DASI ID: ID: 7812
Drewes and Schneider 1970: pl. XV/b Image free from copyright
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 17 Image free from copyright
Text:
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Altar
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 12, w. (in the rear) 35, w. (in the front) 13
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Letter F
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
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: DEE, II, 28
Spatial
Site: Enda Tcherqos, Tigray, Ethiopia
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Addis Abeba
institution: National Archaeological Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: JE 1363
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