Aksumite eraRIÉ 200

RIÉ 200 block

This block from ʾAksum preserves complete published translation.

Date
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain
Place
ʾAksum
Language
Geʿez
Script
Ethiopic

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicComplete published translation

Native-script transcription is not available here.

The original letter forms are visible in the published photograph. The transliterated reading, where present, follows the cited edition.

02 · Translation

English translation

[Cross] This stone is the gabgab of Lāzen. [Cross]

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

The translation retains gabgab because its precise sense is disputed; Drewes considers a building contribution or obligation possible. Lāzen is a personal name.

Sources

Editions & references

Edition, catalogue, and image records used for this entry.

  1. RIÉ 200

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 200, pp. 296.

  2. DAE illustration

    Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 49, no. 15.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 296