DASI ID: ID: 7917
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 25 Image free from copyright
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 25 Image free from copyright
Leclant 1959: 63, pl. XXVI/b Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Ylbb, 2the stonemason, 3dedicated to ʾlmqh.
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Incense burner
Materials: Stone
Shape: With truncated pyramidal base
Measures: h. 46.5, w. 16
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
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
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Doc. 5, T. 7
Spatial
Site: Gobochela, Tigray, Ethiopia
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Addis Abeba
institution: National Archaeological Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: JE 111
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