418 inscriptions

Inscriptions

DʿMT and Aksumite texts in their attested scripts, with published translations and exact sources.

Deutsche Aksum-Expedition photograph of the 52-line RIÉ 189 Ethiopic inscription recording Ezana’s Noba campaign.
RIÉ 189ʿEzana’s Noba campaignAksum, Ethiopia

Catalogue

418 inscriptions in chronological order

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Six-line damaged boustrophedon stone block inscription ʿAddi Baʿekel 1ʿAddi Baʿekel 1

ʿAddi Baʿekel 1Possibly 8th–7th century BCE; a later date cannot be excludedʿAddi Baʿekel, Daʾero area north of Feresmay, Tǝgray, Ethiopia

Fragmentary text concerning mutual aid and harvests

A dressed block probably from a public monument preserves a damaged six-line boustrophedon text in a local Semitic language close to Sabaic; the editors’ tentative interpretation mentions mutual aid and harvests, but the context is lost.

…] 𐩧𐩵𐩱𐩩 / 𐩩

Local Semitic language close to SabaicRead text
Side A of the three-sided Addi Akaweh 1 incense burner, with its carved Old South Arabian inscriptionAddi Akaweh 1

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.

𐩧𐩵𐩱𐩣 𐩣𐩡𐩫←𐩬 (𐩮)𐩧𐩲𐩬 𐩪←[𐩧𐩺𐩩 ]𐩣𐩫𐩧(𐩨) 𐩵—

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Two-line eroded boustrophedon inscription fragment Afṣe 1 at YehaAfṣe 1

Afṣe 1Early 1st millennium BCE (DʿMT-period context; no narrower date stated by Weninger)Abba Afṣe monastery exhibition room, Yeha, Tǝgray, Ethiopia

Fragmentary dedication to ʿAttar and Wadd

A heavily eroded middle fragment preserves parts of two boustrophedon lines, including a dedicatory verb and the gods ʿAttar and Wadd; the latter’s epithet is lost.

… [𐩬]𐩩𐩣 / 𐩠𐩤𐩬[𐩺 /] …

Ethio-Sabaean (Old Sabaic ductus)Read text
Full stone incense burner Afṣe 2 with crescent, disc, and small name inscription at YehaAfṣe 2

Afṣe 2Early 1st millennium BCE (archaic ductus; no narrower date stated by Weninger)Abba Afṣe monastery exhibition room, Yeha, Tǝgray, Ethiopia

Ṣdqn inscription on an incense burner

A roughly 56 cm-high incense burner with crescent and solar disc carries a short rightward inscription. Weninger treats Ṣdqn as a possible divine name and ḏ- as the possible opening of an epithet; the remaining signs are uninterpreted.

𐩮𐩵𐩤𐩬𐩹 …

Ethio-Sabaean (Old Sabaic ductus)Read text
Four-line boustrophedon inscription fragment known as Henze 1 at Parakleitos monasteryHenze 1

Henze 1Early 1st millennium BCE (DʿMT-period context; no narrower date stated by Weninger)Parakleitos monastery, near the old Adigrat–Däbrä Damo road, Tǝgray, Ethiopia

Fragmentary dedication naming Almaqah and perhaps Yeha

A middle fragment of a raised-relief stone slab preserves four alternating lines of a dedication to Almaqah; Weninger tentatively reads yḥʾ as the ancient spelling of Yeha but explicitly leaves that identification uncertain.

… 𐩧 / …

Ethio-Sabaean (Old Sabaic ductus)Read text
Bronze kettle from Färäs May bearing Tubbaʿkarib’s one-line Sabaic ownership inscriptionHG Färäs May 1

HG Färäs May 1 / HG Färäs May 2010About the 7th century BCE or earlier (palaeographic)Found at Guldam near Yeha; kept at Färäs May, Tǝgray, Ethiopia when published

Tubbaʿkarib’s inscribed bronze kettle

The one-line name inscription and repeated monogram mark a high-quality bronze kettle as belonging to Tubbaʿkarib of the Yasrān clan, which Nebes connects with Sabaean stonemasons from the Maʾrib region; the text contains no dedication formula.

◊ 𐩩𐩨𐩲𐩫𐩧𐩨 / 𐩹-𐩺𐩪𐩧𐩬

Ancient SabaicRead text
Image of MG 1, altar from Mäqabər Ga‘əwaMG 1

MG 1Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Mäqabər Ga‘əwa, Wuqro, Ethiopia

MG 1: altar from Mäqabər Ga‘əwa

DASI catalogues this dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural) on a altar of stone from Mäqabər Ga‘əwa, Ethiopia, now recorded at Wuqro, Museum.

[... ...] 𐩣𐩡𐩫𐩬 (𐩮)[𐩧𐩲𐩬 ... ...]

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Stone blocks bearing the MG 3 altar dedication from Mäqabər GaʿəwaMG 3

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.

𐩥𐩲𐩧𐩬 𐩣𐩡𐩫𐩬 𐩮𐩧𐩲𐩬 𐩨𐩬 𐩧𐩵𐩱𐩣 𐩥-𐩦𐩭𐩩𐩣 𐩲𐩧(𐩫)←[𐩺𐩩](𐩬) 𐩠𐩢𐩵𐩪 𐩡-𐩱𐩡𐩣↯𐩤𐩠 𐩺𐩥𐩣 𐩩𐩨𐩲𐩡 𐩨𐩺𐩩 𐩱𐩡𐩣↯𐩤𐩠 𐩨-𐩺𐩢𐩱 ←𐩨-𐩬𐩭𐩺 𐩲𐩻𐩩𐩧 𐩥-𐩱𐩡𐩣𐩤𐩠 𐩥-𐩹𐩩-𐩢𐩣𐩺𐩣 𐩥-𐩹𐩩-𐩨𐩲←𐩵𐩬|

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of MG 4, stone piece from Mäqabər Ga‘əwaMG 4

MG 4Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Mäqabər Ga‘əwa, Wuqro, Ethiopia

MG 4: stone piece from Mäqabər Ga‘əwa

DASI catalogues this dedicatory text on a stone piece of stone from Mäqabər Ga‘əwa, Ethiopia, now recorded at Wuqro, Museum.

𐩨-𐩬𐩭𐩺 𐩥𐩲𐩧𐩬 𐩠𐩤𐩬𐩺 𐩭𐩺𐩧𐩠𐩣𐩥 𐩴𐩧𐩨𐩺𐩬|

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
The five-line monumental RIÉ 1 slab from Amda Tsyon/Seglamen near AksumRIÉ 1

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.

𐩥𐩲𐩧𐩬 𐩢𐩺𐩥𐩩 𐩣𐩡𐩫𐩬 𐩮𐩧𐩲𐩬 𐩨𐩬 𐩨𐩬

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
The two-line RIÉ 2 sandstone fragment from Abba Pantaleon, reproduced as DAE IV inscription 1RIÉ 2

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.

[... ...]𐩣𐩡𐩫𐩥 𐩵𐩲𐩣𐩩 𐩣𐩦𐩧𐩤[-𐩠𐩺 𐩥-𐩣𐩲𐩧𐩨-𐩠𐩺 ... ...]

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 3, altar from Enda TcherqosRIÉ 3

RIÉ 3Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Enda Tcherqos, Aksum/Melazo area, Ethiopia; fragment now at Aksum

Altar fragment naming a mukarrib of DʿMT

A very short altar fragment preserves the title mukarrib of DʿMT; Schneider tentatively linked it to RIÉ 19.

[... ... 𐩣𐩫]𐩧(𐩨) 𐩵𐩲𐩣𐩩 𐩨𐩬 𐩨𐩬[... ...]

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 4, stone piece from Enda TcherqosRIÉ 4

RIÉ 4Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Enda Tcherqos, Aksum, Ethiopia

RIÉ 4: stone piece from Enda Tcherqos

DASI catalogues this royal inscription on a stone piece of stone from Enda Tcherqos, Ethiopia, now recorded at Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 1873.

[... ... 𐩨𐩬 𐩨𐩬 𐩪𐩡𐩣𐩣]

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 5 A, stone piece from Enda TcherqosRIÉ 5 A

RIÉ 5 AEarly 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Enda Tcherqos, Aksum/Melazo area, Ethiopia; reused in church wall

Lmn restores a cult chapel

A construction fragment names Lmn as victorious king of Ygʿḏ and mukarrib of DʿMT and Sabaʾ; DASI cautions against automatically joining it to RIÉ 5B.

𐩡𐩣𐩬 𐩣𐩡𐩫𐩬 𐩮𐩧𐩲𐩬 𐩺𐩴𐩲𐩹𐩺𐩬 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 𐩵𐩲𐩣𐩩 𐩥-𐩪𐩨𐩱 𐩨𐩬 𐩧𐩨—

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 5 B, stone piece from Enda TcherqosRIÉ 5 B

RIÉ 5 BEarly 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Enda Tcherqos, Aksum/Melazo area, Ethiopia; reused in church wall

Separate Enda Tcherqos block with restored DʿMT

DASI calls the text conjectural and notes palaeographic difficulty in treating 5A and 5B as one inscription; the initial Dʿ of DʿMT is restored, so this is not an independent direct attestation.

[... ... 𐩵𐩲]𐩣𐩩 𐩣𐩦𐩧𐩤-𐩠𐩺 𐩥-𐩣𐩲𐩧𐩨-𐩠𐩺 𐩱𐩵𐩣-𐩠𐩺 𐩥-𐩮𐩡𐩣-𐩠𐩺 𐩨-𐩬—

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 7, altar (mṭry) from YehaRIÉ 7

RIÉ 7Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia; altar now in the National Archaeological Museum, Addis Ababa

Yeha altar fragment of Wʿrn Ḥywt

A fragmentary royal altar text, partly restored from RIÉ 1, associates Wʿrn Ḥywt with Yeha but does not name DʿMT.

[... ... 𐩥𐩲𐩧𐩬] 𐩢𐩺[𐩥𐩩] ←[𐩣𐩡𐩫𐩬 𐩮𐩧𐩲𐩬 ]𐩨𐩬 𐩨[𐩬 ] ←[𐩪𐩡](𐩣𐩣) 𐩰𐩷𐩧𐩬 (𐩥)-[𐩪𐩣𐩲𐩩𐩣 ]𐩲—

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Reconstructed limestone incense altar JE 4 bearing RIÉ 8 on its visible facesRIÉ 8

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.

[... ... 𐩧𐩨](𐩢) 𐩣𐩡𐩫𐩬 𐩮𐩧𐩲𐩬 𐩺𐩴←𐩲𐩹𐩺𐩬 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 𐩵𐩲𐩣𐩩

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 9, incense burner (mqṭr) from ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥRIÉ 9

RIÉ 9Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ, Wuqro area, Ethiopia; preserved at Abba Garima church

Rdʾm’s Addi Akaweh incense burner

A royal incense burner defines Rdʾm’s DʿMT in territorial and social formulae—east/west, Sabaeans/settlers, Red/Black—and names its protective gods.

𐩧𐩵𐩱𐩣[ 𐩣𐩡𐩫𐩬 𐩮]←𐩧𐩲𐩬 𐩪𐩧𐩺𐩩 𐩣←[𐩫𐩧𐩨 ]𐩵𐩲𐩣𐩩 𐩨𐩬

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 10, incense burner (mqṭr) from ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥRIÉ 10

RIÉ 10Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ, Wuqro area, Ethiopia; preserved at Abba Garima church

Lmn dedicates an incense burner to S²mn

A fifteen-line boustrophedon dedication names Lmn, son of Rbḥ, and gives the fullest surviving DʿMT kingship formula.

[𐩡𐩣𐩬 𐩣𐩡𐩫𐩬 𐩮]—

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 12, column from KaskaseRIÉ 12

RIÉ 12Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Kaskase/Keskese, Senafe area, Eritrea; in-situ architectural column

Kaskase column fragment naming Rdʾm

A single damaged line preserves the royal name Rdʾm and title ‘king’, but no DʿMT title survives.

𐩧𐩵𐩱𐩣 𐩣𐩡[𐩫𐩬 ... ...]

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text

Source register

Source register

RIÉ 1–443, with separately numbered text versions, supplements, and Arabian witnesses from the checked corpus and DASI. Dates and uncertain identifications follow the cited editions; missing texts, translations, and images are recorded below.

1–60 of 512 entries. Copies and language versions retain their own references.

DʿMT & early highlands60
  1. RIÉ 1

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Amda Tsyon (Seglamen/Aksum area), Ethiopia; loose farmer-found slab now at Aksum · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Royal name; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8043.
  2. RIÉ 2

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Abba Pantaleon monastery, Aksum, Ethiopia; reused in church façade, original provenance unknown · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    The surviving royal title explicitly names DʿMT.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8044.
  3. RIÉ 3

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Enda Tcherqos, Aksum/Melazo area, Ethiopia; fragment now at Aksum · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    The surviving royal title explicitly names DʿMT.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8102.
  4. RIÉ 4

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Enda Tcherqos, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland royal inscription; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8045.
  5. RIÉ 5 A

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Enda Tcherqos, Aksum/Melazo area, Ethiopia; reused in church wall · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    The surviving royal title explicitly names DʿMT.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8354.
  6. RIÉ 5 B

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Enda Tcherqos, Aksum/Melazo area, Ethiopia; reused in church wall · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    The name DʿMT is restored by the editor; it is not independently preserved.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8359.
  7. RIÉ 6

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Hawlti, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland royal inscription; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8046.
  8. RIÉ 7

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia; altar now in the National Archaeological Museum, Addis Ababa · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Royal name; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8242.
  9. RIÉ 8

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Addi Gelemo, Wuqro area, Ethiopia; portable object from a mixed cache · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    The surviving royal title explicitly names DʿMT.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8324.
  10. RIÉ 9

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ, Wuqro area, Ethiopia; preserved at Abba Garima church · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    The surviving royal title explicitly names DʿMT.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8195.
  11. RIÉ 10

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ, Wuqro area, Ethiopia; preserved at Abba Garima church · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    The surviving royal title explicitly names DʿMT.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 4 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8355.
  12. RIÉ 11

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Kaskase/Keskese, Senafe area, Eritrea; in-situ architectural column · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Royal name; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8320.
  13. RIÉ 12

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Kaskase/Keskese, Senafe area, Eritrea; in-situ architectural column · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Royal name; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8246.
  14. RIÉ 13

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Unknown (Ethiopia), Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland royal inscription; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8337.
  15. RIÉ 14

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Hawlti, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8382.
  16. RIÉ 15

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Hawlti, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8047.
  17. RIÉ 16

    Pre-Aksumite; absolute date not supplied by DASI · Hawlti, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    No continuous semantic translation is possible from the surviving fragment; the reader explains the limit.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8048.
  18. RIÉ 17

    Pre-Aksumite; absolute date not supplied by DASI · Hawlti, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    No continuous semantic translation is possible from the surviving fragment; the reader explains the limit.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8049.
  19. RIÉ 18

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Enda Tcherqos, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8360.
  20. RIÉ 19

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Enda Tcherqos, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8377.
  21. RIÉ 20

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8505.
  22. RIÉ 21

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    No continuous semantic translation is possible from the surviving fragment; the reader explains the limit.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8506.
  23. RIÉ 22

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8501.
  24. RIÉ 23

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8508.
  25. RIÉ 24

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8515.
  26. RIÉ 25

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8362.
  27. RIÉ 26

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8502.
  28. RIÉ 27

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8503.
  29. RIÉ 28

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8539.
  30. RIÉ 29

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8540.
  31. RIÉ 30

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8542.
  32. RIÉ 31

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8544.
  33. RIÉ 32

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Gobochela · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Uninterpreted inscription on a bull. The edition cannot establish the relationships between the words. A possible divine name on the foreleg does not yield a continuous translation.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved.
    English
    The published commentary offers no secure translation.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  34. RIÉ 33 A

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9078.
  35. RIÉ 33 B

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9079.
  36. RIÉ 34

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8551.
  37. RIÉ 35

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8554.
  38. RIÉ 36

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9099.
  39. RIÉ 37

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland royal inscription; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8556.
  40. RIÉ 38

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Surviving fragment, partly interpreted. The beginning is lost. The readings and meanings of the intervening words are uncertain; the final protective formula is translated by the edition.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved.
    English
    English rendering of the published translation or lexical commentary.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  41. RIÉ 39

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8550.
  42. RIÉ 40

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Uncertain fragment. The once-proposed reading “his house AUM” relies on a disputed restoration. The edition favours bwm over ʾwm and does not establish a continuous translation.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved.
    English
    The published commentary offers no secure translation.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  43. RIÉ 41

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8978.
  44. RIÉ 42

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8979.
  45. RIÉ 43

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Possible monogram. Several personal-name readings have been proposed, including BKM, BKLM and KLBM. The copy does not establish a unique reading.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved.
    English
    The published commentary offers no secure translation.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  46. RIÉ 44

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Uninterpreted inscription. The edition offers no interpretation.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved.
    English
    The published commentary offers no secure translation.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  47. RIÉ 45

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Possible mason’s mark. The edition tentatively identifies a mason’s mark; no linguistic translation is given.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved.
    English
    The published commentary offers no secure translation.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  48. RIÉ 46

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8720.
  49. RIÉ 47

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Surviving text, partly interpreted. mṭry designates the altar but its precise meaning is uncertain. The final sequence ws nsb tyw remains uninterpreted; “projection” describes the stone surface.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved.
    English
    English rendering of the published translation or lexical commentary.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  50. RIÉ 48

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Uninterpreted incense-burner inscription. The edition rejects the older translation “altar for bloody sacrifices to Sīn”; both reading and interpretation remain uncertain.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved.
    English
    The published commentary offers no secure translation.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  51. RIÉ 49

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Probable mason’s mark. No linguistic translation is given.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved.
    English
    The published commentary offers no secure translation.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  52. RIÉ 50

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Probable mason’s mark. No linguistic translation is given.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved.
    English
    The published commentary offers no secure translation.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  53. RIÉ 51

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Samrē, Mekele, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9237.
  54. RIÉ 52

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Addi Gelemo, Wuqro, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9211.
  55. RIÉ 53 A

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Addi Kerāmāten, Senafe, Eritrea · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9240.
  56. RIÉ 53 B

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Addi Kerāmāten, Senafe, Eritrea · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9241.
  57. RIÉ 53 C

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Addi Kerāmāten, Senafe, Eritrea · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9242.
  58. RIÉ 54

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Addi Kerāmāten, Senafe, Eritrea · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9243.
  59. RIÉ 55

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Matara, Senafe, Eritrea · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8964.
  60. RIÉ 56

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Matara, Senafe, Eritrea · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9246.