This 3D model recreates a Sabaean cuboid incense burner from Aden, Yemen, dated to the 2nd–1st century BC and preserved in the British Museum collection (object W 1915,0710.6; CIH 683 / RES 3214). The original is carved in pink limestone with four short legs, a square bowl, cross‑hatched leg decoration and rows of small triangles framing the inscription panels.dictionary.
All four sides carry an Ancient South Arabian (musnad) inscription, published in the epigraphic corpus under CIH 683 / RES 3214 and probably listing different types of aromatics or a dedicatory formula.
The model follows the real‑world dimensions of the British Museum artifact: overall height approx. 9.5 cm, length 10 cm, width 10 cm, with the bowl itself rising about 2.7 cm and holding around 130 ml. The interior shows a darkened ring along the rim and a central burnt patch, reproducing the soot marks from repeated burning of incense in the original object.
