Aksumite eraRIÉ 305

RIÉ 305 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

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

02 · Translation

English translation

‘Life’; probably an amuletic word.

Project English gloss after Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 383; uncertainty follows Drewes's record-level discussion.

The possible final t is formed by crossed lines and remains uncertain.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 305

    Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 383

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–383