DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 177

Inscription from provenance unknown

Published translation. The object appears much later than the other monumental Sabaic inscriptions from Ethiopia and may have originated in South Arabia.

Date
Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain
Place
provenance unknown
Language
Early highland inscription
Script
Ancient South Arabian

01 · Original text

Early highland inscription

Ancient South ArabianPublished reading; native-script edition unavailable

Transliterated reading

WHBRYMM / NMRM / GRBN

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

02 · Translation

English reading

WHBRYMM and NMRM, of the GRBN family, offered the firstfruits to the Lord of [their] house.

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 177

    Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 177: object record and edition references.

  2. RIÉ III.B · no. 177

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 177, p. 149.