RIÉ 10 Abuna Garimā II
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 8
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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 | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [Lmn mlkn ṣ]—
2 [rʿn Y]—
3 [g]ʿḏ[y]—
4 n mkrb Dʿmt w-
5 S¹bʾ bn Rbḥ hq—
6 nyw l-S²mn (m)qṭ—
7 rn ywmy m—
8 (lk)w Dʿmt S¹—
9 bʾ-*hy* w-ʿbr-h—
10 y ʾdm-hy w-ṣ—
11 lm-hy ln ms²r—
12 q-hy ʿd mʿrb-
13 hy b-s¹qt ʿs¹t—
14 r w-Hbs¹ w-ʾlm→qhy w-ḏt-Ḥmym w-→ḏt-Bʿdn w-ʾb-→k Wdm bn kl
15 mrʿm|
| 2-3 | The nisbe Ygʿḏyn is attested also in the inscriptions RIÉ 8 and RIÉ 5 A (see Bernand et alii 1991: 72-73, 76-78). |
| 6 | Schneider suggests that S²mn could be interpreted as a name of deity (Schneider 1973: 387). |
| 9 | On the stone: S¹bʾyh. |
| 14 | The editor reads: bn km[.] |
| 15 | For the editor mrʿm could be a proper name. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Lmn, the victorious 2 king, he of 3 Ygʿḏ, 4 mukarrib of Dʿmt and 5 Sabaʾ, son of Rbḥ, 6 dedicated to S²mn 7 the incense-burner, when 8 he became the king of Dʿmt, of 9 its Sabeans and its settlers, 10 its Red and 11 its Black, from its east 12 to its west, 13 with the protection of ʿs¹tr 14 and Hbs¹ and ʾlmqhy and ḏt-Ḥmym and ḏt-Bʿdn and may your father Wdm (save you) 15 from any malicious individual. |
| 1-2 | For the translation of ṣrʿn see the commentary in MG 3. |
| 5-8 | The verbs hqnyw and mlkw are pluralis maiestatis (see Robin and de Maigret 1998: 783, 786-787). |
| 9-13 | For the suffixed pronoun -hy and the noun s¹qt, see the commentary in the inscription Addi Akaweh 1. |
| Robin and de Maigret 1998: 783, 786-787 | Robin, Christian J. and de Maigret, Alessandro 1998. Le Grand Temple de Yéha (Tigray, Éthiopie), après la première campagne de fouilles de la Mission française (1998). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, 142: 737-798. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Abba Garima, Church |
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner (mqṭr) |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 68, w. of the base (lower part) 30, of the base (upper part) 19 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wuqro |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schneider 1973: 387-389 | Schneider, Roger 1973. Deux inscriptions Sudarabiques du Tigré. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 30: 385-389. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 79-80, pls 8-9 | 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] |