DASI ID: ID: 7920
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 34 Image free from copyright
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 34 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1[... ...] Wʿrn and Bs²mt restored the altar for ʾlmqh.Translation Notes:
1For hḥds¹w and mṭryn, see the commentary in the inscriptions Addi Akaweh 1 and RIÉth 7.
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Altar
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 14.5, w. 77, th. 16
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Letter Measure: 6
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Ethiopian Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Relief
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: DEE, II, 33
Spatial
Site: Yeha, Ethiopia
Ancient Name: Yḥʾ
Deposit:
settlement: Addis Abeba
institution: National Archaeological Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: JE 199
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