RIÉ 39 DEE, II, 29
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 37
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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 | 4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 (Lḥy) grbyn
2 bn Yq(d)[mʾl F]—
3 [q](mm) ḏ-Mryb
4 s³l(ʾ) ʿṯt(r) [w]-(ʾ)—
5 lmqh mhrt (y)—
6 [d]-hw w-bn-hw Ḫ—
7 (y)rhm [... ...]
| 2-3 | For the name Yqdmʾl Fqmm, see the inscriptions RIÉ 22, RIÉ 23, RIÉ 24, RIÉ 29 and RIÉ 30. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Lḫy, the stonemason, 2 son of Yqdmʾl 3 Fqmm, he of Mryb 4 dedicated to ʿṯtr and 5 ʾlmqh the wealth of 6 his hands and his son 7 Ḫyrhm [... ...] |
| Drewes and Schneider 1970: 58-59 | Drewes, Abraham J. and Schneider, Roger 1970. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - II. Annales d'Éthiopie, 8: 57-72. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 13 |
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 55, w. 24 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Yeha |
| Ancient site | Yḥʾ |
| Geographical area | Tigray |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Notes | The object was found in a church of Yeha. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Doresse 1956: 43 | Doresse, Jean 1956. Au pays de la reine de Saba : l'Éthiopie antique et moderne. Paris: A. Guillot. |
| Drewes and Schneider 1970: 58-59, 69, pl. XVI/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: 118-119, pl. 37 | 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] |