DʿMT & early highlandsMG 2

MG 2: of statue with dedicatory inscription from Mäqabər Ga‘əwa

DASI catalogues this inscription on a of statue with dedicatory inscription of stone from Mäqabər Ga‘əwa, Ethiopia, now recorded at Wuqro, Museum.

Date: Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)
Place: Mäqabər Ga‘əwa, Wuqro, Ethiopia
Language: Ethiopian Early Sabaic
Script: Ancient South Arabian

01 · Original text

Ethiopian Early Sabaic

Ancient South ArabianSurviving text; DASI lineation retained

𐩱𐩡𐩣𐩤𐩠 𐩡-𐩥𐩫𐩨

𐩺𐩣𐩬𐩩((𐩺𐩣𐩬𐩩)) 𐩥𐩡𐩵𐩣 |

Normalized Old South Arabian letters follow the DASI reading, including its line breaks and editorial brackets. See the image for the engraved letter forms.

Scholarly transliteration

ʾlmqh l-wkb Ymnt((ymnt)) wldm |

02 · Translation

English translation

ʾlmqh may He give to Ymnt a child.

CSAI/DASI English translation; DASI record data licensed CC BY 4.0.

Joined across DASI display lines; editorial brackets and uncertainty marks are retained.

Sources

Editions & references

Edition, catalogue, and image records used for this entry.

MG 2 DAI ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ 2008-3 / DASI 7368
Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘MG 2’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.