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A censer, incense burner, perfume burner or pastille burner is a vessel made for burning incense or perfume in some solid form. They vary greatly in size, form, and material of construction, and have been in use since ancient times throughout the world.
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The psalmist expresses the symbolism of incense and prayer: “Let my prayer rise like incense before you; the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.” (Psalm 141:1). In the Gospel, Zechariah is in the temple at the time of the incense offering (Luke 1) and the gifts the Magi offered to the Christ Child included gold, frankincense ...
This incense burner was discovered near a collapsed ancient earthen construction facility near the Alma-Atinka River in Malaya, south of Almaty, in 1979. It consists of a round tray and a conical openwork base. Sculptures of bulls with humps on their backs are lined up along the edge of the incense burner.
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The word is derived from "bakhoor", incense. The mabkhara was traditionally made from clay or soft stone. The mabkhara was traditionally made from clay or soft stone. Most mabkharas (or mabakhir , the Arabic plural) have a square pedestal base with inward sloping sides which support a square cup with outward sloping sides.
Robert Bianchi wrote in 2004 that the Qustul burner was made from a type of limestone rock which is indigenous to Egypt. He also wrote that: "The Egyptian character of the Qustul incense burner has been firmly established. The vessel can now be shown to be an Egyptian product imported into Nubia….
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