CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Drewes 1962: pl. XVII/44
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  Ys¹ḥmḏ bn S²nqmw
   2  hqny l-ḏt-Ḥmn|
   3  w-Gblm bn Ḥyw

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ys¹ḥmḏ, son of S²nqm,
   2  dedicated to ḏt-Ḥmn;
   3  and Gblm, son of Ḥyw.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteFeqya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaSenafe
CountryEritrea
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Drewes 1962: 19, pls IV/44, XVII/44Drewes, Abraham J. 1962. Inscriptions de l'Éthiopie antique. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 149, pl. 56Bernand, 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]