ComparisonsRIÉ 207

RIÉ 207 stone inscription

This plaque from ʾAksum preserves complete cross-shaped word.

Date
sixth–twelfth/thirteenth century CE
Place
ʾAksum
Language
Geʿez
Script
Ethiopic

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicComplete cross-shaped word

Transliterated reading

ʾamen

Native-script transcription is not available here; the reading follows the cited edition.

02 · Translation

English reading

Amen.

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

The word is written once left-to-right and once top-to-bottom in a cross. The catalogue gives a very broad sixth- to twelfth/thirteenth-century range.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 207

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 207, pp. 306.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 306