| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
| English | |
1 Hḥlny, 2 son of Dfʾm, dedicated to Hbs¹ |
| Deposit | Asmara, Archaeological Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Animal figure |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 17, w. 24 |
| Link to object record |
| Modern site | Dibdib |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Senafe |
| Country | Eritrea |
| Link to site record |
| Franchini 1953: 8-9, 13-14, figs 11-13 | Franchini, 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. 54 | 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] |