DASI ID: ID: 7810
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 14 Image free from copyright
de Contenson 1962: pl. VII/a-b Image free from copyright
de Contenson 1962: pl. VII/c-d Image free from copyright
Text:
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Throne
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 140, w. 67, th. 57
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Scene
Figurative Subjects:
View: In profile
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Ibex
Animal Gestures:
Recumbent
Part Of Animal Body: Complete figure
Subject Level 1: Plant
Subject Level 2: Palm tree
View: In profile
Human Gender: Man
Human Clothes:
Cloak
Tunic
Sandals
Stick
Human Gestures:
Moving
Subject Level 1: Human figure
Part Of Human Body: Complete figure
View: In profile
Human Gender: Man
Human Clothes:
Cloak
Belt
Short skirt
Sandals
Human Gestures:
Moving
Arms raised
Subject Level 1: Human figure
Part Of Human Body: Complete figure
View: In profile
Human Gender: Man
Human Clothes:
Cloak
Belt
Short skirt
Sandals
Human Weapons:
Club
Human Gestures:
Moving
Arms raised
Subject Level 1: Human figure
Human Jewellery:
Bracelet
Part Of Human Body: Complete figure
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Bull
Part Of Animal Body: Hoof
Letter Measure: 3.5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Ethiopian Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: DEE, II, 26
Spatial
Site: Hawlti, Tigray, Ethiopia
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Addis Abeba
institution: National Archaeological Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: JE 1658
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