01 · Original text
Geʿez
EthiopicComplete published translation of four texts; untranslated terms retained
Native-script transcription is not available here.
Native-script transcription is not available here; the reading follows the cited edition.
02 · Translation
English reading
Text I 1 Memorandum 2 concerning provisions 3 (of?) sbt according to the rule 4 of Dwly (or: ‘of my country’). 5 What shall be given to them when (if) 6 one establishes the mqrt: 7 one ewe <qualified> gb; 8 when <it is> a (in the case of a) srrt, 9 honey shall be distributed 10 in addition; 11 one ewe <qualified> ʾlt; 12 and when <it is> a (in the case of a) 13 cow, flour <shall be distributed> 14 in addition; 15 and bread, 16 bgs, on the first 17 day; and qrs 18 on the third day; 19 and one cow 20 <qualified> ʾld; 21 and one gabatā 22 of mead; when (if) 23 the mqrt is continued (?): 24 one qnt of butter 25 and flour 26 on the fifth day, both 27 in addition; 28 beer on the sixth 29 day, also in 30 addition. Text II 1 Rules concerning bread. 2 What the king takes: 3 twelve 4 in all; for the priest, 5 six in all; the offerer’s share, 6 nine 7 in all. Text III 1 From a cow: 2 the king <shall take> one half; 3 the person who offered it shall take 4 the hide and the <other> half. 5 It is a rule. Text IV 1 Memorandum concerning the person 2 who offers, having put on 3 a brr garment. 4 He owes an ʾld 5 and butter. 6 But <this does> not <apply> to the person who offers 7 slt, nor to the woman who 8 offers wood.
Independent English rendering of Drewes’s published French translation or lexical commentary; checked against the cited printed page(s).
Drewes presents these as food, bread, cattle-sharing, and clothing/offering regulations. The ritual or secular setting and several crucial terms remain uncertain; angle brackets retain the edition’s supplied sense.