RIÉ 22 Doc. 6; T. 12
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 19/22
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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 - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ... F]qm[m ... ...]
2 [... ...] ʾl→mqh|
| 1 | The name Fqmm can be reconstructed according RIÉ 29, RIÉ 30 and RIÉ 39. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 241 |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 14.5, w. 17 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Gobochela |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Aksum |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Drewes 1959: 97-98 | Drewes, Abraham J. 1959. Les inscriptions de Melazo. Annales d'Ethiopie, 3: 83-99. |
| Leclant 1959: 47, 71, pl. XXXIV/a-b | Leclant, Jean 1959. Haoulti-Melazo (1955-1956). Annales d'Ethiopie, 3: 43-82. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 96, pl. 19/22 | 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] |