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 |
English | |
1 Hḥlny, 2 son of Dfʾm, dedicated to Hbs¹ |
Deposit | Asmara, Archaeological Museum |
Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Animal figure |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 17, w. 24 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Dibdib |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Senafe |
Country | Eritrea |
Link to site record |
Franchini 1953: 8-9, 13-14, figs 11-13 | Franchini, Vincenzo 1953 [1954]. Ritrovamenti archeologici in Eritrea. (Notizie del dr. Vincenzo Franchini). Ed. by Lanfranco Ricci. Rassegna studi etiopici, 12: 5-28. |
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 148, pl. 54 | 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] |