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 38

No verified photograph or facsimile of this artifact has been retrieved.

RIÉ 38Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainYeha

Inscription from Yeha

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.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

Early highland inscriptionRead text
RIÉ 47

No verified photograph or facsimile of this artifact has been retrieved.

RIÉ 47Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainYeha

Inscription from Yeha

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.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

Early highland inscriptionRead text
RIÉ 58

No verified photograph or facsimile of this artifact has been retrieved.

RIÉ 58Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainMatara during the excavation of the mound B

Dedication from Matara during the excavation of the mound B

Surviving dedicatory fragment. The beginning, ending, and part of the divine name are lost; brackets retain the edition’s restoration.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

Early highland inscriptionRead text
RIÉ 64

No verified photograph or facsimile of this artifact has been retrieved.

RIÉ 64Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainMatara during the excavation of the mound E2

Inscription from Matara during the excavation of the mound E2

Probable personal name. The same letter sequence names the tribe Bakīl elsewhere, but the edition considers a personal name more likely here.

BKLM

Early highland inscriptionRead text
RIÉ 68

No verified photograph or facsimile of this artifact has been retrieved.

RIÉ 68Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainMatara

Inscription from Matara

Name; other marks uninterpreted. Two m signs on the right-hand stone remain uninterpreted.

ʿNYM

Early highland inscriptionRead text
RIÉ 69

No verified photograph or facsimile of this artifact has been retrieved.

RIÉ 69Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainDibdib

Dedication from Dibdib

Published translation of the three-line dedication. DWL may designate a locality, region, people, or tribe; the edition does not resolve which.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

Early highland inscriptionRead text
RIÉ 74

No verified photograph or facsimile of this artifact has been retrieved.

RIÉ 74Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainFeqya, engraved on a stone

Dedication from Feqya, engraved on a stone

Surviving dedication with editorial restoration. The lost verb could have been singular or plural. <This stone> is supplied from the object, not a surviving word.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

Early highland inscriptionRead text
RIÉ 75

No verified photograph or facsimile of this artifact has been retrieved.

RIÉ 75Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainFeqya, engraved on a stone

Dedication from Feqya, engraved on a stone

Published translation of the surviving three-line dedication. <This stone> is supplied from the object. HYW is probably a co-dedicant.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

Early highland inscriptionRead text
RIÉ 88

No verified photograph or facsimile of this artifact has been retrieved.

RIÉ 88Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainTokhonda, engraved on a stone

Inscription from Tokhonda, engraved on a stone

Alternative readings of a personal name. Both readings are offered; the root is secure but the final consonant is not.

SMʿN / SMʿS

Early highland inscriptionRead text
RIÉ 89

No verified photograph or facsimile of this artifact has been retrieved.

RIÉ 89Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainKelette Afa, engraved on a stone

Inscription from Kelette Afa, engraved on a stone

Published translation. GʿSY may be a local name; its etymology is uncertain.

WKLʾL bn GʿSY

Early highland inscriptionRead text
RIÉ 90

No verified photograph or facsimile of this artifact has been retrieved.

RIÉ 90Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi, engraved on a stone

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi, engraved on a stone

Preserved personal name. The same name occurs in RIÉ 91 and 124–126.

GBRN

Early highland inscriptionRead text
RIÉ 91

No verified photograph or facsimile of this artifact has been retrieved.

RIÉ 91Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi, engraved on a stone

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi, engraved on a stone

Two preserved personal names. The etymology of ḤDBR remains uncertain.

GBRN // ḤDBR

Early highland inscriptionRead text
RIÉ 92

No verified photograph or facsimile of this artifact has been retrieved.

RIÉ 92Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi

Two partly legible names from four texts. Only the names in Texts II and III are more or less legible; the reading and derivation of both remain doubtful.

WNʾN / ʿNʾN (?) // DBRY

Early highland inscriptionRead 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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  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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  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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  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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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  14. RIÉ 288

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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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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  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
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  19. RIÉ 295

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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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
  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
    English
    No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  21. RIÉ 297

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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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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    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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  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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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  27. RIÉ 303

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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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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  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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    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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    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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    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  33. RIÉ 309

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

    Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain

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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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    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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  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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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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  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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