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RIÉ 30 Doc. 4; T. 6
Leclant 1959: 68, pl. XXXI
Leclant 1959: 68, pl. XXXI
Leclant 1959: 67, pl. XXX
Leclant 1959: 63, pl. XXVI/b
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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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Ṣbḥhmw ←w-Lḥy bn Fqm—
2 m ḏ-Mryb hqny|
3 ʾlmqh l-ṭl|
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ṣbḥhmw and Lḥy of the family Fqmm 2 of Mryb dedicated to 3 ʾlmqh for the life. |
| 3 | The translation of l-ṭl is suggested by Drewes 1959: 92 and by Jamme 1963: 326. |
| Drewes 1959: 92 | Drewes, Abraham J. 1959. Les inscriptions de Melazo. Annales d'Ethiopie, 3: 83-99. |
| Jamme 1963 c: 326 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. Annales d'Éthiopie III (Rewiew of). Bibliotheca Orientalis, 20: 324-327. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 110 |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Shape | Squared |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 44.5, w. 28 |
| 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
| Caquot and Leclant 1956: 228-231, fig. 2 | Caquot, André and Leclant, Jean 1956. Rapport sur les récents travaux de la section d'archéologie de l'Institut éthiopien d'études et de recherches. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, 2: 226-235. |
| Drewes 1959: 91-92 | Drewes, Abraham J. 1959. Les inscriptions de Melazo. Annales d'Ethiopie, 3: 83-99. |
| Leclant 1959: 46-47, 63, 67-68, pls XXVI/b, XXX-XXXI | Leclant, Jean 1959. Haoulti-Melazo (1955-1956). Annales d'Ethiopie, 3: 43-82. |
| Leclant 1962: 293, pl. XIII/b | Leclant, Jean 1962. Le musée des antiquités d'Addis-Ababa. Bulletin de la Société d'archéologie copte, 16: 289-304. |
| Leroy 1973: 75, fig. 34 | Leroy, Jules 1973. L'Ethiopie : archéologie et culture. Bruxelles: Desclée De Brower. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 104-105, pl. 24 | 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] |