418 inscriptions

Inscriptions

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

RIÉ 189ʿEzana’s Noba campaignAksum, Ethiopia

Catalogue

243 inscriptions in chronological order

Showing 241–243

Ry 506

Ry 506552 CEMurayghān, Saudi Arabia

Abraha’s campaign at Ḥalibān

Abraha records a campaign against Maʿadd, military detachments, submission, and hostages.

𐩨-𐩭𐩺𐩡 𐩧𐩢𐩣𐩬𐩬 𐩥-𐩣𐩪𐩢-𐩠𐩥 𐩣𐩡𐩫𐩬 𐩱𐩨𐩧𐩠 𐩸-𐩨-𐩺𐩣𐩬((𐩱𐩨𐩧𐩠 𐩸𐩨𐩺𐩣𐩬)) 𐩣𐩡𐩫 𐩪𐩨𐩱 𐩥-𐩹-𐩧𐩺𐩵𐩬 𐩥-𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩥𐩩

Late SabaicRead text

Artifact photograph and published facsimile of Murayghān 2, showing the same six-line inscription.

Murayghān 2 · photograph and facsimile

Sayed / Murayghān 26th century CE; probably c. 552Murayghān, Saudi Arabia

A commander on Abraha’s campaign

The qayl Mns¹ dhū-Dharnḥ records accompanying King Abraha on a campaign against Maʿadd.

𐩤𐩺𐩡𐩬 𐩣—

Late SabaicRead text

Ja 547+Ja 546+Ja 544+Ja 545

Ja 547+Ja 546+Ja 544+Ja 545558 CEMaʾrib, Yemen

Hamdān’s work on the dam

Tribal leaders commemorate work on the Maʾrib dam under Abraha. Four separately numbered portions form one inscription.

𐩧𐩨𐩨𐩣 𐩥-𐩱𐩰𐩲 𐩹𐩺 𐩣𐩦𐩲𐩧𐩬 𐩥-𐩱𐩪—

Late SabaicRead text

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.

121–180 of 296 entries. Copies and language versions retain their own references.

Aksumite corpus & Arabian witnesses60

RIÉ 300
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Yeha · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script
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
- Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 380
RIÉ 301
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Yeha · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script
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
- Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 380
RIÉ 302
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Yeha · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script
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
- Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 382
RIÉ 303
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Yeha · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script
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
- Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 382
RIÉ 304
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Yeha · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script
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
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 383
RIÉ 305
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Yeha · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script
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
- Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 383
RIÉ 306
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Yeha · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script
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
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 384
RIÉ 307
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Yeha · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script
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
- Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 385
RIÉ 308
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script
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
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 385
RIÉ 309
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Adulis · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script
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
- Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 385
RIÉ 310
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Aksum · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 310, p. 389.
RIÉ 311
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Aksum · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 311, p. 389.
RIÉ 312
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Aksum · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 312, p. 390.
RIÉ 313
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Aratu · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 313, p. 390.
RIÉ 314
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Keramaten · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 314, p. 391.
RIÉ 315
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 315, p. 392.
RIÉ 316
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 316, p. 392.
RIÉ 317
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 317, p. 392.
RIÉ 318
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Tentative transliterated reading available; native-script transcription unavailable here.
English
Tentative lexical or personal-name gloss available in the reader.
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 318, p. 392.
RIÉ 320
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 320, p. 393.
RIÉ 321
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
No exact artifact image available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 321, p. 393.
RIÉ 322
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
No exact artifact image available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 322, p. 394.
RIÉ 323
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 323, p. 394.
RIÉ 324
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 324, p. 395.
RIÉ 325
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 325, p. 395.
RIÉ 326
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
No exact artifact image available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 326, p. 395.
RIÉ 327
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
No exact artifact image available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 327, p. 395.
RIÉ 328
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 328, p. 396.
RIÉ 329
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 329, p. 397.
RIÉ 330
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 330, p. 397.
RIÉ 331
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 331, p. 397.
RIÉ 332
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 332, p. 398.
RIÉ 333
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 333, p. 398.
RIÉ 334
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 334, p. 399.
RIÉ 335
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 335, p. 399.
RIÉ 336
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 336, p. 400.
RIÉ 337
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 337, p. 400.
RIÉ 338
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 338, p. 400.
RIÉ 339
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 339, p. 400.
RIÉ 340
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 340, p. 401.
RIÉ 341
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 341, p. 401.
RIÉ 341 A
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 341A, p. 402.
RIÉ 342
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 342, p. 402.
RIÉ 343
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 343, p. 402.
RIÉ 344
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 344, p. 404.
RIÉ 345
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 345, p. 404.
RIÉ 346
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
No exact artifact image available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 346, p. 405.
RIÉ 347
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 347, p. 406.
RIÉ 348
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 348, p. 406.
RIÉ 349
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 349, p. 406.
RIÉ 350
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 350, p. 406.
RIÉ 351
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 351, p. 407.
RIÉ 352
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 352, p. 408.
RIÉ 353
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 353, p. 408.
RIÉ 354
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 354, p. 408.
RIÉ 355
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 355, pp. 408–409.
RIÉ 356
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 356, p. 409.
RIÉ 357
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 357, p. 409.
RIÉ 358
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 358, p. 410.
RIÉ 359
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 359, p. 410.

Catalogue

RIÉ 309

RIÉ 310

RIÉ 312

RIÉ 314

RIÉ 316

RIÉ 317

RIÉ 324

RIÉ 325

RIÉ 338

RIÉ 339

RIÉ 340

RIÉ 350

RIÉ 353

RIÉ 354

RIÉ 357

RIÉ 358