DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 111

Inscription from Ruba Kodo

Alternative readings of a personal name. Neither reading is otherwise attested in South Arabia; QṢRY has a different possible derivation.

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

YṢRY / QṢRY

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

02 · Translation

English translation

YṢRY or QṢRY (personal name); YṢRY may derive from ‘protect.’

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

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. Beta maṣāḥǝft RIÉ 111

    Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 111: object record and edition references.

  2. RIÉ III.B · no. 111

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 111, pp. 119–120.