Aksumite eraRIÉ 268

RIÉ 268 bloc de pierre

This bloc de pierre from Site 24 B in Winkler rock Drawings from Southern Upper Egypt, vol. I 1938. in the Wadi Menih on the road to Berenice. preserves lines 1–3 only.

Date: mid-fourth century CE
Place: Site 24 B in Winkler rock Drawings from Southern Upper Egypt, vol. I 1938. in the Wadi Menih on the road to Berenice.
Language: Geʿez
Script: Ethiopic

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicLines 1–3 only

Native-script transcription is not available here.

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

02 · Translation

English translation

1–2. I am called ʾAbraha by name. 3. I spent the night here.

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

The remainder is almost entirely incomprehensible. The edition places the graffito around the mid-fourth century; the name does not identify the sixth-century king Abraha.

Sources

Editions & references

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

RIÉ 268
A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 268, pp. 361–363.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 361