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Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

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RIÉ 55 DEE, IV, 48


Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 44/55
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  [... ... ](b)n Tbʿkrb ḏ-↯Ḥdqn hqny ʿṯ[tr ... ...]

Apparatus
1The name Tbʿkrb is attested in the inscription HG Färäs May 2010.

TRANSLATIONS

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English

   1  [... ...] son of Tbʿkrb of Ḥdqn dedicated to ʿṯtr [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAddis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 4698+JE 2771
Support typeArtefact » Altar
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 7.5, w. 48.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteMatara
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaSenafe
CountryEritrea
FoundReemployed. In ancient times
NotesThe object was broken into two parts: the piece recorded with the number JE 2771 was found reemployed in a wall during the archaeological excavation of the site in 1963; the second one (JE 4698) was discovered in 1970.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Anfray and Annequin 1965: 73-75, fig. 14, pl. LXXII/fig. 1Anfray, Francis and Annequin, Guy 1965. Maarā. Deuxième, troisième et quatrième campagnes de fouilles. Annales d'Ethiopie, 6: 49-86.
Schneider 1965 a: 89-90Schneider, Roger 1965. Notes épigraphiques sur les découvertes de Maarā. Annales d'Ethiopie, 6: 89-142.
Schneider 1972: 109-110, fig. 7Schneider, Roger 1972. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie — IV. Annales d'Ethiopie, 9: 102-113.
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 137, pl.44/55Bernand, 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]