Aksumite eraRIÉ 200

RIÉ 200 block

This block from ʾAksum preserves complete published translation.

Date
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain
Place
ʾAksum
Language
Geʿez
Script
Ethiopic

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicComplete published translation

Native-script transcription is not available here.

The original letter forms are visible in the published photograph. The transliterated reading, where present, follows the cited edition.

02 · Translation

English reading

[Cross] This stone is the gabgab of Lāzen. [Cross]

Independent English rendering of Drewes’s published French translation or lexical commentary; checked against the cited printed page(s).

The translation retains gabgab because its precise sense is disputed; Drewes considers a building contribution or obligation possible. Lāzen is a personal name.

Sources

Editions & references

Follow the record back to the edition, catalogue, or image source used here.

  1. RIÉ 200

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 200, pp. 296.

  2. DAE illustration

    Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 49, no. 15.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 296