Aksumite eraRIÉ 299

RIÉ 299 small bronze object

This small bronze object from Yeha preserves surviving short text or mark.

01 · Original text

Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script

Ancient South ArabianSurviving short text or mark

Transliterated reading

ʿdd (understood as ʿzz)

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

02 · Translation

A personal name or family name corresponding to South Arabian ʿZZ.

Project English gloss after Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 379; uncertainty follows Drewes's record-level discussion.

In Ethiopian South-Arabian-script usage, the sign transcribed d could carry the value z; consult RIÉ I for the exact calligram.

Sources

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

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–379