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RIÉ 34 DEE, IV, 54
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 30
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 30
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 30
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Ḥdws¹n ←hqny ʿybs¹
2 nfs¹-hw mq(ṭ)←rn|
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥdws¹n dedicated for (?) 2 his life the incense burner. |
| Schneider 1972: 102-103 | Schneider, Roger 1972. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie — IV. Annales d'Ethiopie, 9: 102-113. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner (mqṭr) |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 40.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Yeha |
| Ancient site | Yḥʾ |
| Geographical area | Tigray |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schneider 1972: 102-105, figs 1-2 | Schneider, Roger 1972. Documents épigraphiques de l'Éthiopie — IV. Annales d'Ethiopie, 9: 102-113. |
| Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 113, pl. 30 | 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] |