Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
1 | A reading Bqm forthe first name is possible. Bʿl could be a lineage name. |
English | |
1 S¹qm, son of Bʿl, 2 dedicated to ḏt-Ḥmn. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Feqya |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Senafe |
Country | Eritrea |
Link to site record |
Drewes 1962: 19, pl. IV/43 | Drewes, Abraham J. 1962. Inscriptions de l'Éthiopie antique. Leiden: E. J. Brill. |
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 148-149, pl. 55 | 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] |