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 121–144

RIÉ 123

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

RIÉ 123Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Preserved personal name. The name is well attested in South Arabia.

BRRM

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 124

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

RIÉ 124Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Published translation. The father’s name is local and of uncertain etymology.

GBRN bn WDGL[Yʾ]

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 125

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

RIÉ 125Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Preserved personal name. The name is discussed under RIÉ 90.

GBRN

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 126

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

RIÉ 126Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Preserved personal name. The name is discussed under RIÉ 90.

GBRN

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 127

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

RIÉ 127Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Preserved personal name. The etymology is uncertain; the same name occurs in RIÉ 95, 124, and 128.

WDGLY

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 128

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

RIÉ 128Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Published translation with restored patronymic. The father’s name is restored from RIÉ 95.

WDGLY bn Mʿ[DʾL]

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 129

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

RIÉ 129Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Published translation of a fragmentary text. The first name’s completion is uncertain and the remaining names are too fragmentary for etymological interpretation.

ʿSB[…] bn KR[…] / […]ʿNN

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 130

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

RIÉ 130Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Published translation. The same text occurs in RIÉ 89.

WKLʾL bn GʿSY

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 133

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

RIÉ 133Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Conditional interpretation of line 1. The reading depends on treating the initial aleph as a symbol; line 2 is uninterpreted.

YNK bn DMʿN (?)

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 134

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

RIÉ 134Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Single recognizable word. Only the kinship term bn is recognized.

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 135

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

RIÉ 135Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainZeban Mororo

Inscription from Zeban Mororo

Published translation. ʿWB is identified as a local divinity.

ʾNʿN bn WHBM / l-ḥyw ʿWB

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 136

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

RIÉ 136Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainGobo Fentseh

Inscription from Gobo Fentseh

Preserved personal name. The cited Arabic derivations, ‘bind’ or ‘gift,’ are proposals rather than a settled gloss.

SFDN

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 137

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

RIÉ 137Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainGobo Fentseh

Inscription from Gobo Fentseh

Alternative readings of a personal name. Both the reading and etymology are uncertain.

HNYR / RYNH

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 138

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

RIÉ 138Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainGobo Fentseh

Inscription from Gobo Fentseh

Possible personal-name fragment. The edition compares YLM elsewhere, but the surviving reading here is incomplete.

YL[M] (?)

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 139

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

RIÉ 139Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainGobo Fentseh

Inscription from Gobo Fentseh

Preserved but not fully certain personal name. The name is probably South Arabian in origin, but the reading and etymology are not fully certain.

ʾNʿTH

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 140

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

RIÉ 140Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainGobo Fentseh

Inscription from Gobo Fentseh

Preserved personal name. The same name appears in the preceding entry.

ʾNʿTH

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 141

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

RIÉ 141Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainGobo Fentseh

Inscription from Gobo Fentseh

Published translation. SFḤN is probably a local personal name despite its South Arabian ending.

SFḤN / ʾBʾBD

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 143

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

RIÉ 143Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainGobo Fentseh

Inscription from Gobo Fentseh

Published translation. Both names may be local. Several verbal glosses are discussed for MRḤK, including ‘he protected you’ and ‘he guided you,’ but none is certain.

TWMN bn MRḤK

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 144

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

RIÉ 144Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainGobo Fentseh

Inscription from Gobo Fentseh

Published translation of Text I. GRWHTN is considered a local name of uncertain etymology; Text II is too fragmentary to identify its name.

[…] bn GRWHTN

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 145

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

RIÉ 145Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainGobo Fentseh

Inscription from Gobo Fentseh

Preserved personal name. Several South Arabian and Ethiopian lexical comparisons are discussed without a definitive gloss.

DBY

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 146

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

RIÉ 146Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainGobo Fentseh

Inscription from Gobo Fentseh

Published translation. ḤBS is considered South Arabian in origin; WHBM also occurs in RIÉ 135.

ḤBS bn WHBM

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 147

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

RIÉ 147Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainGobo Fentseh

Inscription from Gobo Fentseh

Preserved personal name. The name is also attested in South Arabia.

ḤBM

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 149

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

RIÉ 149Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainGobo Fentseh

Inscription from Gobo Fentseh

Recognizable remains of a formula. Only remnants of the formula are preserved.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

Early highland inscriptionRead text

RIÉ 150

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

RIÉ 150Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertainGobo Fentseh

Inscription from Gobo Fentseh

Preserved personal name. The name probably derives from the same root as ḤQN in RIÉ 107.

ḤQM

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
Image
No exact artifact image available here
- 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
Image
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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
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
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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
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. 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
Image
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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
Native-script transcription available in reader
English
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Image
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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
Image
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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
Image
No exact artifact image available here
- 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
No exact artifact image available here
- 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
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 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