CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 50/63 B
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.5-5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  [... ...b]-nḫ Lm—
   2  n mlkn|
   3  hqny (B)—
   4  [.](h)m bn
   5  [... ...](nm)w

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] with the guidance of
   2  Lmn, the king,
   3  (B)[.](h)m son of ...
   4  dedicated
   5  [... ...]
1For the translation of b-nḫ, see RIÉ 5 B.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAddis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 3175
Support typeArtefact » Incense burner (mqṭr)
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 31, w. 21, th. 19
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteMatara
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaSenafe
CountryEritrea
FoundReemployed. In ancient times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Drewes and Schneider 1967: 89-91, 103, pl. XLIII/fig. 2Drewes, Abraham J. and Schneider, Roger 1967. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - 1. Annales d'Ethiopie, 7: 89-106.
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 143-144, pl. 50/63 BBernand, 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]