CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Berhe 2009: 26, fig. 6

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT


   1  [... ...] mlkn (ṣ)[rʿn ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositWuqro, Museum
Support typeArtefact » Altar
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 45, w. 40
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMäqabər Ga‘əwa
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWuqro
CountryEthiopia
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gajda, Selassie and Berhe 2009: 36Gajda, Iwona, Selassie, Yohannes Gebre and Berhe, Hiluf 2009. Pre-Aksumite Inscriptions from Mäqabər Ga‘əwa (Tigrai, Ethiopia). Annales d'Éthiopie, 24: 33-48.
Berhe 2009: 18-19, 25-26, figs 4, 6Berhe, Hiluf 2009. Preliminary report on the archaeological excavation of Mäqabər Ga‘əwa at Addi Akaweh (Tigrai, Ethiopia). Annales d'Éthiopie, 24: 15-23.
Nebes 2010 b: 229, fig. 7Nebes, Norbert 2010. Die Inschriften aus dem ʾAlmaqah-Tempel in ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ (Tigray). Zeitschrift für Orientarchäologie, 3: 214-237.