Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 5.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
1 | The name Tbʿkrb is attested in the inscription HG Färäs May 2010. |
English | |
1 [... ...] son of Tbʿkrb of Ḥdqn dedicated to ʿṯtr [... ...] |
Deposit | Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 4698+JE 2771 |
Support type | Artefact » Altar |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 7.5, w. 48.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Matara |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Senafe |
Country | Eritrea |
Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
Notes | The object was broken into two parts: the piece recorded with the number JE 2771 was found reemployed in a wall during the archaeological excavation of the site in 1963; the second one (JE 4698) was discovered in 1970. |
Link to site record |
Anfray and Annequin 1965: 73-75, fig. 14, pl. LXXII/fig. 1 | Anfray, Francis and Annequin, Guy 1965. Maarā. Deuxième, troisième et quatrième campagnes de fouilles. Annales d'Ethiopie, 6: 49-86. |
Schneider 1965 a: 89-90 | Schneider, Roger 1965. Notes épigraphiques sur les découvertes de Maarā. Annales d'Ethiopie, 6: 89-142. |
Schneider 1972: 109-110, fig. 7 | Schneider, Roger 1972. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie — IV. Annales d'Ethiopie, 9: 102-113. |
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 137, pl.44/55 | 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] |