DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 109

Inscription from Ruba Kodo

Possible remains of a known formula. The graffito is incomplete and difficult to read; the formula depends on the tentative reading of its first two letters.

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

tḥ[…] (?)

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).

Sources

Editions & references

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

Beta maṣāḥǝft RIÉ 109
Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 109: object record and edition references.
RIÉ III.B · no. 109
A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 109, p. 119.