ComparisonsRIÉ 289

RIÉ 289 seal

This seal from Yeha preserves surviving short text or mark.

Date
pre-Aksumite royal-name seal
Place
Yeha
Language
Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script
Script
Ancient South Arabian

01 · Original text

Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script

Ancient South ArabianSurviving short text or mark

Transliterated reading

WʿRN HYWT

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

02 · Translation

English translation

The personal name WʿRN HYWT, borne by the earliest king so far attested in Ethiopian inscriptions.

Project English gloss after Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 369; uncertainty follows Drewes's record-level discussion.

Ricci proposed a different reading, dʿrnt hyw/hwy, without interpretation; Drewes retains WʿRN HYWT.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 289

    Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 369

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–369