Aksumite eraRIÉ 298

RIÉ 298 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

r(b)n (?)

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

02 · Translation

English translation

A fragmentary personal name, possibly Rabban.

Project English gloss after Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 379; uncertainty follows Drewes's record-level discussion.

Only part of the proposed name survives.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 298

    Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 379

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–379