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RIÉ 29 Doc. 13; T. 4
Leclant 1959: 75, pl. XXXVIII/a
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 | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [...] bn Fqm(m) [hqny ʾl](m)[qh]
| 1 | This reconstruction is proposed by Drewes (Drewes 1959: 90-91). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [...] of the family Fqmm, dedicated to ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 101 |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Shape | Squared |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 35, w. 37.5, th. 19 |
| 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 |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Drewes 1959: 90-91 | Drewes, Abraham J. 1959. Les inscriptions de Melazo. Annales d'Ethiopie, 3: 83-99. |
| Leclant 1959: 49-50, 75, pl. XXXVIII/a | Leclant, Jean 1959. Haoulti-Melazo (1955-1956). Annales d'Ethiopie, 3: 43-82. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 103-104, pl. 23 | 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] |