DASI ID: ID: 7914
Leclant 1959: 73, pl. XXXVI/b Image free from copyright
Leclant 1959: 73, pl. XXXVI/d Image free from copyright
Text:
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Incense burner
Materials: Stone
Shape: With splayed foot
Measures: h. 36.5
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Triangles
Symbol Shape: Crescent moon and disc
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 5
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
Concordances: Doc. 9, T. 5
Spatial
Site: Gobochela, Tigray, Ethiopia
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Addis Abeba
institution: National Archaeological Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: JE 105
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