01 · Original text
Geʿez
EthiopicComplete published translation of two lines
Native-script transcription is not available here.
The original letter forms are visible in the published facsimile. The transliterated reading, where present, follows the cited edition.
02 · Translation
English reading
1 I, Dawit the Egyptian, wrote it. 2 Lord, have mercy on me.
Independent English rendering of Drewes’s published French translation or lexical commentary; checked against the cited printed page(s).
Drewes regards the inscription as relatively late and discusses a possible date between the seventh and ninth centuries; it must not be presented as securely Aksumite-period.