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RIÉ 61


Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 49

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 - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...M](r)[ʾ]mm((Ṯrs¹mm)) w-R[..](t)[... ...]
   2  [... ...] w-b-ḏt-Bʿdn w-b-S¹mhʿly → [w-b-]Lmn ʾmrʾ-h[mw ... ...]

Apparatus
1The first proper name is reintegrated as Mrʾmm by Scheneider (Schneider 1965 a: 90). The variant Ṯrs¹mm is proposed by Wissmann (Wissmann1975 a: 92).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] Mrʾmm and R[..]t[... ...]
   2  [... ...] and by ḏt-Bʿdn and by S¹mhʿly and by Lmn, their lords [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAddis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 2825
Support typeArtefact » Altar
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 13, w. 53, th. 35
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMatara
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaSenafe
CountryEritrea
NotesThe altar was found in 1963 during the excavation of the mound B, inside the room 33, not in situ.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Anfray and Annequin 1965: 55, 85, fig. 5, pl. LXXII/figs 2-3Anfray, Francis and Annequin, Guy 1965. Maarā. Deuxième, troisième et quatrième campagnes de fouilles. Annales d'Ethiopie, 6: 49-86.
Schneider 1965 a: 90Schneider, Roger 1965. Notes épigraphiques sur les découvertes de Maarā. Annales d'Ethiopie, 6: 89-142.
Schneider 1973: 388Schneider, Roger 1973. Deux inscriptions Sudarabiques du Tigré. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 30: 385-389.
Wissmann 1975 a: 90-94, fig. 12Wissmann, Hermann von 1975. Über die frühe Geschichte Arabiens und das Entstehen des Sabäerreiches. (Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ 1). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 13. (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte, 301/5). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Wissmann 1976 b: 41-49, fig. 13Wissmann, Hermann von 1976. Die Mauer der Sabäerhauptstadt Maryab. Abessinien als sabäische Staatskolonie im 6. Jh. v. Chr. (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 38). [Leiden]: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut / Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut.
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: 142, pl. 49Bernand, 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]