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DʿMT & early highlandsRIÉ 64

Inscription from Matara during the excavation of the mound E2

Probable personal name. The same letter sequence names the tribe Bakīl elsewhere, but the edition considers a personal name more likely here.

Date
Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain
Place
Matara during the excavation of the mound E2
Language
Early highland inscription
Script
Ancient South Arabian

01 · Original text

Early highland inscription

Ancient South ArabianPublished reading; native-script edition unavailable

Transliterated reading

BKLM

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

02 · Translation

English translation

BKLM (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 64

    Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 64: object record and edition references.

  2. RIÉ III.B · no. 64

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 64, pp. 93.