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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Image of RIÉ 37, altar from YehaRIÉ 37

RIÉ 37Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia

RIÉ 37: altar from Yeha

DASI catalogues this royal dedicatory text - fragmentary on a altar of stone from Yeha, Ethiopia, now recorded at Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 199.

[... ... 𐩥](𐩲)𐩧𐩬 𐩥-𐩨𐩦𐩣𐩩 𐩠𐩢𐩵𐩪𐩥 𐩡-𐩱𐩡𐩣𐩤𐩠 ←𐩣𐩷𐩧𐩺𐩬|

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 39, incense burner from YehaRIÉ 39

RIÉ 39Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Yeha, Tigray, Ethiopia

RIÉ 39: incense burner from Yeha

DASI catalogues this dedicatory text on a incense burner of stone from Yeha, Ethiopia, now recorded at Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 13.

(𐩡𐩢𐩺) 𐩴𐩧𐩨𐩺𐩬

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 53 A, altar from Addi KerāmātenRIÉ 53 A

RIÉ 53 AEarly 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Addi Kerāmāten, Senafe, Eritrea

RIÉ 53 A: altar from Addi Kerāmāten

DASI catalogues this dedicatory text on a altar of stone from Addi Kerāmāten, Eritrea, now recorded at Asmara, Archaeological Museum.

𐩠𐩲𐩹𐩨𐩱𐩡 𐩨𐩬 𐩱𐩡𐩣𐩩𐩲 |

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 55, altar from MataraRIÉ 55

RIÉ 55Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Matara, Senafe, Eritrea

RIÉ 55: altar from Matara

DASI catalogues this dedicatory text - fragmentary on a altar of stone from Matara, Eritrea, now recorded at Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 4698+JE 2771.

[... ... ](𐩨)𐩬 𐩩𐩨𐩲𐩫𐩧𐩨 𐩹-↯𐩢𐩵𐩤𐩬 𐩠𐩤𐩬𐩺 𐩲𐩻[𐩩𐩧 ... ...]

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 56, incense burner from MataraRIÉ 56

RIÉ 56Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Matara, Senafe, Eritrea

RIÉ 56: incense burner from Matara

DASI catalogues this dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural) on a incense burner of stone from Matara, Eritrea, now recorded at Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 2964.

[... ... 𐩹-]𐩢𐩵𐩤𐩬 [𐩠𐩤𐩬

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 57, altar from MataraRIÉ 57

RIÉ 57Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Matara, Senafe, Eritrea

RIÉ 57: altar from Matara

DASI catalogues this dedicatory text - fragmentary on a altar of stone from Matara, Eritrea, now recorded at Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 3983.

[... ...]𐩣 𐩨𐩬 𐩲𐩧—

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 61, altar from MataraRIÉ 61

RIÉ 61Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Matara, Senafe area, Eritrea; excavated in Mound B room 33, not in situ

Matara altar invoking Lmn and S¹mhʿly

A fragmentary altar invokes ḏt-Bʿdn, S¹mhʿly and Lmn as lords; its Lmn connection is relevant but it does not name DʿMT.

[... ...𐩣](𐩧)[𐩱]𐩣𐩣((𐩻𐩧𐩪𐩣𐩣)) 𐩥-𐩧[..](𐩩)[... ...]

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text
Image of RIÉ 62, altar (mṭry) from MataraRIÉ 62

RIÉ 62Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A)Matara, Senafe, Eritrea

RIÉ 62: altar (mṭry) from Matara

DASI catalogues this dedicatory text on a altar (mṭry) of stone from Matara, Eritrea, now recorded at Addis Abeba, National Archaeological Museum, JE 4020.

𐩡-𐩬𐩨𐩷𐩱𐩡 𐩦𐩥𐩲𐩬 𐩨—

Ethiopian Early SabaicRead text

Source register

Source register

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

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

Aksumite corpus & Arabian witnesses56
  1. RIÉ 275

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

    Aksumite; year 24 of King Sembrouthes, absolute chronology debated

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  2. RIÉ 277

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAdulis · Ancient Greek

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

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  3. RIÉ 278

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAdulis · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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  4. RIÉ 279

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

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAdulis · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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  6. RIÉ 281

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

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

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

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAdulis · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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  10. RIÉ 285

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAdulis · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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  11. RIÉ 286

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Meroë · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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  12. RIÉ 286 A

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Meroë · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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  13. RIÉ 287

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

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  15. RIÉ 290

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

    around the beginning of the Aksumite period

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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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  16. RIÉ 291

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

    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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  17. RIÉ 293

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

    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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  18. RIÉ 294

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
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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
  19. RIÉ 295

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

    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
  20. RIÉ 296

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
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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
  21. RIÉ 297

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

    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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  22. RIÉ 298

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  23. RIÉ 299

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  24. RIÉ 300

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

    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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  25. RIÉ 301

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  26. RIÉ 302

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

    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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  27. RIÉ 303

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  28. RIÉ 304

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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  29. RIÉ 305

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

    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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  30. RIÉ 306

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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  31. RIÉ 307

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  32. RIÉ 308

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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  33. RIÉ 309

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

    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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  34. RIÉ 310

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Aksum · Geʿez

    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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  35. RIÉ 311

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Aksum · 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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  36. RIÉ 312

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Aksum · Geʿez

    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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  37. RIÉ 313

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Aratu · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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  38. RIÉ 314

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Keramaten · Geʿez

    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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  39. RIÉ 315

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  40. RIÉ 316

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · 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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  41. RIÉ 317

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    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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  42. RIÉ 318

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    Tentative transliterated reading available; native-script transcription unavailable here.
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    Tentative lexical or personal-name gloss available in the reader.
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  43. RIÉ 320

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    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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  44. RIÉ 321

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    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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  45. RIÉ 322

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    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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  46. RIÉ 323

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  47. RIÉ 324

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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  48. RIÉ 325

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    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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  49. RIÉ 326

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    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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  50. RIÉ 327

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    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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  51. RIÉ 328

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  52. RIÉ 329

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  53. RIÉ 330

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    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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  54. RIÉ 331

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  55. RIÉ 332

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  56. RIÉ 333

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Matara · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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Earlier, later & uncertain comparisons4
  1. RIÉ 276

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

    reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246–221 BCE

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  2. RIÉ 289

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

    pre-Aksumite royal-name seal

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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  3. RIÉ 292

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

    Possibly pre-Aksumite; retained for comparison

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  4. RIÉ 319

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

    Possibly pre-Aksumite; retained for comparison

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    English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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