RIÉ 7 DEE, IV, 46
Schneider 1972: 106, fig. 3
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [... ... Wʿrn] Ḥy[wt] ←[mlkn ṣrʿn ]bn b[n ] ←[S¹l](mm) Fṭrn (w)-[S¹mʿtm ]ʿ—
2 [r](kyt)n hḥds¹w mṭryn←[... ...] gbr s¹b[... ...]
| 1-3 | Wʿrn, the first name of the sovereign, and the matronymic S¹mʿtm can be integrated on the basis of the inscription RIÉ 1. |
| 2 | For the reduplication of bn in the onomastic formula, see the inscription Addi Akaweh 1. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ... Wʿrn] Ḥywt, the victorious king, descendant of S¹lmm Fṭrn and of S¹mʿtm, 2 the wife, restored the altar [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 4819 |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar (mṭry) |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 12.5, w. 42, th. 15 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Yeha |
| Ancient site | Yḥʾ |
| Geographical area | Tigray |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Drewes and Schneider 1970: 60 | Drewes, Abraham J. and Schneider, Roger 1970. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - II. Annales d'Éthiopie, 8: 57-72. |
| Schneider 1972: 102, 106-108, figs 3-5 | Schneider, Roger 1972. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie — IV. Annales d'Ethiopie, 9: 102-113. |
| Schneider 1976: 86, 88-89 | Schneider, Roger 1976. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - V. Annales d'Ethiopie, 10: 81-93. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 74-75, pl. 4/7 | 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] |