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 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

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.

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

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 […]

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 (?)

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

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

Source register

Source register

RIÉ 1–443, with separately numbered text versions, supplements, and Arabian witnesses from the checked corpus and DASI. Dates and uncertain identifications follow the cited editions; missing texts, translations, and images are recorded below.

241–300 of 512 entries. Copies and language versions retain their own references.

Aksumite corpus & Arabian witnesses59
  1. RIÉ 214

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Abba Liqanos · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 23, available in the reader.
  2. RIÉ 215

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Abba Mäṭaʿ · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    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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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  3. RIÉ 216

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Yǝḥa · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  4. RIÉ 217

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAmbā ʾAddi Māqdās · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  5. RIÉ 218

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAnza · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  6. RIÉ 219

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Nāzret Māryām · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    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
  7. RIÉ 220

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Gundǝfru Śǝllase · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  8. RIÉ 221

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · May Mbio · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    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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    No exact artifact image available here
  9. RIÉ 222

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Dǝḵana · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not yet available
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    No exact artifact image available here
  10. RIÉ 223

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription available in reader
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    English translation available in reader
    Image
    Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
  11. RIÉ 224

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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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
  12. RIÉ 225

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    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
  13. RIÉ 226

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    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
  14. RIÉ 227

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not yet available
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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    No exact artifact image available here
  15. RIÉ 228

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Edit · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  16. RIÉ 229

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Edit · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    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
  17. RIÉ 230

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Edit · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    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
  18. RIÉ 231

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Edit · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  19. RIÉ 233

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Dabra Dāmmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not yet available
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    No exact artifact image available here
  20. RIÉ 234

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Dǝrʿā Qoḥayto · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not yet available
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    No exact artifact image available here
  21. RIÉ 235

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Laʿlay ʿAddi · 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
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    No exact artifact image available here
  22. RIÉ 236

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Laʿlay ʿAddi · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not yet available
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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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    No exact artifact image available here
  23. RIÉ 237

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  24. RIÉ 238

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    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
  25. RIÉ 239

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  26. RIÉ 240

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  27. RIÉ 241

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    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
  28. RIÉ 242

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  29. RIÉ 243

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    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
  30. RIÉ 244

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  31. RIÉ 245

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  32. RIÉ 246

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  33. RIÉ 247

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  34. RIÉ 248

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  35. RIÉ 249

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    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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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  36. RIÉ 250

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Saro · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  37. RIÉ 251

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Saro · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  38. RIÉ 252

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daʿru · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  39. RIÉ 253

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · 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
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 41, available in the reader.
  40. RIÉ 254

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 63, available in the reader.
  41. RIÉ 255

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 68, available in the reader.
  42. RIÉ 256

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 85, available in the reader.
  43. RIÉ 257

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not yet available
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 86, available in the reader.
  44. RIÉ 258

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 89, available in the reader.
  45. RIÉ 259

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not yet available
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 96, available in the reader.
  46. RIÉ 260

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
    English
    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
    Image
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 100, available in the reader.
  47. RIÉ 261

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾƎnzǝlāl · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not yet available
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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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    No exact artifact image available here
  48. RIÉ 262

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Cullite · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not yet available
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    No exact artifact image available here
  49. RIÉ 263

    sixth century CE · Ẓafār, Yemen · Geʿez

    sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia

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    English translation available in reader
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    Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
  50. RIÉ 264

    sixth century CE · Ẓafār, Yemen · Geʿez

    sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia

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    English translation available in reader
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    Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
  51. RIÉ 265

    sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia · Acquired in Aden by D.H. Müller and sent to Wien, provenance unknown. · Geʿez

    sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  52. RIÉ 266

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

    sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  53. RIÉ 267

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Meroë · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not yet available
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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    No exact artifact image available here
  54. RIÉ 268

    mid-fourth century CE · Site 24 B in Winkler rock Drawings from Southern Upper Egypt, vol. I 1938. in the Wadi Menih on the road to Berenice. · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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    No exact artifact image available here
  55. RIÉ 269

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  56. RIÉ 271 and 190

    fourth century CE · Aksum, Ethiopia · Ancient Greek

    fourth-century Aksumite royal inscription

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    English translation available in reader
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  57. RIÉ 272

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not yet available
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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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    No exact artifact image available here
  58. RIÉ 273

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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    No exact artifact image available here
  59. RIÉ 274

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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Earlier, later & uncertain comparisons1
  1. RIÉ 232

    873 CE · Ham; reused in a church wall · Geʿez

    23 December 873 CE

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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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