RIÉ 18 DEE, II, 27
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 16/18
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...]Wʿ(rn) b((ḍ))r myʾ l-w[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aksum, Museum |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Enda Tcherqos |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Aksum |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The stone was found in 1959 reemployed in the wall of the church of Enda Tcherqos. In 1974, it was brought to Aksum. The right side is lost. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| de Contenson 1961: 40, 47, pl. XXIII/b | de Contenson, Henri 1961. Les fouilles à Haoulti-Melazo en 1958. Annales d'Ethiopie, 4: 39-60. |
| Drewes and Schneider 1970: 58, pl. XV/a | Drewes, Abraham J. and Schneider, Roger 1970. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - II. Annales d'Éthiopie, 8: 57-72. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 92-93, pl. 16/18 | 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] |