Aksumite eraRIÉ 265

RIÉ 265 une lampe fait d'un fragment de plaque inscrite

This une lampe fait d'un fragment de plaque inscrite from Acquired in Aden by D.H. Müller and sent to Wien, provenance unknown. preserves surviving fragment, line by line. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

Date: sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia
Place: Acquired in Aden by D.H. Müller and sent to Wien, provenance unknown.
Language: Geʿez
Script: Ethiopic

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicSurviving fragment, line by line

Native-script transcription is not available here.

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

02 · Translation

English translation

1. […] of (the family of) Gadan, and he fell […] 2. […] the two [ch]ildren of his brothers and […] 3. […] of their country […] 4. […] while we (?) […] 5. (incomprehensible) 6. […] while he/they ret[urned] (?) […] 7. (incomprehensible) 8. (undecipherable)

Habesha History translation of Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019).

The edition also allows “the children of his two brothers” in line 2 and “while he/they made” in line 6. Lines 5 and 7–8 remain untranslated.

Sources

Editions & references

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

RIÉ 265
A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 265, pp. 359–360.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 359