DASI ID: ID: 8679
Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991: ii, pl. 45/56 Image free from copyright
Text:
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Incense burner
Materials: Stone
Shape: Cuboid
Measures: h. 12.5, w. 17
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Letter Measure: 3.3
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
Spatial
Site: Matara, Debub, Eritrea
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Addis Abeba
institution: National Archaeological Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: JE 2964
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