CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueCast
Measure of letters6.3
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT


   1  Tbʿkrb ḏ-Ys¹rn

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAdua (Private collection)
Support typeArtefact » Container » Bowl
MaterialBronze
Measuresh. 34, w. 66
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteGuldam
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaYeha
CountryEthiopia
NotesThe object was found by a local farmer in Guldam, near Yeha.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1980: 30, 45, pls 2, 5-6Jamme, Albert W.F. 1980. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XI. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A204866#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]
Nebes 2011 c: 159-166Nebes, Norbert 2011. An Inscription in Ancient Sabaic on a Bronze Kettle from Färäs May, Tigray. ITYOP̣IS. Northeast African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 1: 159-166.
Gerlach 2013: 263-264, figs 11-13Gerlach, Iris 2013. Cultural Contacts between South Arabia and Tigray (Ethiopia) during the Early 1st Millennium BC. Results of the Ethiopian-German Cooperation Project in Yeha. Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie, 6: 254-277.