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Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 28
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Inscription in three fragments found by T. Bent in 1893: two fragments still in Yeha, while the third one is stored in the National Archaeological Museum of Addis Abeba.

TEXT


   1  Mms¹ w-Ht[.]↯n <h>qnyw→ Yfʿm b-Ḥw n↯fs¹-hmw w-nf[s¹ ʾ]lʾs¹ w-
   2  ʾlʿgz w-ʾlʿqb w-q↯n<y>-hmw |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Mms¹ and Ht[.] dedicated to Yfʿm in Ḥw, their life and the life of ʾlʾs¹,
   2  ʾlʿgḏ and ʾlʿqb and their properties.
Littmann 1913: 58Littmann, Enno 1913. Sabaische, griechische und altabessinische Inschriften. Enno Littmann, Theodor von Lüpke and Daniel Krencker, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition. 4. Berlin: Reimer.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAddis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 2398
Support typeArtefact » Altar
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 13.5, w. 70.5, th. 48
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteYeha
Ancient siteYḥʾ
Geographical areaTigray
CountryEthiopia
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThe object was reemployed in the wall of a house at Yeha.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Müller, David. H. 1894: 59-60, pl. IV/1-3Müller, David H. 1894. Epigraphische Denkmäler aus Abessinien. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Classe, 43: 1-82.
Müller, David H. 1896: 233-234Müller, David H. 1896. On the inscriptions from Yeha and Aksum. Pages 231-285 in J. Theodore Bent. The sacred city of the Ethiopians. London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co..
Krencker and Littmann 1906: 11-12Krencker, Daniel and Littmann, Enno 1906. Vorbericht der deutschen Aksumexpedition. (Anhang zu den Abhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2). Berlin: Reimer. [[Verlag der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften]]
Littmann 1913: 57-59Littmann, Enno 1913. Sabaische, griechische und altabessinische Inschriften. Enno Littmann, Theodor von Lüpke and Daniel Krencker, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition. 4. Berlin: Reimer.
Conti Rossini 1928: pl. LV, fig. 173/1 (facsimile)Conti Rossini, Carlo (=Karolus) 1928. Dalle origini all'avvento della dinastia Salomonide. Carlo (=Karolus) Conti Rossini, Storia d'Etiopia. 1. (Africa italiana, 3). Bergamo: Istituto italiano d'arti grafiche.
Anfray 1963: 190, 232, pl. CLVII/a-cAnfray, Francis 1963. Une campagne de fouilles à Yĕā (Février-mars 1960). Annales d'Ethiopie, 5: 171-232.
Drewes and Schneider 1970: 60-61Drewes, Abraham J. and Schneider, Roger 1970. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - II. Annales d'Éthiopie, 8: 57-72.
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 111-113, pl. 28Bernand, Etienne, Drewes, Abraham J. and Schneider, Roger 1991. Recueil des inscriptions de l'Éthiopie des périodes pré-axoumite et axoumite. Introduction de Francis Anfray. Paris: de Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres]