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 97–120

RIÉ 93

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

RIÉ 93Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi

Two surviving words. Only the kinship phrase and name remain legible.

bn WDD

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 94

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

RIÉ 94Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi

Preserved personal name. The same name occurs in RIÉ 97 and has South Arabian parallels.

ʾWSM

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 95

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

RIÉ 95Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi

Published translation. WDGLY is considered a local name of uncertain etymology; MʿDʾL is well attested in South Arabia.

WDGLY bn MʿDʾL

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 96

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

RIÉ 96Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi

Alternative readings of a personal name. Both readings are possible; the inscription does not decide between them.

SFLN / KFLN

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 97

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

RIÉ 97Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi

Preserved personal name. The same name occurs in RIÉ 94.

ʾWSM

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 98

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

RIÉ 98Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi

Preserved personal name. Its grammatical form and interpretation remain uncertain.

YMNY

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 99

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

RIÉ 99Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi

Surviving first line and proposed name gloss. The patronymic is lost after the kinship term.

YMNʾL bn […]

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 100

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

RIÉ 100Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi

Alternative readings of a personal name. Neither reading is otherwise attested as a South Arabian personal name.

STʾM / NTʾM

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 101

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

RIÉ 101Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi

Preserved personal name. The edition compares related names in RIÉ 9, 12, and 79.

RDYʾ

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 102

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

RIÉ 102Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi

Probable local personal name. Drewes rejects Jamme’s reading and the translation ‘ʾAbih has slept [here].’

NḤBʾ (?)

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 106

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

RIÉ 106Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi

Published translation. The verb is interpreted from the root wdd, ‘love’; the linguistic classification remains discussed in the commentary.

l-dd ʿstr

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 107

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

RIÉ 107Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainLaʿlay ʿAddi

Inscription from Laʿlay ʿAddi

Two probable personal names. Both etymologies remain uncertain.

ḤQN / YʿM

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 108

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

RIÉ 108Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainRuba Kodo

Inscription from Ruba Kodo

Published formula with abbreviated divine name. The preserved letters DḤ are understood as an abbreviation of the goddess DṮ ḤMN.

l-ṭḥw DḤ

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 109

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

RIÉ 109Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainRuba Kodo

Inscription from Ruba Kodo

Possible remains of a known formula. The graffito is incomplete and difficult to read; the formula depends on the tentative reading of its first two letters.

tḥ[…] (?)

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 110

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

RIÉ 110Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainRuba Kodo

Inscription from Ruba Kodo

Probable personal name and lexical gloss. The related Arabic root can also mean ‘be indulgent.’

ḤLM

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 111

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

RIÉ 111Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainRuba Kodo

Inscription from Ruba Kodo

Alternative readings of a personal name. Neither reading is otherwise attested in South Arabia; QṢRY has a different possible derivation.

YṢRY / QṢRY

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 113

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

RIÉ 113Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainRuba Kodo

Probable personal name and preferred gloss. The edition prefers derivation from the Ethiopian root ʾkl, ‘suffice,’ over a root meaning ‘eat’; a pronominal suffix would yield ‘it will suffice for him.’

YʾKL

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 114

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

RIÉ 114Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainRuba Kodo

Inscription from Ruba Kodo

Probable personal name. The final r is not certain and the exact meaning of the underlying verb remains unresolved.

YMḤR

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 115

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

RIÉ 115Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainRuba Kodo

Inscription from Ruba Kodo

Two names with one alternative reading. The first reading is insecure; DMLY is clear but its etymology is unknown.

SQY[M] / ʿQY[M] // DMLY

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 116

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

RIÉ 116Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Preserved personal name. It may be local; its root and exact form are uncertain.

ʾNʿN

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 117

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

RIÉ 117Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Preserved personal name and lexical relation. The final n may be South Arabian nunation; the name may nevertheless be local.

NQHN

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 118

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

RIÉ 118Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Preserved personal name. The same name occurs in RIÉ 117.

NQHN

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 119

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

RIÉ 119Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Published translation. Both names are probably local; their precise verbal derivations remain uncertain.

HNQH bn HʿSʿL

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 121

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

RIÉ 121Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Published translation with uncertain principal name. The reading BQLNYʾ is not entirely certain; the father’s name is well attested.

BQLNYʾ bn HʿN

Early highland inscriptionRead 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.

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

Aksumite corpus & Arabian witnesses59

RIÉ 214
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Abba Liqanos · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 23, available in the reader.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 214, pp. 310.
- Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 53, no. 23.
RIÉ 215
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Abba Mäṭaʿ · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 215, pp. 311.
RIÉ 216
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Yǝḥa · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 216, pp. 311.
RIÉ 217
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAmbā ʾAddi Māqdās · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 217, pp. 311–312.
RIÉ 218
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAnza · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 218, pp. 312.
RIÉ 219
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Nāzret Māryām · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 219, pp. 315.
RIÉ 220
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Gundǝfru Śǝllase · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 220, pp. 316.
RIÉ 221
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · May Mbio · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
No exact artifact image available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 221, pp. 317.
RIÉ 222
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Dǝḵana · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not yet available
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
No exact artifact image available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 222, pp. 317.
RIÉ 223
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription available in reader
English
English translation available in reader
Image
Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
- RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 318-319; RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 318—319; RIÉ II, plates (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), plate 159—160; RIÉ III.B (Drewes 2019), page 318—322
RIÉ 224
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 224, pp. 322.
RIÉ 225
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 225, pp. 323.
RIÉ 226
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 226, pp. 323.
RIÉ 227
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Maṭarā · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not yet available
English
No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
Image
No exact artifact image available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 227, pp. 323.
RIÉ 228
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Edit · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 228, pp. 324.
RIÉ 229
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Edit · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 229, pp. 324–325.
RIÉ 230
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Edit · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 230, pp. 325–326.
RIÉ 231
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Edit · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 231, pp. 326.
RIÉ 233
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Dabra Dāmmo · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not yet available
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
No exact artifact image available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 233, pp. 334.
RIÉ 234
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Dǝrʿā Qoḥayto · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not yet available
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
No exact artifact image available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 234, pp. 334.
RIÉ 235
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Laʿlay ʿAddi · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
No exact artifact image available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 235, pp. 334–335.
RIÉ 236
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Laʿlay ʿAddi · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not yet available
English
No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
Image
No exact artifact image available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 236, pp. 335.
RIÉ 237
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 237, pp. 335.
RIÉ 238
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 238, pp. 336.
RIÉ 239
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 239, pp. 336–340.
RIÉ 240
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 240, pp. 340–341.
RIÉ 241
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 241, pp. 341–343.
RIÉ 242
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 242, pp. 343–344.
RIÉ 243
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 243, pp. 344–345.
RIÉ 244
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 244, pp. 345.
RIÉ 245
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 245, pp. 345–346.
RIÉ 246
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 246, pp. 346.
RIÉ 247
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 247, pp. 347.
RIÉ 248
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 248, pp. 347–349.
RIÉ 249
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daqanāmo · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 249, pp. 349.
RIÉ 250
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Saro · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 250, pp. 349–350.
RIÉ 251
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Saro · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 251, pp. 351.
RIÉ 252
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Daʿru · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Published plate cited; image not yet available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 252, pp. 351.
RIÉ 253
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 41, available in the reader.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 253, pp. 351.
- Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 65, no. 41.
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.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 254, pp. 351–353.
- Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 69, no. 63.
RIÉ 255
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
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.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 255, pp. 353.
- Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 70, no. 68.
RIÉ 256
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
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.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 256, pp. 353–354.
- Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 72, no. 85.
RIÉ 257
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
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.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 257, pp. 354.
- Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 72, no. 86.
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.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 258, pp. 355.
- Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 73, no. 89.
RIÉ 259
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not yet available
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 96, available in the reader.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 259, pp. 355.
- Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 74, no. 96.
RIÉ 260
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʿAddi Alawti · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 100, available in the reader.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 260, pp. 356.
- Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 75, no. 100.
RIÉ 261
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾƎnzǝlāl · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not yet available
English
No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
Image
No exact artifact image available here
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 261, pp. 356.
RIÉ 262
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Cullite · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not yet available
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 262, pp. 356.
RIÉ 263
sixth century CE · Ẓafār, Yemen · Geʿez
sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia
Original
Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
English
English translation available in reader
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- RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 350-351; RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 350—351; RIÉ II, plates (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), plate 175; RIÉ III.B (Drewes 2019), page 357—358
- Walter W. Müller, ‘Äthiopische Inschriftenfragmente aus der himjarischen Hauptstadt Ẓafār’, Aethiopica 15 (2012), pp. 7–21.
RIÉ 264
sixth century CE · Ẓafār, Yemen · Geʿez
sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia
Original
Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
English
English translation available in reader
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- RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 351; RIÉ III.B (Drewes 2019), page 358—359
- Walter W. Müller, ‘Äthiopische Inschriftenfragmente aus der himjarischen Hauptstadt Ẓafār’, Aethiopica 15 (2012), pp. 7–21.
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
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 265, pp. 359–360.
RIÉ 266
sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia · Provenance unknown. · Geʿez
sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia
Original
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English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
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- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 266, pp. 360.
RIÉ 267
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Meroë · Geʿez
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not yet available
English
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- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 267, pp. 360–361.
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
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- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 268, pp. 361–363.
RIÉ 269
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · Ancient Greek
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
English
No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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- RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 362-363; RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 362—363; RIÉ II, plates (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), plate 178; RIÉ III.A, Greek texts (Bernand 2000), page 3—4
RIÉ 271 and 190
fourth century CE · Aksum, Ethiopia · Ancient Greek
fourth-century Aksumite royal inscription
Original
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English
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- RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 286-271, page 370-372; RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 268—271, page 370—372; RIÉ II, plates (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), plate 124—128, plate 181; RIÉ III.A, Greek texts (Bernand 2000), page 15—21; RIÉ III.B (Drewes 2019), page 242—248
RIÉ 272
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · Ancient Greek
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not yet available
English
No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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- RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 372-373; RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 372—373; RIÉ III.A, Greek texts (Bernand 2000), page 21—22
RIÉ 273
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · Ancient Greek
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not yet available
English
No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
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- RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 373; RIÉ III.A, Greek texts (Bernand 2000), page 22
RIÉ 274
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · Ancient Greek
Aksumite corpus; individual date uncertain
Original
Native-script transcription not yet available
English
No secure translation in the checked source, or translation not yet available here
Image
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- RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 374; RIÉ III.A, Greek texts (Bernand 2000), page 22

Earlier, later & uncertain comparisons1

RIÉ 232
873 CE · Ham; reused in a church wall · Geʿez
23 December 873 CE
Original
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English
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- RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 324; RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 323—324; RIÉ II, plates (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), plate 165; RIÉ III.B (Drewes 2019), page 326—333

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RIÉ 220

RIÉ 227

RIÉ 231

RIÉ 236

RIÉ 237

RIÉ 239

RIÉ 251

RIÉ 261

RIÉ 269

RIÉ 272

RIÉ 273

RIÉ 274

RIÉ 232