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RIÉ 37 DEE, II, 33
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 34
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 34
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 34
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [... ... W](ʿ)rn w-Bs²mt hḥds¹w l-ʾlmqh ←mṭryn|
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] Wʿrn and Bs²mt restored the altar for ʾlmqh. |
| 1 | For hḥds¹w and mṭryn, see the commentary in the inscriptions Addi Akaweh 1 and RIÉth 7. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 199 |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 14.5, w. 77, th. 16 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Yeha |
| Ancient site | Yḥʾ |
| Geographical area | Tigray |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Drewes and Schneider 1970: 61-62, 71, pl. XVIII/a-b | Drewes, Abraham J. and Schneider, Roger 1970. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie - II. Annales d'Éthiopie, 8: 57-72. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 116, pl. 34 | 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] |