DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 143

Inscription from Gobo Fentseh

Published translation. Both names may be local. Several verbal glosses are discussed for MRḤK, including ‘he protected you’ and ‘he guided you,’ but none is certain.

Date: Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain
Place: Gobo Fentseh
Language: Early highland inscription
Script: Ancient South Arabian

01 · Original text

Early highland inscription

Ancient South ArabianPublished reading; native-script edition unavailable

Transliterated reading

TWMN bn MRḤK

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

02 · Translation

English translation

TWMN, son of MRḤK.

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

Sources

Editions & references

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

Beta maṣāḥǝft RIÉ 143
Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 143: object record and edition references.
RIÉ III.B · no. 143
A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 143, pp. 133–134.