DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 160

Inscription from Addi Qayyih area

Preserved personal name and tentative gloss. The name may be South Arabian or local; identification with a passive participle meaning ‘desired’ is one proposal.

Date: Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain
Place: Addi Qayyih area
Language: Early highland inscription
Script: Ancient South Arabian

01 · Original text

Early highland inscription

Ancient South ArabianPublished reading; native-script edition unavailable

Transliterated reading

MNYM

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

02 · Translation

English translation

MNYM (personal name; perhaps ‘desired’).

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

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Editions & references

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

Beta maṣāḥǝft RIÉ 160
Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 160: object record and edition references.
RIÉ III.B · no. 160
A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 160, pp. 140–141.