DASI ID: ID: 7918
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 37 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Lḫy, the stonemason, 2son of Yqdmʾl 3Fqmm, he of Mryb 4dedicated to ʿṯtr and 5ʾlmqh the wealth of 6his hands and his son 7Ḫyrhm [... ...]
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Incense burner
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 55, w. 24
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Letter Measure: 4.5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Ethiopian Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: DEE, II, 29
Spatial
Site: Yeha, Ethiopia
Ancient Name: Yḥʾ
Deposit:
settlement: Addis Abeba
institution: National Archaeological Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: JE 13
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