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.

361–420 of 512 entries. Copies and language versions retain their own references.

Aksumite corpus & Arabian witnesses57
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. RIÉ 360

    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
  29. RIÉ 361

    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
  30. RIÉ 362

    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
    No exact artifact image available here
  31. RIÉ 364

    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
  32. RIÉ 365

    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
  33. RIÉ 366

    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
  34. RIÉ 367

    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
  35. RIÉ 368

    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
    No exact artifact image available here
  36. RIÉ 369

    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
  37. RIÉ 370

    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
  38. RIÉ 371

    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
  39. RIÉ 372

    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
  40. RIÉ 373

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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
  41. RIÉ 374

    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 375

    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
  43. RIÉ 376

    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
  44. RIÉ 377

    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
  45. RIÉ 378

    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
  46. RIÉ 379

    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
  47. RIÉ 380

    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
  48. RIÉ 381

    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
  49. RIÉ 382

    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
  50. RIÉ 383

    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 385

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Tokhonda · 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 published facsimile available in the reader.
  52. RIÉ 386

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daʿru · 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 387

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region · 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
  54. RIÉ 388

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region · 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
  55. RIÉ 389

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region · 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 published facsimile available in the reader.
  56. RIÉ 391

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region · 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 published facsimile available in the reader.
  57. RIÉ 392

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region · 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 published facsimile available in the reader.
Earlier, later & uncertain comparisons3
  1. RIÉ 363

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

    Possibly pre-Aksumite; retained for comparison

    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
  2. RIÉ 384

    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
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    No exact artifact image available here
  3. RIÉ 390

    commentary includes a pre-Aksumite comparison or possible assignment · ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region · 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
    Exact published facsimile available in the reader.