CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 2/3
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Royal inscriptionYes

GENERAL NOTES

Schneider hypothesized that this fragment could be a part of the inscription RIÉ 19: the measures are comparable and they were found at the same site (Schneider 1978: 132).

TEXT


   1  [... ... mk]r(b) Dʿmt bn bn[... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAksum
Support typeArtefact » Altar
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 11, w. 37
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteEnda Tcherqos
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaAksum
CountryEthiopia
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Schneider 1978: 130-132, figs 3-4Schneider, Roger 1978. Documents épigraphique de l'Ethiopie - VI. Annales d'Ethiopie, 11: 129-133.
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 70-71, pl. 2/3Bernand, 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]