RIÉ 53 B Ry 399 b; IEA 57 A
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 43
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| This inscription and RIÉ 53 C are written on the frame decorated with dentils of the altar. RIÉ 53 A is on the front side of the altar. |
TEXT
1 hqny [l-]ḏt-Ḥm[n]
2 mrʾ-hw
| 2 | Drewes considers Mrʾhw a proper name (Drewes 1962: 23). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 He dedicated to ḏt-Ḥmn, 2 his Lord. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Asmara, Archaeological Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Shape | Squared |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | Base: h. 39, w. 56, th. 49 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Addi Kerāmāten |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Senafe |
| Country | Eritrea |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Davico 1946: 1-6, plate | Davico, A. 1946. Ritrovamenti sud-arabici nella zona di Cascasè. Rassegna studi etiopici, 5: 1-6. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949 a: 84 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Huitième série. Le Muséon, 62: 55-124. |
| Drewes 1962: 22-23, pl. V, XIX | Drewes, Abraham J. 1962. Inscriptions de l'Éthiopie antique. Leiden: E. J. Brill. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 135-136, pl. 43 | 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] |