DASI ID: ID: 7561
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 1/1 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Wʿrn Ḥywt, the victorious king, descendant of 2S¹lmm Fṭrn and of S¹mʿtm, the wife, 3daughter of Ṣbḥn, restored the temple 4of Hbs¹, Lord of ʿḏt, when They made him 5the king: ʿs¹tr and Hbs¹ and ʾlmqh 6and ḏt-Ḥmym and ḏt-Bʿdn and 7your father Wdm.
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Slab
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 60, w. 83
Letter Measure: 7
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Ethiopian Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: DEE, V, 52
Spatial
Site: Amda Tsyon, Tigray, Ethiopia
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Aksum
private Collection: false
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