Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 4-4.3 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text (conjectural) |
Deposit | Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 3175 |
Support type | Artefact » Incense burner (mqṭr) |
Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 31, w. 21, th. 19 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Matara |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Senafe |
Country | Eritrea |
Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
Link to site record |
Drewes and Schneider 1967: 89-91, 103, pl. XLIII/fig. 1 | Drewes, Abraham J. and Schneider, Roger 1967. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - 1. Annales d'Ethiopie, 7: 89-106. |
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 143-144, pl. 50/63 A | 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] |