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RIÉ 39 DEE, II, 29


Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 37

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  (Lḥy) grbyn
   2  bn Yq(d)[mʾl F]—
   3  [q](mm) ḏ-Mryb
   4  s³l(ʾ) ʿṯt(r) [w]-(ʾ)—
   5  lmqh mhrt (y)—
   6  [d]-hw w-bn-hw Ḫ—
   7  (y)rhm [... ...]

Apparatus
2-3For the name Yqdmʾl Fqmm, see the inscriptions RIÉ 22, RIÉ 23, RIÉ 24, RIÉ 29 and RIÉ 30.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Lḫy, the stonemason,
   2  son of Yqdmʾl
   3  Fqmm, he of Mryb
   4  dedicated to ʿṯtr and
   5  ʾlmqh the wealth of
   6  his hands and his son
   7  Ḫyrhm [... ...]
Drewes and Schneider 1970: 58-59Drewes, Abraham J. and Schneider, Roger 1970. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - II. Annales d'Éthiopie, 8: 57-72.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAddis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 13
Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 55, w. 24
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteYeha
Ancient siteYḥʾ
Geographical areaTigray
CountryEthiopia
NotesThe object was found in a church of Yeha.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Doresse 1956: 43Doresse, Jean 1956. Au pays de la reine de Saba : l'Éthiopie antique et moderne. Paris: A. Guillot.
Drewes and Schneider 1970: 58-59, 69, pl. XVI/aDrewes, Abraham J. and Schneider, Roger 1970. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - II. Annales d'Éthiopie, 8: 57-72.
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 118-119, pl. 37Bernand, 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]