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  • Editor(s)
    Giulia Buono
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2013-10-01
  • Last revised
    2015-01-25
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-1244
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RIÉ 53 A Ry 399 a


Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 43
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Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 43
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Davico 1946: plate

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7.6
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription is on the front side of the altar. RIÉ 53 B and RIÉ 53 C are incised on the frame decorated with dentils of the altar.

TEXT

marker


   1  Hʿḏbʾl bn ʾlmtʿ |
   2  hqny ḏt-Ḥmym |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hʿḏbʾl, son of ʾlmtʿ,
   2  dedicated to ḏt-Ḥmym.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAsmara, Archaeological Museum
Support typeArtefact » Altar
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
DimensionsBase: h. 39, w. 56, th. 49
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteAddi Kerāmāten
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaSenafe
CountryEritrea
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Davico 1946: 1-6, plateDavico, A. 1946. Ritrovamenti sud-arabici nella zona di Cascasè. Rassegna studi etiopici, 5: 1-6.
Duncanson 1947: 160Duncanson, Dennis J. 1947. Girmaten- A new archaeological site in Eritrea. Antiquity, 21/83: 158-163.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949 a: 84Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Huitième série. Le Muséon, 62: 55-124.
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 135-136, pl. 43Bernand, 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]