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DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 114

Inscription from Ruba Kodo

Probable personal name. The final r is not certain and the exact meaning of the underlying verb remains unresolved.

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

YMḤR

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

02 · Translation

English translation

YMḤR (personal name; perhaps ‘he will teach/instruct’).

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 114

    Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 114: object record and edition references.

  2. RIÉ III.B · no. 114

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 114, p. 121.