modificació: 2011-11-14
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Hardy-Guilbert, Claire - Le Maguer, Sterenn, "Chihr de l'encens", Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 21 (2010), 49-70.
- Resum
- Frankincense burners found in al-Shihr's excavations in Yemen, a frankincense harbour during the Islamic period, represent a rare corpus of this type, which is an indication of both specific use and goods from South Arabia. Although associated with the pre-Islamic South Arabian kingdoms, the frankincense burner evolved throughout the Islamic period. This is proved by the long chronological sequence of the al-Shihr site (780–1996). Texts quoting the presence of frankincense, its use and its trade in al-Shihr are cited in this article to support the reputation of this harbour-town, which is part of the maritime trade networks of medieval Islam. The aim of this article is to create a renewal of interest in future archaeological research about this object, which is so often neglected in spite of its importance as a testimony of the customs and exchanges that are deeply rooted in Arabian civilisation.
- Matèries
- Història de la tècnica
Medicina - Farmacologia
Arabisme
- URL
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0 ...
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