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RIÉ 4
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 2/4
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 | 5.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| It could be considered a royal inscription, Fṭrn is a patronymic in the royal inscriptions (see also the inscriptions RIÉ 1, RIÉ 5, RIÉ 9, RIÉ 10). |
TEXT
1 [... ... bn bn S¹lmm]
2 Fṭ[rn ... ...]
3 [... ...] ms²rq-<h>—
4 y w-mʿr[b-hy ... ...]
5 [... ...]m|
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 1873 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 48, w. 33 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Enda Tcherqos |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Aksum |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The inscription was found in 1958, reemployed in the wall of a church. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schneider 1961: 63-64, 66, pl. XXXVII/a | Schneider, Roger 1961. Les inscriptions d'Enda Čerqos. Annales d'Ethiopie, 4: 61-66. |
| Schneider 1976: 89 | Schneider, Roger 1976. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - V. Annales d'Ethiopie, 10: 81-93. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 71-72, pl. 2/3 | 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] |