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DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 164

Inscription from Addi Qayyih area

Probable names in the final two lines. The first two lines are incomprehensible and the etymologies of both proposed names remain uncertain.

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

[…] / MLGʾ / QŠMN

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

02 · Translation

English translation

The last two lines probably contain the personal names MLGʾ and QŠMN.

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 164

    Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 164: object record and edition references.

  2. RIÉ III.B · no. 164

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 164, pp. 142–143.