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Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 45/57
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]m bn ʿr—
2 bm hqny [... ...]
3 [... ...](wb)[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 3983 |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Shape | Squared |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 13, w. 8, th. 15 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Matara |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Senafe |
| Country | Eritrea |
| Found | Reemployed |
| Notes | The altar was found during the archaeological campaign in 1968. It was reemployed in a wall. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Drewes and Schneider 1972: 87-89, fig. 1 | Drewes, Abraham J. and Schneider, Roger 1972. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie — III. Annales d'Ethiopie, 9: 87-102. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 138-139, pl. 45/57 | Bernand, 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] |