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RIÉ 25 Doc. 8; T. 1
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 20
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 20
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 20
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 Wʿrn
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 62 |
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Shape | With splayed foot |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 33.3 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Gobochela |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Aksum |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh |
| Notes | The incense-burner was found in 1959 (Leclant 1959: 45). |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Drewes 1959: 88-89 | Drewes, Abraham J. 1959. Les inscriptions de Melazo. Annales d'Ethiopie, 3: 83-99. |
| Leclant 1959: 43-45, 48, pl. XXXV/a-b | Leclant, Jean 1959. Haoulti-Melazo (1955-1956). Annales d'Ethiopie, 3: 43-82. |
| Jamme 1963 c: 325 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. Annales d'Éthiopie III (Rewiew of). Bibliotheca Orientalis, 20: 324-327. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 99, pl. 20 | 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] |