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RIÉ 2 DAE 1; RES 3549; CIH 505
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 1/2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [... ...]mlkw Dʿmt ms²rq[-hy w-mʿrb-hy ... ...]
2 [... ...](w)-ḏt-Bʿdn w-ʾb-[k Wdm ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] he became king of Dʿmt, its east [and its west ... ...] 2 [... ...] and ḏt-Bʿdn and your father [Wdm ... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Abba Pantaleon, Church |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 22.5, w. 38 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Abba Pantaleon |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Aksum |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The object was reemployed in the façade of a monastery. It is currently preserved inside the church. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Lidzbarski 1903-1907 [1908]: 396-397 | Lidzbarski, Mark. Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik. Giessen: A. Töpelmann. |
| Littmann 1913: 1-2 | Littmann, Enno 1913. Sabaische, griechische und altabessinische Inschriften. Enno Littmann, Theodor von Lüpke and Daniel Krencker, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition. 4. Berlin: Reimer. |
| Conti Rossini 1928: 110-111, pl. LV, fig. 173/2 | Conti Rossini, Carlo (=Karolus) 1928. Storia d'Etiopia. (2 vols), (Africa Italiana, 3). Bergamo: Istituto italiano d'arti grafiche. |
| Schneider 1973: 385-387 | Schneider, Roger 1973. Deux inscriptions Sudarabiques du Tigré. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 30: 385-389. |
| Wissmann 1976 b: 43 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1976. Die Mauer der Sabäerhauptstadt Maryab. Abessinien als sabäische Staatskolonie im 6. Jh. v. Chr. (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 38). [Leiden]: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut / Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 69-70, pl. 1/2 | 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] |