Aksumite eraRIÉ 307

RIÉ 307 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

n(b)n (?)

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

02 · Translation

English translation

Possibly the personal name Naw(b)an.

Project English gloss after Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 385; uncertainty follows Drewes's record-level discussion.

Two n-signs and two vertical strokes survive; the b and vocalization are conjectural.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 307

    Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 385

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–385