Addi Akaweh 1Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCEAddi Akaweh, Ethiopia
Rdʾm and the people of DʿMT
A better-preserved parallel to RIÉ 9 confirms and refines the reading of Rdʾm’s DʿMT formula.
The epigraphic record
Inscriptions
DʿMT and the Aksumite world, in their own words.
Stone · Bronze · Rock
Sabaic and Geʿez texts, English translations, and the objects that preserve them.
6 inscriptions · earliest first
Addi Akaweh 1
MG 3Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCEMäqabər Gaʿəwa, Ethiopia
Wʿrn’s altar to Almaqah
An in-situ altar calls Wʿrn the victorious king, son of Rdʾm, and records his leadership of the temple at Yeha, but never names DʿMT.
RIÉ 1Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCEAmda Tsyon, Ethiopia
Wʿrn’s temple restoration
A royal temple-restoration slab naming Wʿrn Ḥywt and a female dynastic figure, but not DʿMT itself.
RIÉ 2Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCEAbba Pantaleon, Aksum
The kingship of DʿMT
A two-line royal fragment preserves the formula ‘became king of DʿMT, its east and west’ and the deity ḏt-Bʿdn.
RIÉ 8Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCEAddi Gelemo, Ethiopia
Rbḥ’s incense burner
The damaged incense burner names Rbḥ as victorious king of Ygʿḏ and mukarrib of DʿMT and Sabaʾ, then invokes his household and fields.
RIÉ 11Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCEKaskase, Eritrea
Wʿrn’s Kaskase column
A terse two-line column inscription names Wʿrn Ḥywt and his descent from S¹lmm, without naming DʿMT.