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DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 169

Inscription from Addi Qayyih area

Possible personal name in line 2. Line 1 is part of an alphabet; the smaller letters in line 2 may form a local name with a South Arabian ending.

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

TBʿL / TBʿM (?)

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

02 · Translation

English translation

TBʿL or TBʿM (possible personal name).

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 169

    Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 169: object record and edition references.

  2. RIÉ III.B · no. 169

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 169, p. 145.