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RIÉ 51 DEE, VI, 56


Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 41

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

A letter m is on the front side of the altar. Irvine suggests that it could be the mason's mark (Irvine 1984: 52).

TEXT

marker


   1  Hnʿm bn Q(s¹)mm
   2  hqny l-S²yḥn

Apparatus
1Schneider: Ḫnʿm bn Qbmm.
2S²yḥn could be interpreted as a theonym. See, Schneider 1978: 132 and Irvine 1984: 51-52.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hnʿm son of Qs¹mm
   2  dedicated (the altar) to S²yḥn.
Irvine 1984: 49Irvine, Arthur K. 1984. An Ethiopian Sabaean Inscription from Southern Tigre, Ethiopia. Journal of Semitic Studies, 29/1: 45-52.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Altar
MaterialStone
Dimensionsw. 29.5 (left side)
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteSamrē
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMekele
CountryEthiopia
NotesThe altar was photographed for the first time in 1971 at Samrē by Patrick Gilkes. In 1974 it was re-photographed and copied by Jacques Mercier in a field, in the region of Gijet.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Schneider 1973: 389Schneider, Roger 1973. Deux inscriptions Sudarabiques du Tigré. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 30: 385-389.
Schneider 1978: 132-133, figs 5-6Schneider, Roger 1978. Documents épigraphique de l'Ethiopie - VI. Annales d'Ethiopie, 11: 129-133.
Irvine 1984: 45-52, pls 1-2Irvine, Arthur K. 1984. An Ethiopian Sabaean Inscription from Southern Tigre, Ethiopia. Journal of Semitic Studies, 29/1: 45-52.
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 130, pl. 41Bernand, 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]