DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 47

Inscription from Yeha

Surviving text, partly interpreted. mṭry designates the altar but its precise meaning is uncertain. The final sequence ws nsb tyw remains uninterpreted; “projection” describes the stone surface.

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

01 · Original text

Early highland inscription

Ancient South ArabianPublished reading; native-script edition unavailable

Native-script transcription is not available here.

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

02 · Translation

English reading

ʾBKʾDT dedicated this mṭry to ṢDQN; ws nsb (projection) tyw.

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

Sources

Editions & references

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Beta maṣāḥǝft RIÉ 47
Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 47: object record and edition references.
RIÉ III.B · no. 47
A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 47, pp. 80–81.