RIÉ 8
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 5/8
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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 | 2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [... ... Rb](ḥ) mlkn ṣrʿn Yg←ʿḏyn mkrb Dʿmt
2 w-S¹bʾ bn bn Wʿrn →Rydn h[qnyw ... ...] →(l)-ʾlmqhy bʿl Qḏ—
3 [.](r) ywm hḥds¹w ʿ←[... ...]←[.] mlkw (Rbḥ) [Dʿ]m(t)
4 [ms²rq-hy] w-[mʿ]rb-hy →[... ...]→[... ...](w)-nfs¹-hmw w-ʿ(ḏ)[r-h]—
5 [mw] (w)-nfs¹ ʾns¹t-(m)[w] ←[... ...]←[... ... ]w-byt-m[w w]-(ḥ)ql-[mw]
6 [... ...](m)[q] (nf)[s¹... ...]
| 1 | The royal name Rbḥ is integrated on the basis of the inscriptions RIÉ 5 A, RIÉ 10 and RIÉ 13. The term Ygʿḏyn is attested in the inscriptions RIÉ 5 A and RIÉ 10 (Bernand et alli 1991: 72-73, 79-80; see also Caquot and Drewes 1955: 30). |
| 2 | For the reduplication of bn in the onomastic formula, see the commentary in the inscription Addi Akaweh 1. |
| 4-5 | nfs¹ is a singular noun followed by a plural pronominal suffix (Jamme 1957 e: 78). The plural suffixed pronouns are referred to the king. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ... Rb]ḥ, the victorious king of Ygʿḏ, mukarrib of Dʿmt 2 and Sabaʾ, descendant of Wʿrn Rydn [dedicated ... ...] to ʾlmqhy Lord of Qḏ[.]r 3 when restored [... ...] Rbḥ became king of Dʿmt, 4 its east and its west [... ...] his life and his descendants 5 and the life of his wives [... ...] and his house and his fields 6 [... ...] |
| 1 | For the translation of ṣrʿn, see the commentary in the inscription MG 3. |
| 2 | For the verb hḥds¹w, see the inscriptions Addi Akaweh 1 and MG 3. |
| 4-5 | Jamme suggests "settlers" as translation of ʿḏr (Jamme 1957 e: 78). |
| Jamme 1957 e: 78 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1957. Annales d'Éthiopie I (Rewiew of). Bibliotheca Orientalis, 14: 76-80. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 4 |
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 38, w. 21 (upper part) |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Addi Gelemo |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wuqro |
| Country | Ethiopia |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Caquot and Drewes 1955: 26-32, pls IX-XI | Caquot, André and Drewes, Abraham J. 1955. Les monuments recueillis à Maqallé (Tigré). Annales d'Ethiopie, 1: 17-41. |
| Caquot and Leclant 1956: 234 | Caquot, André and Leclant, Jean 1956. Rapport sur les récents travaux de la section d'archéologie de l'Institut éthiopien d'études et de recherches. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, 2: 226-235. |
| Jamme 1957 e: 77-79 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1957. Annales d'Éthiopie I (Rewiew of). Bibliotheca Orientalis, 14: 76-80. |
| Doresse 1957: i, 78-87, fig. 12 | Doresse, Jean 1957. L'empire du Prêtre-Jean. (2 vols), Paris: Plon. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1958 d: 144-146 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1958. Découvertes épigraphiques en Éthiopie. Le Muséon, 71: 141-148. |
| Jamme 1959: 8-9 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1959. Le compte rendu de G. Ryckmans des Annales d'Éthiopie, I. Washington: Catholic University of America. |
| Doresse 1960 a: 411-434, fig. 7 | Doresse, Jean 1960. La découverte d'Aṣbi-Dera. Nouveaux documents sur les rapports entre l'Égypte et l'Éthiopie à l'époque axoumite. Pages 411-434 in AA. VV.. Atti del convegno internazionale di studi etiopici (Roma 2-4 aprile 1959). (Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Problemi attuali di scienza e di cultura, 48). |
| Schneider 1961: 65 | Schneider, Roger 1961. Les inscriptions d'Enda Čerqos. Annales d'Ethiopie, 4: 61-66. |
| Wissmann 1964 a: 314-315 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1964. Zur Geschichte und Landeskunde von Alt-Südarabien. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 3. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 246). Vienna: Böhlaus. |
| Wissmann 1975 a: 94-97 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1975. Über die frühe Geschichte Arabiens und das Entstehen des Sabäerreiches. (Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ 1). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 13. (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte, 301/5). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 76-78, pls 5-6 | 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] |