RIÉ 20 Doc. 10; T. 2
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 18
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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 | 3.7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Drewes advances the hypothesis that RIÉ 20 and RIÉ 21 were parts of the same object (Drewes 1959: 89, 94). |
TEXT
1 [... ...]ʿḏ(b)m((ʿḏ(ʾ)m)) [... ...]
2 [... ... hq]ny ʾlmqh [... ...]
| 1 | The variant ʾ to b is hypothesized by Jamme (Jamme 1963 c: 325). Drewes suggests that the proper name could be a lineage name (Drewes 1959: 89). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]ʿḏbm [... ...] 2 [... ...] dedicated to ʾlmqh [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 63 |
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Shape | Circular |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 14, w. 15 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Gobochela |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Aksum |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Drewes 1959: 89, 94 | Drewes, Abraham J. 1959. Les inscriptions de Melazo. Annales d'Ethiopie, 3: 83-99. |
| Leclant 1959: 48, 74, pl. XXXVII/a-b | Leclant, Jean 1959. Haoulti-Melazo (1955-1956). Annales d'Ethiopie, 3: 43-82. |
| Jamme 1963 c: 325-326 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. Annales d'Éthiopie III (Rewiew of). Bibliotheca Orientalis, 20: 324-327. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 94-95, pl. 18 | 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] |