CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

MG 2 DAI ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ 2008-3


Berhe 2009: 27, fig. 7

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodA

GENERAL NOTES

This inscription can be compared with RIÉ 52, on the statue of a seated woman founded in Addi Gelemo (Bernand et alii 1991: 131-132).

TEXT


   1  ʾlmqh l-wkb
   2  Ymnt((ymnt)) wldm |

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

   1  ʾlmqh may He give to
   2  Ymnt a child.
1-2Nebes's translation is: "ʾlmqh, because He has given the blessing of (male) children".
Nebes 2010 b: 227-228Nebes, Norbert 2010. Die Inschriften aus dem ʾAlmaqah-Tempel in ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ (Tigray). Zeitschrift für Orientarchäologie, 3: 214-237.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositWuqro, Museum
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 11, w. 20.6, th. 26
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMäqabər Ga‘əwa
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWuqro
CountryEthiopia
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh
Link to site record

CULTURAL NOTES

Society
Scholars consider that the statues do not represent a deity but the dedicant.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 43, 131-132Bernand, 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]
Berhe 2009: 19, 22, 27-28, figs 7-10Berhe, Hiluf 2009. Preliminary report on the archaeological excavation of Mäqabər Ga‘əwa at Addi Akaweh (Tigrai, Ethiopia). Annales d'Éthiopie, 24: 15-23.
Gajda, Selassie and Berhe 2009: 36-37Gajda, Iwona, Selassie, Yohannes Gebre and Berhe, Hiluf 2009. Pre-Aksumite Inscriptions from Mäqabər Ga‘əwa (Tigrai, Ethiopia). Annales d'Éthiopie, 24: 33-48.
Nebes 2010 b: 227-228, fig. 6Nebes, Norbert 2010. Die Inschriften aus dem ʾAlmaqah-Tempel in ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ (Tigray). Zeitschrift für Orientarchäologie, 3: 214-237.