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DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 115

Inscription from Ruba Kodo

Two names with one alternative reading. The first reading is insecure; DMLY is clear but its etymology is unknown.

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

SQY[M] / ʿQY[M] // DMLY

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

02 · Translation

English reading

SQY[M] or ʿQY[M]; DMLY (personal names).

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

Sources

Editions & references

Follow the record back to the edition, catalogue, or image source used here.

  1. Beta maṣāḥǝft RIÉ 115

    Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 115: object record and edition references.

  2. RIÉ III.B · no. 115

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 115, pp. 121–122.