CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Gajda, Selassie and Berhe 2009: 48, fig. 3

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters8
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  b-nḫy Wʿrn hqny Ḫyrhmw grbyn|
   2  bn Ḫḍʿn ʾlmqh|

Apparatus
1b-nḫy is followed by a royal name, while in MG 3 it is followed by divine names. See Gajda et alii 2009: 37-38, 40. b-nḫ is attested in RIÉ 26 and RIÉ 27 in association with a name of king.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  With the guidance of Wʿrn, Ḫyrhmw, the stonemason,
   2  of the family Ḫḍʿn, dedicated to ʾlmqh.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositWuqro, Museum
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 21, w. 76, th. 25
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMäqabər Ga‘əwa
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWuqro
CountryEthiopia
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Berhe 2009: 19, 22, 27, fig. 9Berhe, Hiluf 2009. Preliminary report on the archaeological excavation of Mäqabər Ga‘əwa at Addi Akaweh (Tigrai, Ethiopia). Annales d'Éthiopie, 24: 15-23.
Gajda, Selassie and Berhe 2009: 35-36, 40-41Gajda, Iwona, Selassie, Yohannes Gebre and Berhe, Hiluf 2009. Pre-Aksumite Inscriptions from Mäqabər Ga‘əwa (Tigrai, Ethiopia). Annales d'Éthiopie, 24: 33-48.
Nebes 2010 b: 226-227, fig. 5Nebes, Norbert 2010. Die Inschriften aus dem ʾAlmaqah-Tempel in ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ (Tigray). Zeitschrift für Orientarchäologie, 3: 214-237.