claim · claim_dmt_date_scale_contested
Dʿmt is a real ancient name, but its earliest date, territorial scale, political coherence and relationship to diverse highland communities remain contested.
Dʿmt is a real ancient name, but its earliest date, territorial scale, political coherence and relationship to diverse highland communities remain contested.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
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Contradicting sources
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Other source context
- informs · critiques interpretation
Relations between Southern Arabia and the Northern Horn of Africa during the Last Millennium BC — David W. Phillipson (2011)Questions the conventional unified-state model.
Locator: pp. 257–267; Dʿmt reassessment - informs · contextualizes
The Pre-Aksumite Period: Indigenous Origins and Development in the Horn of Africa — A. Catherine D’Andrea, Lynn Welton, Andrea Manzo, Helina S. Woldekiros, Steven A. Brandt, Alemseged Beldados, Elizabeth A. Peterson, Laurie A. Nixon-Darcus, Michela Gaudiello, Shannon R. Wood, Habtamu Mekonnen, Stephen Batiuk, Yemane Meresa, Abel Ruiz-Giralt, Carla Lancelotti, Abebe Mengistu Taffere, Lucas M. Johnson (2023)Provides current archaeological context.
Locator: Political organization and chronology
Referenced records
- Dʿmt · entity
- Dʿmt epigraphic and political horizon · event
- Date assertion for evt_dmt_epigraphic_polity_horizon · date assertion