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Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

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RIÉ 54


Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 44/54
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Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 44/54
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Davico 1946: plate

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Ethiopian Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription is incised under the right paw.

TEXT

marker


   1  Whbw(d)

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAsmara, Archaeological Museum
Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Animal figure
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 24, w. 33, th. 14
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteAddi Kerāmāten
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaSenafe
CountryEritrea
NotesThe object was discovered in 1942 by Davico near the village of Addi Cheramatén with the altar RIÉ 53.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Davico 1946: 3-6, plateDavico, A. 1946. Ritrovamenti sud-arabici nella zona di Cascasè. Rassegna studi etiopici, 5: 1-6.
Duncanson 1947: 160-161Duncanson, Dennis J. 1947. Girmaten- A new archaeological site in Eritrea. Antiquity, 21/83: 158-163.
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 136, pl. 44Bernand, 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]