What is Brazier?
A brazier is a container used to burn [[charcoal]] or any other [[solid fuel]] for cooking, heating or [[Ritual|cultural rituals]]. It often takes the form of a metal box or bowl with feet. Its elevation helps to circulate air, giving [[oxygen]] to the [[fire]]. Braziers have been used since [[Ancient history|ancient times]]; the Nimrud brazier dates to at least 824 BC.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Russel|first=John M.|date=November 2003|title=The MPs Do It Again: Two More Antiquities from the Top 30 Are Back in the Iraq Museum|url=http://www.archaeological.org/pdfs/papers/J_Russell_recovery.pdf|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Archaeological Institute of America.}}</ref> ==History== [[File:3238 - Athens - Casserole and brazier - Stoà of Attalus Museum - Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto, Nov 9 2009.jpg|thumb|[[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] brazier and [[casserole]], 6th/4th century BC, showed in the Ancient Agora Museum in [[Athens]], housed in the [[Stoa of Attalus]]]] The word brazier is said in the [[Bible]]. The [[Hebrew]] word for brazier is believed to be of Egyptian origin, suggesting that it was imported from Egypt. The single reference to it in the Bible being the following verse: *{{bibleverse|Jeremiah|36:22-23|HE}} - the winter palace of King [[Jehoiakim]] was heated by a brazier ({{Lang-he|אָח}}). Roman Emperor [[Jovian (emperor)|Jovian]] was [[carbon monoxide poisoning|poisoned by the fumes from a brazier]] in his tent in 364, ending the line of [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]]. == References == <references /> [[Category:Cooking appliances]]