Aksumite eraRIÉ 297

RIÉ 297 small bronze object

This small bronze object from Yeha preserves surviving short text or mark.

Date
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain
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

hyw / hywt (twice)

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

02 · Translation

English translation

‘Life’, probably repeated twice; likely an amulet.

Project English gloss after Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 378; uncertainty follows Drewes's record-level discussion.

Jamme's ysfr reading is not supported by the visible signs according to Drewes.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 297

    Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 378

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–378