CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 10/11
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters9
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT


   1  Wʿrn Ḥywt mlkn|
   2  bn bn S¹lmm|

Apparatus
2For bn bn in the onomastic formula see, the inscription Addi Akaweh 1.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Wʿrn Ḥywt, the king,
   2  descendant of S¹lmm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Architectural element » Column
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 450, the inscription: h. 22, w. 75
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteKaskase
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaSenafe
CountryEritrea
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Conti Rossini 1906: 56-58Conti Rossini, Carlo (=Karolus) 1906. Sugli Ḥabašāt. Rendiconti Accademia dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze morali, storiche e filologiche 5, 15: 39-59.
Lidzbarski 1903-1907 [1908]: 399-340Lidzbarski, Mark. Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik. Giessen: A. Töpelmann.
Littmann 1913: 62-63Littmann, Enno 1913. Sabaische, griechische und altabessinische Inschriften. Enno Littmann, Theodor von Lüpke and Daniel Krencker, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition. 4. Berlin: Reimer.
Grohmann 1914: 51, fig. 129Grohmann, Adolf 1914. Göttersymbole und Symboltiere auf Südarabischen Denkmälern. (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 58/1). Vienna: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder.
Conti Rossini 1928: 111, 240, pl. LV, fig. 173/3Conti Rossini, Carlo (=Karolus) 1928. Storia d'Etiopia. (2 vols), (Africa Italiana, 3). Bergamo: Istituto italiano d'arti grafiche.
Schneider 1976: 89-93Schneider, Roger 1976. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - V. Annales d'Ethiopie, 10: 81-93.
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 81, pl. 10/11Bernand, 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]