418 inscriptions

Inscriptions

DʿMT and Aksumite texts in their attested scripts, with published translations and exact sources.

Deutsche Aksum-Expedition photograph of the 52-line RIÉ 189 Ethiopic inscription recording Ezana’s Noba campaign.
RIÉ 189ʿEzana’s Noba campaignAksum, Ethiopia

Catalogue

418 inscriptions in chronological order

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RIÉ 206

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 206Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʾAksum

RIÉ 206 fragment

This fragment from ʾAksum preserves alternative interpretations of a two-line fragment. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

ʾana […] / gb[…]

RIÉ 208

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 208Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʾAksum

RIÉ 208 building-stone marks

This bloc from ʾAksum preserves single mason’s mark.

s-shaped mark

RIÉ 212

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 212Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʾAksum

RIÉ 212 building-stone marks

This bloc from ʾAksum preserves selected interpreted marks from a composite catalogue of sixty-four inscribed building stones. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

Stone 28: z-MʿR Stone 38: z-[personal name?] Stone 49: ŚRB Stone 54: z-[…]

RIÉ 213

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 213Aksumite corpus; date uncertainMeʾelan Debbas

RIÉ 213 building-stone marks

This bloc from Meʾelan Debbas preserves complete three-line text with one conjectural noun.

z-qśw z-[m]qbr z-HMN

RIÉ 215

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 215Aksumite corpus; date uncertainAbba Mäṭaʿ

RIÉ 215 basin

This basin from Abba Mäṭaʿ preserves complete short text with alternative grammatical analyses. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

z-lwd

RIÉ 217

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 217Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʾAmbā ʾAddi Māqdās

RIÉ 217 building-stone marks

This bloc from ʾAmbā ʾAddi Māqdās preserves complete published translation.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 218

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 218Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAnza

RIÉ 218 stele

This stele from ʿAnza preserves complete published translation of eight lines.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 219

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 219Aksumite corpus; date uncertainNāzret Māryām

RIÉ 219 basin

This basin from Nāzret Māryām preserves complete published translation across four faces, with a lost sculptor’s name.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 221

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 221Aksumite corpus; date uncertainMay Mbio

RIÉ 221 roc

This roc from May Mbio preserves complete short graffito with alternative readings. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

z-lbby / z-lbbʿ

RIÉ 222

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 222Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDǝḵana

RIÉ 222 building-stone marks

This bloc from Dǝḵana preserves complete published translation of two lines.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 224

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 224Aksumite corpus; date uncertainMaṭarā

RIÉ 224 stone inscription

This pierre from Maṭarā preserves ownership or workman’s formula.

zwd

RIÉ 225

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 225Aksumite corpus; date uncertainMaṭarā

RIÉ 225 stone inscription

This pierre from Maṭarā preserves line 1 only.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 226

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 226Aksumite corpus; date uncertainMaṭarā

RIÉ 226 stone inscription

This pierre from Maṭarā preserves published interpretation of the single word.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

Source register

Source register

RIÉ 1–443, with separately numbered text versions, supplements, and Arabian witnesses from the checked corpus and DASI. Dates and uncertain identifications follow the cited editions; missing texts, translations, and images are recorded below.

241–300 of 512 entries. Copies and language versions retain their own references.

Aksumite corpus & Arabian witnesses59
  1. RIÉ 214

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Abba Liqanos · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 23, available in the reader.
  2. RIÉ 215

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Abba Mäṭaʿ · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  3. RIÉ 216

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Yǝḥa · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  4. RIÉ 217

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAmbā ʾAddi Māqdās · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  5. RIÉ 218

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAnza · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  6. RIÉ 219

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Nāzret Māryām · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  7. RIÉ 220

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Gundǝfru Śǝllase · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  8. RIÉ 221

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · May Mbio · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    No exact artifact image available here
  9. RIÉ 222

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Dǝḵana · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    No exact artifact image available here
  10. RIÉ 223

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription available in reader
    English
    English translation available in reader
    Image
    Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
  11. RIÉ 224

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  12. RIÉ 225

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  13. RIÉ 226

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  14. RIÉ 227

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    No exact artifact image available here
  15. RIÉ 228

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Edit · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  16. RIÉ 229

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Edit · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  17. RIÉ 230

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Edit · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  18. RIÉ 231

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Edit · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  19. RIÉ 233

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Dabra Dāmmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    No exact artifact image available here
  20. RIÉ 234

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Dǝrʿā Qoḥayto · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    No exact artifact image available here
  21. RIÉ 235

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Laʿlay ʿAddi · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    No exact artifact image available here
  22. RIÉ 236

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Laʿlay ʿAddi · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    No exact artifact image available here
  23. RIÉ 237

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  24. RIÉ 238

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  25. RIÉ 239

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  26. RIÉ 240

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  27. RIÉ 241

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  28. RIÉ 242

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  29. RIÉ 243

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  30. RIÉ 244

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  31. RIÉ 245

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  32. RIÉ 246

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  33. RIÉ 247

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  34. RIÉ 248

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  35. RIÉ 249

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  36. RIÉ 250

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Saro · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  37. RIÉ 251

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Saro · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  38. RIÉ 252

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daʿru · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  39. RIÉ 253

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 41, available in the reader.
  40. RIÉ 254

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 63, available in the reader.
  41. RIÉ 255

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 68, available in the reader.
  42. RIÉ 256

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 85, available in the reader.
  43. RIÉ 257

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 86, available in the reader.
  44. RIÉ 258

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 89, available in the reader.
  45. RIÉ 259

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 96, available in the reader.
  46. RIÉ 260

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 100, available in the reader.
  47. RIÉ 261

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾƎnzǝlāl · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    No exact artifact image available here
  48. RIÉ 262

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Cullite · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    No exact artifact image available here
  49. RIÉ 263

    sixth century CE · Ẓafār, Yemen · Geʿez

    sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    English translation available in reader
    Image
    Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
  50. RIÉ 264

    sixth century CE · Ẓafār, Yemen · Geʿez

    sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    English translation available in reader
    Image
    Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
  51. RIÉ 265

    sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia · Acquired in Aden by D.H. Müller and sent to Wien, provenance unknown. · Geʿez

    sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  52. RIÉ 266

    sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia · Provenance unknown. · Geʿez

    sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  53. RIÉ 267

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Meroë · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    No exact artifact image available here
  54. RIÉ 268

    mid-fourth century CE · Site 24 B in Winkler rock Drawings from Southern Upper Egypt, vol. I 1938. in the Wadi Menih on the road to Berenice. · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    No exact artifact image available here
  55. RIÉ 269

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  56. RIÉ 271 and 190

    fourth century CE · Aksum, Ethiopia · Ancient Greek

    fourth-century Aksumite royal inscription

    Original
    Native-script transcription available in reader
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    English translation available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  57. RIÉ 272

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    No exact artifact image available here
  58. RIÉ 273

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    No exact artifact image available here
  59. RIÉ 274

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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    No exact artifact image available here
Earlier, later & uncertain comparisons1
  1. RIÉ 232

    873 CE · Ham; reused in a church wall · Geʿez

    23 December 873 CE

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here