RIÉ 56
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 45/56
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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 | 3.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ... ḏ-]Ḥdqn [hqn
2 y ʿ]ṯtr w-ʾl[mqh ... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 2964 |
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Shape | Cuboid |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 12.5, w. 17 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Matara |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Senafe |
| Country | Eritrea |
| Notes | The object was found during the excavation in 1963 near the staircase of the building D (not in situ). |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Anfray and Annequin 1965: 73-74, 85, pl. LXXI/fig. 3 | Anfray, Francis and Annequin, Guy 1965. Maarā. Deuxième, troisième et quatrième campagnes de fouilles. Annales d'Ethiopie, 6: 49-86. |
| Schneider 1965 a: 91 | Schneider, Roger 1965. Notes épigraphiques sur les découvertes de Maarā. Annales d'Ethiopie, 6: 89-142. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 137-138, pl. 45/56 | 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] |