DASI ID: ID: 7767
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 5/8 Image free from copyright
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 6 Image free from copyright
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 6 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1[... ... Rb]ḥ, the victorious king of Ygʿḏ, mukarrib of Dʿmt 2and Sabaʾ, descendant of Wʿrn Rydn [dedicated ... ...] to ʾlmqhy Lord of Qḏ[.]r 3when restored [... ...] Rbḥ became king of Dʿmt, 4its east and its west [... ...] his life and his descendants 5and the life of his wives [... ...] and his house and his fields 6[... ...]
Translation Notes:
1For the translation of ṣrʿn, see the commentary in the inscription MG 3.
2For the verb hḥds¹w, see the inscriptions Addi Akaweh 1 and MG 3.
4-5Jamme suggests "settlers" as translation of ʿḏr (Jamme 1957 e: 78).
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Incense burner
Materials: Stone
Shape: With truncated pyramidal base
Measures: h. 38, w. 21 (upper part)
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Horizontal grooves
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: False window
Symbol Shape: Crescent moon and disc
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Letter Measure: 2
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Ethiopian Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Spatial
Site: Addi Gelemo, Tigray, Ethiopia
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Addis Abeba
institution: National Archaeological Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: JE 4
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