DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 88

Inscription from Tokhonda, engraved on a stone

Alternative readings of a personal name. Both readings are offered; the root is secure but the final consonant is not.

01 · Original text

Early highland inscription

Ancient South ArabianPublished reading; native-script edition unavailable

Transliterated reading

SMʿN / SMʿS

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

02 · Translation

SMʿN or SMʿS (personal name, from a root meaning ‘hear’; perhaps ‘witness’).

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

Sources

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Beta maṣāḥǝft RIÉ 88
Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 88: object record and edition references.
RIÉ III.B · no. 88
A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 88, p. 110.