DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 113

Inscription from Ruba Kodo

Probable personal name and preferred gloss. The edition prefers derivation from the Ethiopian root ʾkl, ‘suffice,’ over a root meaning ‘eat’; a pronominal suffix would yield ‘it will suffice for him.’

Date: Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain
Place: Ruba Kodo
Language: Early highland inscription
Script: Ancient South Arabian

01 · Original text

Early highland inscription

Ancient South ArabianPublished reading; native-script edition unavailable

Transliterated reading

YʾKL

The native-script edition has not been retrieved. A transliterated name or word, when present, follows the cited commentary.

02 · Translation

English reading

YʾKL (‘it will suffice’ / ‘may it suffice’; personal name).

Habesha History translation of Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019).

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Editions & references

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Beta maṣāḥǝft RIÉ 113
Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 113: object record and edition references.
RIÉ III.B · no. 113
A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 113, pp. 120–121.