418 inscriptions

Inscriptions

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

RIÉ 189ʿEzana’s Noba campaignAksum, Ethiopia

Catalogue

418 inscriptions in chronological order

Showing 337–360

RIÉ 379

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

RIÉ 379Aksumite corpus; date uncertainMatara

RIÉ 379 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves probable ownership formula.

z-brḥ

GeʿezRead text

RIÉ 380

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

RIÉ 380Aksumite corpus; date uncertainMatara

RIÉ 380 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves probable mark. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

ḥ

GeʿezRead text

RIÉ 381

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

RIÉ 381Aksumite corpus; date uncertainMatara

RIÉ 381 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves complete word of unknown meaning. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

mnnt

GeʿezRead text

RIÉ 383

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

RIÉ 383Aksumite corpus; date uncertainMatara

RIÉ 383 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves fragment of a longer inscription. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

skr […]

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 39, corresponding to RIÉ 385.

DAE IV no. 39, printed p. 64; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 385.

RIÉ 385Aksumite corpus; date uncertainTokhonda

RIÉ 385 monogram

This monogram from Tokhonda preserves surviving short text or mark.

srʿ(t) (?)

GeʿezRead text

RIÉ 386

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

RIÉ 386Aksumite corpus; date uncertainDaʿru

RIÉ 386 monogram

This monogram from Daʿru preserves surviving short text or mark.

Zafan (?)

GeʿezRead text

RIÉ 387

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

RIÉ 387Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 387 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

ʾAbraha / ʿAbraha

GeʿezRead text

RIÉ 388

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

RIÉ 388Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 388 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

Yaʿqob ʾana

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 42, corresponding to RIÉ 389.

DAE IV no. 42, printed p. 65; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 389.

RIÉ 389Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 389 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

Saʿum

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 44, corresponding to RIÉ 391.

DAE IV no. 44, printed p. 65; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 391.

RIÉ 391Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 391 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

bqw- / Yaʿqob (?)

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 45, corresponding to RIÉ 392.

DAE IV no. 45, printed p. 65; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 392.

RIÉ 392Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 392 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

ʾAʿgal / ʾAʿgalo (?)

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 46, corresponding to RIÉ 393.

DAE IV no. 46, printed p. 65; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 393.

RIÉ 393Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 393 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

ʾAʿgal / ʾAʿgalo (?)

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 47, corresponding to RIÉ 394.

DAE IV no. 47, printed p. 66; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 394.

RIÉ 394Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

Monogram from ʿAddi Alawti

The proposed sentence and its component monograms are too uncertain; Drewes leaves the meaning unresolved.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

Ethiopic monogramRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 48, corresponding to RIÉ 395.

DAE IV no. 48, printed p. 66; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 395.

RIÉ 395Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 395 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

ʿAruf / ʿArufa / ʿAraft (?)

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 49, corresponding to RIÉ 396.

DAE IV no. 49, printed p. 66; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 396.

RIÉ 396Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 396 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

Dalagi (?) / Dagale (?)

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 50, corresponding to RIÉ 397.

DAE IV no. 50, printed p. 66; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 397.

RIÉ 397Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 397 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

Misaʾel

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 51, corresponding to RIÉ 398.

DAE IV no. 51, printed p. 66; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 398.

RIÉ 398Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 398 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

Nawih (?)

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 52, corresponding to RIÉ 399.

DAE IV no. 52, printed p. 67; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 399.

RIÉ 399Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 399 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

Tomas

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 53b, corresponding to RIÉ 401.

DAE IV no. 53b, printed p. 67; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 401.

RIÉ 401Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 401 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

Yaʿqob

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 53c, corresponding to RIÉ 402.

DAE IV no. 53c, printed p. 67; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 402.

RIÉ 402Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 402 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

Saʾol

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 54, corresponding to RIÉ 404.

DAE IV no. 54, printed p. 67; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 404.

RIÉ 404Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 404 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

Tomas; ʾana Za-Yoḥannəs

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 55, corresponding to RIÉ 405.

DAE IV no. 55, printed p. 67; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 405.

RIÉ 405Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 405 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

ʾ-y- Y-ʿ-sbr- / Ysbr-

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 56, corresponding to RIÉ 406.

DAE IV no. 56, printed p. 67; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 406.

RIÉ 406Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 406 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

Samuʾel (?)

GeʿezRead text

Published facsimile for DAE IV 57, corresponding to RIÉ 407.

DAE IV no. 57, printed p. 68; facsimile corresponding to RIÉ 407.

RIÉ 407Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region

RIÉ 407 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

Mahari (?)

GeʿezRead 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.

1–60 of 512 entries. Copies and language versions retain their own references.

DʿMT & early highlands60

RIÉ 1
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Amda Tsyon (Seglamen/Aksum area), Ethiopia; loose farmer-found slab now at Aksum · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Royal name; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8043.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 1’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 2
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Abba Pantaleon monastery, Aksum, Ethiopia; reused in church façade, original provenance unknown · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
The surviving royal title explicitly names DʿMT.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8044.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 2’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 3
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Enda Tcherqos, Aksum/Melazo area, Ethiopia; fragment now at Aksum · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
The surviving royal title explicitly names DʿMT.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8102.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 3’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 4
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Enda Tcherqos, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland royal inscription; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8045.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 4’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 5 A
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Enda Tcherqos, Aksum/Melazo area, Ethiopia; reused in church wall · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
The surviving royal title explicitly names DʿMT.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8354.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 5 A’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 5 B
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Enda Tcherqos, Aksum/Melazo area, Ethiopia; reused in church wall · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
The name DʿMT is restored by the editor; it is not independently preserved.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8359.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 5 B’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 6
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Hawlti, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland royal inscription; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8046.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 6’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 7
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia; altar now in the National Archaeological Museum, Addis Ababa · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Royal name; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8242.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 7’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 8
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Addi Gelemo, Wuqro area, Ethiopia; portable object from a mixed cache · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
The surviving royal title explicitly names DʿMT.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8324.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 8’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 9
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ, Wuqro area, Ethiopia; preserved at Abba Garima church · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
The surviving royal title explicitly names DʿMT.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8195.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 9’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 10
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ, Wuqro area, Ethiopia; preserved at Abba Garima church · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
The surviving royal title explicitly names DʿMT.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 4 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8355.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 10’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 11
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Kaskase/Keskese, Senafe area, Eritrea; in-situ architectural column · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Royal name; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8320.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 11’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 12
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Kaskase/Keskese, Senafe area, Eritrea; in-situ architectural column · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Royal name; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8246.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 12’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 13
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Unknown (Ethiopia), Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland royal inscription; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8337.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 13’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 14
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Hawlti, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8382.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 14’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 15
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Hawlti, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8047.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 15’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 16
Pre-Aksumite; absolute date not supplied by DASI · Hawlti, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
No continuous semantic translation is possible from the surviving fragment; the reader explains the limit.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8048.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 16’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 17
Pre-Aksumite; absolute date not supplied by DASI · Hawlti, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
No continuous semantic translation is possible from the surviving fragment; the reader explains the limit.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8049.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 17’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 18
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Enda Tcherqos, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8360.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 18’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 19
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Enda Tcherqos, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8377.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 19’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 20
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8505.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 20’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 21
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
No continuous semantic translation is possible from the surviving fragment; the reader explains the limit.
Image
Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8506.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 21’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 22
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8501.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 22’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 23
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8508.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 23’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 24
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8515.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 24’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 25
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8362.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 25’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 26
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8502.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 26’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 27
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8503.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 27’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 28
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8539.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 28’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 29
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8540.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 29’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 30
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8542.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 30’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 31
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Gobochela, Aksum, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8544.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 31’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 32
Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Gobochela · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet
Uninterpreted inscription on a bull. The edition cannot establish the relationships between the words. A possible divine name on the foreleg does not yield a continuous translation.
Original
Full native-script edition not retrieved.
English
The published commentary offers no secure translation.
Image
No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
- Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 32: object record and edition references.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 32, pp. 63.
RIÉ 33 A
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9078.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 33 A’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 33 B
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9079.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 33 B’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 34
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8551.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 34’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 35
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8554.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 35’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 36
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9099.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 36’, DASI, first published 2015-02-06.
RIÉ 37
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland royal inscription; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8556.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 37’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 38
Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet
Surviving fragment, partly interpreted. The beginning is lost. The readings and meanings of the intervening words are uncertain; the final protective formula is translated by the edition.
Original
Full native-script edition not retrieved.
English
English rendering of the published translation or lexical commentary.
Image
No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
- Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 38: object record and edition references.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 38, pp. 72–73.
RIÉ 39
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8550.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 39’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 40
Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet
Uncertain fragment. The once-proposed reading “his house AUM” relies on a disputed restoration. The edition favours bwm over ʾwm and does not establish a continuous translation.
Original
Full native-script edition not retrieved.
English
The published commentary offers no secure translation.
Image
No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
- Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 40: object record and edition references.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 40, pp. 74–77.
RIÉ 41
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8978.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 41’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 42
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8979.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 42’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 43
Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet
Possible monogram. Several personal-name readings have been proposed, including BKM, BKLM and KLBM. The copy does not establish a unique reading.
Original
Full native-script edition not retrieved.
English
The published commentary offers no secure translation.
Image
No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
- Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 43: object record and edition references.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 43, pp. 78–79.
RIÉ 44
Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet
Uninterpreted inscription. The edition offers no interpretation.
Original
Full native-script edition not retrieved.
English
The published commentary offers no secure translation.
Image
No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
- Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 44: object record and edition references.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 44, pp. 79.
RIÉ 45
Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet
Possible mason’s mark. The edition tentatively identifies a mason’s mark; no linguistic translation is given.
Original
Full native-script edition not retrieved.
English
The published commentary offers no secure translation.
Image
No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
- Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 45: object record and edition references.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 45, pp. 79.
RIÉ 46
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8720.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 46’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 47
Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet
Surviving text, partly interpreted. mṭry designates the altar but its precise meaning is uncertain. The final sequence ws nsb tyw remains uninterpreted; “projection” describes the stone surface.
Original
Full native-script edition not retrieved.
English
English rendering of the published translation or lexical commentary.
Image
No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
- Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 47: object record and edition references.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 47, pp. 80–81.
RIÉ 48
Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet
Uninterpreted incense-burner inscription. The edition rejects the older translation “altar for bloody sacrifices to Sīn”; both reading and interpretation remain uncertain.
Original
Full native-script edition not retrieved.
English
The published commentary offers no secure translation.
Image
No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
- Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 48: object record and edition references.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 48, pp. 81.
RIÉ 49
Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet
Probable mason’s mark. No linguistic translation is given.
Original
Full native-script edition not retrieved.
English
The published commentary offers no secure translation.
Image
No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
- Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 49: object record and edition references.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 49, pp. 82.
RIÉ 50
Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Yeha · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet
Probable mason’s mark. No linguistic translation is given.
Original
Full native-script edition not retrieved.
English
The published commentary offers no secure translation.
Image
No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
- Beta maṣāḥǝft, RIÉ 50: object record and edition references.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 50, pp. 82.
RIÉ 51
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Samrē, Mekele, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9237.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 51’, DASI, first published 2015-02-06.
RIÉ 52
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Addi Gelemo, Wuqro, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9211.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 52’, DASI, first published 2015-02-06.
RIÉ 53 A
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Addi Kerāmāten, Senafe, Eritrea · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9240.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 53 A’, DASI, first published 2013-10-01.
RIÉ 53 B
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Addi Kerāmāten, Senafe, Eritrea · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 3 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9241.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 53 B’, DASI, first published 2013-10-01.
RIÉ 53 C
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Addi Kerāmāten, Senafe, Eritrea · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9242.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 53 C’, DASI, first published 2015-05-03.
RIÉ 54
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Addi Kerāmāten, Senafe, Eritrea · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9243.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 54’, DASI, first published 2015-07-12.
RIÉ 55
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Matara, Senafe, Eritrea · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 8964.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 55’, DASI, first published 2015-01-05.
RIÉ 56
Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Matara, Senafe, Eritrea · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.
Original
DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
English
Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
Image
Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 9246.
- Giulia Buono (ed.), ‘RIÉ 56’, DASI, first published 2015-02-06.

Catalogue

RIÉ 32

RIÉ 40

RIÉ 43

RIÉ 44

RIÉ 45

RIÉ 48

RIÉ 49

RIÉ 50