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DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 108

Inscription from Ruba Kodo

Published formula with abbreviated divine name. The preserved letters DḤ are understood as an abbreviation of the goddess DṮ ḤMN.

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

01 · Original text

Early highland inscription

Ancient South ArabianPublished reading; native-script edition unavailable

Transliterated reading

l-ṭḥw DḤ

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

02 · Translation

English translation

May DṮ ḤMN live.

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

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Editions & references

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

  1. Beta maṣāḥǝft RIÉ 108

    Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 108: object record and edition references.

  2. RIÉ III.B · no. 108

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 108, p. 118.