CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 54
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  Hḥlny
   2  bn Dfʾm ←hqny l-Hbs¹

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hḥlny,
   2  son of Dfʾm, dedicated to Hbs¹

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAsmara, Archaeological Museum
Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Animal figure
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 17, w. 24
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteDibdib
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaSenafe
CountryEritrea
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Franchini 1953: 8-9, 13-14, figs 11-13Franchini, 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. 54Bernand, 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]