RIÉ 1 DEE, V, 52
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 1/1
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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 | 7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Wʿrn Ḥywt mlkn ṣrʿn bn bn
2 S¹lmm Fṭrn w-S¹mʿtm ʿrk—
3 tn bnt Ṣbḥn hḥds¹w byt
4 Hbs¹ bʿl ʿḏt ywm hmlk-
5 hmw ʿs¹tr w-Hbs¹ w-ʾlmqh|
6 w-ḏt-Ḥmym w-ḏt-Bʿdn w-ʾ—
7 b-k Wdm
| 1 | For the reduplication of bn in the onomastic formula, see the inscription Addi Akaweh 1. |
| 6-7 | For ʾb-k Wdm, see the commentary in MG 3. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Wʿrn Ḥywt, the victorious king, descendant of 2 S¹lmm Fṭrn and of S¹mʿtm, the wife, 3 daughter of Ṣbḥn, restored the temple 4 of Hbs¹, Lord of ʿḏt, when They made him 5 the king: ʿs¹tr and Hbs¹ and ʾlmqh 6 and ḏt-Ḥmym and ḏt-Bʿdn and 7 your father Wdm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aksum |
| Support type | Artefact » Slab |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 60, w. 83 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Amda Tsyon |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Aksum |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Notes | The object was found in 1972 by some farmers in the ruins of a building. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schneider 1976: 81-86, fig. 4 | Schneider, Roger 1976. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - V. Annales d'Ethiopie, 10: 81-93. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 68, pl. 1/1 | 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] |