CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Schneider 1972: 106, fig. 3
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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
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT


   1  [... ... Wʿrn] Ḥy[wt] ←[mlkn ṣrʿn ]bn b[n ] ←[S¹l](mm) Fṭrn (w)-[S¹mʿtm ]ʿ—
   2  [r](kyt)n hḥds¹w mṭryn←[... ...] gbr s¹b[... ...]

Apparatus
1-3Wʿrn, the first name of the sovereign, and the matronymic S¹mʿtm can be integrated on the basis of the inscription RIÉ 1.
2For the reduplication of bn in the onomastic formula, see the inscription Addi Akaweh 1.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ... Wʿrn] Ḥywt, the victorious king, descendant of S¹lmm Fṭrn and of S¹mʿtm,
   2  the wife, restored the altar [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAddis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 4819
Support typeArtefact » Altar (mṭry)
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 12.5, w. 42, th. 15
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteYeha
Ancient siteYḥʾ
Geographical areaTigray
CountryEthiopia
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Drewes and Schneider 1970: 60Drewes, Abraham J. and Schneider, Roger 1970. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - II. Annales d'Éthiopie, 8: 57-72.
Schneider 1972: 102, 106-108, figs 3-5Schneider, Roger 1972. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie — IV. Annales d'Ethiopie, 9: 102-113.
Schneider 1976: 86, 88-89Schneider, Roger 1976. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - V. Annales d'Ethiopie, 10: 81-93.
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 74-75, pl. 4/7Bernand, 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]