CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 57/73
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The first line of the inscription is overturned.

TEXT


   1  Ṣbḥʾb (b)↯(n) Mwʿ[... ...]
   2  [... ...h]qnyy l-ḏ↯t-Ḥmn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ṣbḥʾb, son of Mwʿ[... ...]
   2  [... ...] dedicated to ḏt-Ḥmn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteFeqya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaSenafe
CountryEritrea
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Drewes 1962: 20, pls IV/46, XVII/46Drewes, Abraham J. 1962. Inscriptions de l'Éthiopie antique. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 150, pl. 57/73Bernand, 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]