DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 58

Dedication from Matara during the excavation of the mound B

Surviving dedicatory fragment. The beginning, ending, and part of the divine name are lost; brackets retain the edition’s restoration.

Date
Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain
Place
Matara during the excavation of the mound B
Language
Early highland inscription
Script
Ancient South Arabian

01 · Original text

Early highland inscription

Ancient South ArabianPublished reading; native-script edition unavailable

Native-script transcription is not available here.

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

02 · Translation

English translation

[…] dedicated to [ʿA]ttar […].

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 58

    Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 58: object record and edition references.

  2. RIÉ III.B · no. 58

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 58, pp. 88.