Aksumite eraRIÉ 275

Sembrouthes’ year-24 Greek dedication

A Greek royal dedication names Sembrouthes as great king of the Aksumites and dates the act to his twenty-fourth regnal year.

Date: Aksumite period; absolute chronology disputed
Place: Daqqi Maḥari, Eritrea
Language: Ancient Greek
Script: Greek

01 · Original text

Ancient Greek

Greekcomplete inscription, physical lines 1–8

Βασιλεὺς ἐκ βασι- λέων Ἀξωμει- τῶν μέγας Σεμβρούθης ἐλθὼν καθεί- δρυσε, ἔτους κδ Σεμβρούθου μεγάλου [space] βασιλέως

Line breaks follow each TEI <lb>. Editorial hyphens mark break="no" word continuations; [space] represents the encoded blank before line 8. The expanded year-sign is printed as ἔτους.

Scholarly transliteration

Basileus ek basi- leōn Axōmei- tōn megas Sembrouthēs elthōn kathei- dryse, etous 24 Sembrouthou megalou [space] basileōs

02 · Translation

English translation

Sembrouthes, king from among kings, great [king] of the Aksumites, came and dedicated [this], in year 24 of Sembrouthes, great king.

Habesha History translation of the Greek text in Beta maṣāḥǝft RIÉ 275, after RIÉ III.A pp. 23–25 and RIÉ I pp. 374–375.

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Editions & references

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

RIÉ 275
RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 374; RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 374—375; RIÉ II, plates (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), plate 182; RIÉ III.A, Greek texts (Bernand 2000), page 23—25