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 228

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

RIÉ 228Aksumite corpus; date uncertainEdit

RIÉ 228 affleurement de roc

This affleurement de roc from Edit preserves published translation of the three-line graffito.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 229

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

RIÉ 229Aksumite corpus; date uncertainEdit

RIÉ 229 affleurement de roc

This affleurement de roc from Edit preserves both texts.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 230

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

RIÉ 230Aksumite corpus; date uncertainEdit

RIÉ 230 affleurement de roc

This affleurement de roc from Edit preserves published translation.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 233

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

RIÉ 233Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDabra Dāmmo

RIÉ 233 rocher

This rocher from Dabra Dāmmo preserves group b, first line only.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 234

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

RIÉ 234Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDǝrʿā Qoḥayto

RIÉ 234 stone inscription

This pierre from Dǝrʿā Qoḥayto preserves tentative surviving clause.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 235

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

RIÉ 235Aksumite corpus; date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi

RIÉ 235 unspecified

This unspecified from Laʿlay ʿAddi preserves probable personal name.

ʾWST

RIÉ 238

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

RIÉ 238Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDaqanāmo

RIÉ 238 unspecified

This unspecified from Daqanāmo preserves published translation.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 240

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

RIÉ 240Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDaqanāmo

RIÉ 240 unspecified

This unspecified from Daqanāmo preserves published translation.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 241

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

RIÉ 241Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDaqanāmo

RIÉ 241 unspecified

This unspecified from Daqanāmo preserves published translation.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 242

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

RIÉ 242Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDaqanāmo

RIÉ 242 unspecified

This unspecified from Daqanāmo preserves both texts.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 243

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

RIÉ 243Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDaqanāmo

RIÉ 243 unspecified

This unspecified from Daqanāmo preserves published translation.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 244

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

RIÉ 244Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDaqanāmo

RIÉ 244 unspecified

This unspecified from Daqanāmo preserves published interpretation.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 245

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

RIÉ 245Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDaqanāmo

RIÉ 245 unspecified

This unspecified from Daqanāmo preserves published translation.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 246

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

RIÉ 246Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDaqanāmo

RIÉ 246 unspecified

This unspecified from Daqanāmo preserves published translation.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 247

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

RIÉ 247Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDaqanāmo

RIÉ 247 unspecified

This unspecified from Daqanāmo preserves published translation.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 248

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

RIÉ 248Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDaqanāmo

RIÉ 248 unspecified

This unspecified from Daqanāmo preserves first line and tentative continuation. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 249

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

RIÉ 249Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDaqanāmo

RIÉ 249 unspecified

This unspecified from Daqanāmo preserves recognizable name and word only.

ʾZB; bh

RIÉ 250

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

RIÉ 250Aksumite corpus; date uncertainSaro

RIÉ 250 affleurement de roc

This affleurement de roc from Saro preserves three principal lines.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 252

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

RIÉ 252Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDaʿru

RIÉ 252 paroi de la grotte

This paroi de la grotte from Daʿru preserves published translation.

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
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    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

    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
  52. RIÉ 266

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

    sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia

    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
  53. RIÉ 267

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Meroë · 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
  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
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    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
    English
    English translation available in reader
    Image
    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
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    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