Dʿmt is a kingdom located in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia that exists during the 8th to 5th centuries BCE.
Few inscriptions by or about this kingdom exist but very little archaeological work has taken place.
As a result, it is not known whether Dʿmt ended as a civilization before Aksum's early stages, evolved into the Aksumite state, or was one of the smaller states united in the Aksumite kingdom possibly around the beginning of the 1st century.
