DASI ID: ID: 7373
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"Gajda, Selassie and Berhe 2009: 47, fig. 2"
Text:
Translations:
1Wʿrn, the victorious king, son of Rdʾm and of S²ḫtm, the wife, restored (the altar) for ʾlmqh, when he became the chief of the temple of ʾlmqh at Yḥʾ, with the guidance of ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh and ḏt-Ḥmym and ḏt-Bʿdn.Translation Notes:
1For the etymology of ṣrʿn see Schneider 1973: 386 (See also Nebes 2010 b: 216-217).
Nebes suggests "wife" as translation of ʿrktn (Nebes 2010 b: 218-219). The verb hḥds¹ is from ḤDṮ; it is usual in the Ethio-Sabaic inscriptions to find s¹ instead of ṯ (See Drewes 1959: 84 and Avanzini 1989: 473-474).
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Altar
Materials: Stone
Shape: Squared
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: False window
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Horizontal grooves
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Bull
Part Of Animal Body: Head
Letter Measure: 6
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Ethiopian Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Relief
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: DAI ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ 2008-1
Spatial
Site: Mäqabər Ga‘əwa, Tigray, Ethiopia
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Wuqro
institution: Museum
private Collection: false
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