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DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 159

Inscription from Addi Qayyih area

Published translation. LNʾ is a local personal name; the verbal subject is understood as DṮ ḤMN, and final -m adds emphasis.

Date
Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain
Place
Addi Qayyih area
Language
Early highland inscription
Script
Ancient South Arabian

01 · Original text

Early highland inscription

Ancient South ArabianPublished reading; native-script edition unavailable

Transliterated reading

LNʾ / l-yḥ / tḥwm

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

02 · Translation

English reading

LNʾ. May she live—may she indeed live!

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 159

    Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 159: object record and edition references.

  2. RIÉ III.B · no. 159

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 159, p. 140.