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.

301–360 of 512 entries. Copies and language versions retain their own references.

Aksumite corpus & Arabian witnesses56
  1. RIÉ 275

    Aksumite period; absolute chronology disputed · Daqqi Maḥari, Eritrea · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite; year 24 of King Sembrouthes, absolute chronology debated

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    Native-script transcription available in reader
    English
    English translation available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  2. RIÉ 277

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAdulis · Ancient Greek

    Monumentum Adulitanum; before c. 210 CE, precise authorship/date debated

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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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  3. RIÉ 278

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAdulis · 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
  4. RIÉ 279

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAdulis · 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
  5. RIÉ 280

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAdulis · 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
  6. RIÉ 281

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAdulis · 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
  7. RIÉ 282

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAdulis · 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
  8. RIÉ 283

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAdulis · 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
  9. RIÉ 284

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAdulis · 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
  10. RIÉ 285

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAdulis · 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
  11. RIÉ 286

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Meroë · 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
  12. RIÉ 286 A

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Meroë · 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
  13. RIÉ 287

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Provenance not resolved · 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
  14. RIÉ 288

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Aksum · 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
  15. RIÉ 290

    around the beginning of the Aksumite period · Matara · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script

    around the beginning of the Aksumite period

    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
  16. RIÉ 291

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Adulis · 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
  17. RIÉ 293

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Hawelti · 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
  18. RIÉ 294

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Hawelti · 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
  19. RIÉ 295

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Yeha · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script

    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
  20. RIÉ 296

    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
  21. RIÉ 297

    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
  22. RIÉ 298

    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
  23. RIÉ 299

    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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. RIÉ 315

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. RIÉ 323

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. RIÉ 331

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    No exact artifact image available here
  55. 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
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  56. 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
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
Earlier, later & uncertain comparisons4
  1. RIÉ 276

    reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246–221 BCE · ʾAdulis · Ancient Greek

    reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246–221 BCE

    Original
    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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  2. RIÉ 289

    pre-Aksumite royal-name seal · Yeha · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script

    pre-Aksumite royal-name seal

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  3. RIÉ 292

    commentary includes a pre-Aksumite comparison or possible assignment · Sabea · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script

    Possibly pre-Aksumite; retained for comparison

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  4. RIÉ 319

    commentary includes a pre-Aksumite comparison or possible assignment · Matara · Geʿez

    Possibly pre-Aksumite; retained for comparison

    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