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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Artifact photograph of al-Ḥasanī 2017, reproduced in its DASI record.al-Ḥasanī 2017

al-Ḥasanī 2017Middle Sabaic period; absolute date uncertainJabal Ḏaẖār, Yemen

Rebuilding Ṣyrtān after an Abyssinian attack

A damaged building inscription records repairs to a city, houses, towers, and a burial place after an attack by an Abyssinian army. The surviving year-number is 98 or 198; its absolute date is not established here.

𐩱𐩡𐩦𐩧𐩢 𐩱𐩮𐩵𐩤 𐩥-𐩨𐩬𐩺-𐩠𐩥 𐩱𐩡𐩦𐩧 𐩥-𐩱(𐩡)𐩲[... ...]

Ir 20

No artifact photograph was located in the cited DASI record or the checked edition plates.

Ir 203rd century CEMaḥram Bilqīs, Yemen

A western expedition

Hʿn dedicates a bronze statue after a campaign against Abyssinian forces under Nashʾakarib Yuʾmin Yuharḥib.

𐩠𐩲𐩬 [... ...] 𐩣𐩤𐩩𐩥𐩺 𐩬𐩦𐩱𐩫𐩧𐩨 𐩺𐩱𐩣𐩬 𐩺𐩠𐩧𐩢𐩨 𐩣𐩡𐩫 𐩪𐩨𐩱 𐩥-𐩹-𐩧𐩺𐩵𐩬 𐩨𐩬 𐩱𐩡𐩦𐩧𐩢 𐩺𐩢𐩳𐩨 𐩥-𐩺𐩱𐩸𐩡 𐩨𐩺𐩬 𐩣𐩡𐩫𐩺 𐩪𐩨𐩱 𐩥-𐩹-𐩧𐩺𐩵𐩬 𐩠𐩤𐩬𐩺 𐩱𐩡𐩣𐩤𐩠-𐩨𐩲𐩡-𐩱𐩥𐩣 𐩮𐩡𐩣𐩬 𐩹-𐩹𐩠𐩨𐩬 𐩢𐩣𐩵𐩣 𐩨-𐩹𐩩 𐩠𐩥𐩰𐩺 𐩲𐩨𐩵-𐩠𐩥 𐩠𐩲𐩬 𐩨-𐩫𐩡 𐩱𐩣𐩡𐩱 𐩪𐩩𐩣𐩡𐩱 𐩨-𐩲𐩣-𐩠𐩥 𐩨-𐩫𐩬 𐩪𐩨𐩱 𐩣𐩲𐩧𐩨𐩬 𐩨-𐩤𐩠𐩩 𐩣𐩧𐩱-𐩠𐩣𐩥 𐩣𐩡𐩫𐩬 𐩥-𐩱𐩩𐩥𐩥 𐩨-𐩱𐩢𐩡𐩡𐩣 𐩥-𐩪𐩨𐩺𐩣 𐩥-𐩶𐩬𐩣𐩣 𐩨𐩬 𐩱𐩢𐩨𐩦𐩬 𐩹-𐩲𐩵𐩥𐩥 𐩨-𐩲𐩣 𐩧𐩪𐩣 𐩥-𐩹-𐩨𐩬 𐩱𐩪𐩠𐩧𐩬

Artifact photograph of MAFRAY-al-Miʿsāl 2, reproduced in its DASI record.MAFRAY-al-Miʿsāl 2

MAFRAY-al-Miʿsāl 2253 CEal-Miʿsāl, Yemen

Lḥyʿat Awkān’s campaign record

A military commemoration in the temple of the solar deity ʿAlyat, dated in the Ḥimyarite era.

𐩡𐩢𐩺𐩲𐩩 𐩱𐩥𐩫𐩬 𐩨𐩬 𐩺𐩲𐩸𐩸 𐩥-𐩨𐩬 𐩣𐩲𐩠𐩧 𐩥-𐩹-𐩭𐩥𐩡𐩬 𐩥-𐩢𐩼𐩺𐩬 𐩨𐩬 𐩫𐩡𐩲𐩬 𐩥-𐩹-𐩨𐩩𐩲𐩬 𐩥-𐩧𐩺𐩣𐩬 𐩤𐩺𐩡 𐩦𐩲𐩨𐩬 𐩧𐩵𐩣𐩬 𐩥-𐩭𐩥𐩡𐩬 𐩥-𐩣𐩢𐩧𐩴 𐩦—

Artifact photograph of MAFRAY-al-Miʿsāl 5, reproduced in its DASI record.MAFRAY-al-Miʿsāl 5

MAFRAY-al-Miʿsāl 5272 CEal-Miʿsāl, Yemen

Ḥaẓyān Awkān’s military service

A long temple text recounts military service under successive Ḥimyarite kings and campaigns involving Abyssinian forces.

𐩢𐩼𐩺𐩬 𐩱𐩥𐩫𐩬 𐩨𐩬 𐩣𐩲𐩠𐩧 𐩥-𐩹-𐩭𐩥𐩡𐩬 𐩤𐩺𐩡 𐩦𐩲𐩨𐩬 𐩧𐩵𐩣𐩬 𐩥-𐩭𐩥𐩡𐩬 𐩩𐩫𐩧𐩨 𐩥-𐩠𐩴𐩡𐩬 𐩥-𐩩𐩬𐩳𐩲 𐩥-𐩦𐩩𐩰𐩩𐩬 𐩨-𐩲𐩣 𐩦𐩣𐩪-𐩠𐩥 𐩲𐩡𐩺𐩩 𐩨𐩲𐩡𐩩 𐩤𐩺𐩰𐩺 𐩲𐩧𐩬 𐩦𐩢𐩧𐩧𐩣 𐩡-𐩹𐩩 𐩩𐩭𐩣𐩧𐩬-𐩠𐩣𐩥 𐩥-𐩠𐩥𐩦𐩲 𐩥-𐩠𐩧𐩵𐩱𐩬 𐩢𐩣𐩵𐩣

Artifact photograph of Gr 27, reproduced in its DASI record.Gr 27

Gr 27Late 3rd–early 4th century CEBayt al-Ashwāl, Ẓafār, Yemen, Yemen

Rebuilding after a fire

A building dedication records reconstruction after a fire attributed to Abyssinian forces.

𐩠𐩥𐩰𐩲𐩻𐩩 𐩺𐩠𐩺𐩲 𐩥-𐩨𐩬𐩺-𐩠𐩥 𐩦𐩧𐩢𐩨𐩱𐩡 𐩥-𐩵𐩥𐩣[𐩬 ... ...]

Late SabaicRead text
Deutsche Aksum-Expedition plate of Ezana’s RIÉ 185 inscription in South Arabian and Ethiopic scripts, with photograph and traced reading.RIÉ 185 II

RIÉ 185 IIfirst half of the 4th century CEAksum, Ethiopia

ʿEzana’s Beja campaign and royal titulary

The royal text names ʿEzana’s dominions and commemorates the defeat, provisioning, and resettlement of Beja groups under six subordinate kings.

ዐዘነ ነገሠ አከሰመ [ወ]ሐመየረ ወከሰ ወሰበአ ወሐበሠተ ወረየደነ ወሰለሐ ወጸየመ ወበገ ነገሠ ነገሠተ ወለደ መሐረመ ዘ[አ]የተመወአ

The RIÉ 185bis stela at Aksum, with Ezana’s victory text carved in three scripts.RIÉ 185bis I

RIÉ 185bis I4th century CEAksum, Ethiopia

The second trilingual victory inscription of ʿEzana

This duplicate of ʿEzana’s Beja victory text preserves the royal titulary and the account of captives, livestock, provisioning, and resettlement more clearly than the earlier-known monument.

𐩣𐩡𐩫 𐩱𐩫𐩪𐩥𐩣 𐩥𐩢𐩣𐩧𐩣 𐩥𐩧𐩺𐩵𐩬𐩣 𐩥𐩪𐩡𐩠𐩬𐩣 𐩥𐩪𐩨𐩱𐩣 𐩥𐩢𐩨𐩦𐩩𐩣 𐩥𐩮𐩺𐩣𐩣 𐩥𐩮𐩧𐩵𐩣 𐩥𐩫𐩪𐩥𐩣 𐩥𐩨𐩴𐩣

Geʿez (pseudo-Sabaic orthography)Read text
Ir 28

No artifact photograph was located in the cited DASI record or the checked edition plates.

Ir 28c. 312–316 CEMaḥram Bilqīs, Yemen

An embassy across the Red Sea

A Sabaean envoy records travel to the land of Ḥabašat and the Aksumites and his return with Abyssinian envoys.

𐩦𐩧𐩢𐩲𐩻𐩩 𐩱𐩦𐩥𐩲 𐩹-𐩢𐩨𐩨[... ...] 𐩱𐩤𐩥𐩡 𐩦𐩲𐩨𐩬𐩠𐩬 𐩮𐩧𐩥𐩢 𐩥-𐩭𐩥𐩡𐩬 𐩭𐩳𐩡𐩣 𐩠𐩤𐩬𐩺𐩥 𐩣𐩧𐩱-𐩠𐩣𐩥 𐩱𐩡𐩣𐩤𐩠 𐩻𐩠𐩥𐩬 𐩨𐩲𐩡 𐩱𐩥𐩣 𐩮𐩡𐩣𐩬 𐩹-𐩹𐩠𐩨𐩬 𐩹-𐩦𐩰𐩩-𐩠𐩥 𐩢𐩣𐩵𐩣 𐩨-𐩹𐩩 𐩱𐩥𐩡-𐩠𐩥 𐩥-𐩠𐩥𐩰𐩺𐩬 𐩨𐩬 𐩨𐩢𐩧𐩣 <𐩨->𐩨𐩧𐩻 𐩢𐩦𐩫-𐩠𐩥 𐩣𐩧𐩱-𐩠𐩣𐩥 𐩫𐩧𐩨𐩱𐩡 𐩥𐩩𐩧 𐩺𐩠𐩬𐩲𐩣 𐩣𐩡𐩫 𐩪𐩨𐩱 𐩥-𐩹-𐩧𐩺𐩵𐩬 𐩥-𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩥𐩩 𐩥-𐩺𐩣𐩬𐩩 𐩥-𐩢𐩦𐩫-𐩠𐩣𐩥 𐩩𐩬𐩨𐩡𐩩𐩣 𐩱𐩧𐩳 𐩢𐩨𐩦𐩩 𐩥-𐩱𐩫𐩪𐩣𐩬 𐩨-𐩲𐩨𐩧 𐩬𐩴𐩦𐩺𐩬 𐩥-𐩭𐩣𐩧-𐩠𐩥 𐩣𐩧𐩱-𐩠𐩣𐩥 𐩱𐩡𐩣𐩤𐩠 𐩱𐩩𐩥 𐩨-𐩥𐩰𐩺𐩣 𐩥-𐩱𐩥𐩡𐩬 𐩪𐩡𐩣𐩣 𐩥-𐩠𐩹𐩫𐩺 𐩨-𐩲𐩣-𐩠𐩥 𐩩𐩬𐩨𐩡𐩩𐩣 𐩱𐩢𐩺𐩤𐩣 𐩥-𐩸𐩡𐩬𐩪 𐩥-𐩫-𐩭𐩣𐩧 𐩲𐩨𐩵-𐩠𐩥 𐩱𐩩𐩺 𐩪𐩨𐩲𐩩 𐩺𐩣𐩩𐩣 𐩨-𐩡𐩡𐩩 𐩥-𐩩𐩱𐩥𐩡-𐩠𐩣𐩥 𐩥-𐩣𐩼𐩱𐩥 𐩨-𐩣𐩭𐩥𐩬 𐩨-𐩥𐩰𐩺𐩣

DAE plate of Ezana’s RIÉ 188 campaign inscription.RIÉ 188

RIÉ 188fourth century CEAksum, Ethiopia

ʿEzana’s campaign against the Ṣarane

A vocalized-Geʿez royal text commemorates ʿEzana’s campaign against the Ṣarane and records captives, livestock, and the king’s return.

ዔዛና፡ ወልደ፡ እሌ፡ ዐሚዳ፡ ብእስየ፡ ሐሌን፡ ንጉሠ፡ አክሱም፡ ወዘ፡ ሕሜር፡ ወዘ፡ ረይዳን፡ ወዘ፡ ሰበእ፡ ወዘ፡ ሰልሔን፡ ወዘ፡ ጽያሞ፡ ወዘ፡ ብጋ፡ ወዘ፡ ካሱ፡ ወልደ፡ መሕርም፡ ዘአይትመዋእ፡ ለፀር፡ ፀብኡ፡ ጸረኔ፡ መንግሥቶሙ፡ አፋን፡ ሶቤ፡ ገፍዐን፡ ወቀተል፡ ነጋዲ▧፡ ወእምዝ፡ ፀበእናሁ፡ ወእምቀዳ፡ ፈነውነ፡ ሰራዊተ፡ ሰርዌ፡ መሐዛ፡ ወሰርዌ፡ ዳኴን፡ ወሰርዌ፡ ሐራ፡ ወለሊነ፡ ተለውነ፡ ወኀደርነ፡ ምግባአ፡ መራድ፡ ዓላሃ፡ ወአውፈርነ፡ ሰራዊተነ፡ ወቀተልዎ፡ ወፄወውዎ፡ ወመህረክዎ፡ ወቀተልነ፡ ሰዕኔ፡ ወጸወንቴ፡ ወጌማ፡ ወዘሕተን፡ አርበዕቱ፡ አንጋደ፡ ወአኀዝነ፡ አሊታሃ፡ ምስሌ፡ ክልኤ፡ ደቁ፡ ወኮነ፡ ቅትለ፡ ዕድ፡ ዘአፋን፡ ፭፻፫፡ ወአንስት፡ ፪፻፪፡ ወኮነ፡ ፯፻፭፡ ፄዋ፡ ዕድ፡ ወአንስት፡ ዘሕዝበ፡ ገዐዛ፡ ዕድ፡ ፵፡ ወአንስት፡ ወደቂቅ፡ ፻፷፭፡ ወኮነ፡ ፪፻፭፡ ምህርካ፡ ለህም፡ ፫፼፲፻፱፻፶፯፡ እንስሳ፡ ዐውድ፡ ፰፻፳፯፡ ወተመይጡ፡ ዳኅነ፡ ምስሌ፡ አሕዛቢሆሙ፡ ወተከሉ፡ መንበረ፡ በዝየ፡ በሠዶ፡ ወአመሐፀንዎ፡ ለዐስተር፡ ወለብሔር፡ ወለምድር፡ ለእመ፡ ቦዘ፡ ነሠቶ፡ ወነቀሎ፡ ውእቱ፡ ወብሔሩ፡ ወዘመዱ፡ ለይትነቀል፡ ወይትነሠት፡ እብሔሩ፡ ለይሢእ፡ ወቀፍኡ፡ አኮቴተ፡ ለመሕርም፡ ዘወለዶሙ፡ ለህም፡ ፻፡ ወፄዋ፡ ፶፡

Deutsche Aksum-Expedition photograph of the 52-line RIÉ 189 Ethiopic inscription recording Ezana’s Noba campaign.RIÉ 189

RIÉ 189mid-4th century CEAksum, Ethiopia

ʿEzana’s Noba campaign

The inscription presents ʿEzana’s titles and narrates his campaign against the Noba and into Kush, including troop movements, captives, casualties, and livestock totals.

በኀይለ፡ እግዚአ፡ ሰማይ፡ ዘበ፡ ሰማይ፡ ወምድር፡ መዋኢ፡ ሊተ፡ አነ፡ ዔዛና፡ ወልደ፡ እሌ፡ ዐሚዳ፡ ብእስየ፡ ሐልን፡ ንጉሠ፡ አክሱም፡ ወዘ፡ ሕሜር፡ ወዘ፡ ረይዳን፡ ወዘ፡ ሰበእ፡ ወዘ፡ ሰልሔን፡ ወዘ፡ ጽያሞ፡ ወዘ፡ ብጋ፡ ወዘ፡ ካሱ፡

RIÉ 271 and 190

The cited edition contains a plate of this inscription; no image is available here.

RIÉ 271 and 190fourth century CEAksum, Ethiopia

Greek and Geʿez witnesses to ʿEzana’s Noba campaign

The surviving Greek lines of RIÉ 271 parallel the much longer Geʿez-in-South-Arabian-script RIÉ 190 account of ʿEzana’s campaign against the Noba.

22 Ἐξῆλθα πολεμῆσαι 23 τοὺς Νωβα, ὅτι κατέκραξαν κατ᾽ αὐτῶν 24 οἱ Μανγαρθω καὶ Χασα καὶ Ἀτιαδιται 25 καὶ βαρεωται λέγοντες ὅτι κατεπόνη- 26 σαν ἡμᾶς οἱ Νωβα, […] 32 ἔφθασα εἰς Μαμβαριαν καὶ ἐκῖθεν ἐσιτάρχησα

Ancient GreekRead text
RIÉ 268

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 268mid-fourth century CESite 24 B in Winkler rock Drawings from Southern Upper Egypt, vol. I 1938. in the Wadi Menih on the road to Berenice.

RIÉ 268 bloc de pierre

This bloc de pierre from Site 24 B in Winkler rock Drawings from Southern Upper Egypt, vol. I 1938. in the Wadi Menih on the road to Berenice. preserves lines 1–3 only.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 181

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 181Aksumite corpus; date uncertainMaṭarā

RIÉ 181 stone inscription

This plaque from Maṭarā preserves selected lexical interpretations from three otherwise uninterpreted lists. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

smn; mrbʿt; mkʿb; zkn

RIÉ 182

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 182Aksumite corpus; date uncertainMaṭarā

RIÉ 182 stone inscription

This plaque from Maṭarā preserves complete surviving texts i and ii, three physical lines each. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

Text I 1 mdbt | l-tbʿ-m | gb-m | khl-m | 2 [.]t-m | ʾqh-m | tdl-m | tfn-m | ʾkbr-m 3 wdl-m | syq-m | tkz-m Text II 1 [.]nyt | m-wsk-n | ʾhrt | m 2 [.]fś | m | ʾhrt | dʿbr | m 3 ʿmdt | m | gdr-s | m | t | tz | m

RIÉ 183

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RIÉ 183Aksumite corpus; date uncertainSafra

RIÉ 183 stone inscription

This plaque from Safra preserves complete published translation of four texts; untranslated terms retained.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 184

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 184Aksumite corpus; date uncertainZǝban Kutur

RIÉ 184 statuette

This statuette from Zǝban Kutur preserves complete published translation of both sides of the figurine.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 184 B

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 184 BAksumite corpus; date uncertainʾAksum

RIÉ 184 B stone inscription

This pierre from ʾAksum preserves partial interpretation of the first two lines. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 184 C

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 184 CAksumite corpus; date uncertainʾAksum

RIÉ 184 C stone inscription

This pierre from ʾAksum preserves complete published translation of three short lines.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 184 D

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 184 DAksumite corpus; date uncertainʾAksum

RIÉ 184 D stone inscription

This pierre from ʾAksum preserves complete published translation of the surviving four-line fragment. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

1 […] 2 wzmyt … 3 … ʾGD … 4 …

RIÉ 194

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 194Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʾAksum

RIÉ 194 stone inscription

This plaque from ʾAksum preserves complete published translation of the surviving eleven-line fragment. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

RIÉ 197

No verified photograph or facsimile is available here. The cited edition identifies the object.

RIÉ 197Aksumite corpus; date uncertainʾAksum

RIÉ 197 rocher

This rocher from ʾAksum preserves complete published translation of three lines.

Native-script transcription is not available here.

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.

181–240 of 512 entries. Copies and language versions retain their own references.

DʿMT & early highlands19
  1. RIÉ 175

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Saro · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Preserved personal name and preferred vocalization. The internal ʿ may represent a vowel; the causative interpretation is preferred but remains an etymological proposal.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved. A partial transliterated reading is available.
    English
    English rendering of the published translation or lexical commentary.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  2. RIÉ 176

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · Awalo · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Published translation. Both names may be local; the proposed South Arabian connection of DʿMN remains conditional.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved. A partial transliterated reading is available.
    English
    English rendering of the published translation or lexical commentary.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  3. RIÉ 177

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · provenance unknown · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Published translation. The object appears much later than the other monumental Sabaic inscriptions from Ethiopia and may have originated in South Arabia.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved. A partial transliterated reading is available.
    English
    English rendering of the published translation or lexical commentary.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  4. RIÉ 178

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · provenance unknown · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Uninterpretable fragment. The text is too fragmentary to interpret.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved.
    English
    The published commentary offers no secure translation.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  5. RIÉ 179

    Pre-Aksumite period; precise date uncertain · provenance unknown · Early highland inscription; Old South Arabian alphabet

    Reported word in an unpublished inscription. The inscription remained unpublished; Littmann’s information says it contained dedications to ʿAstar and the word ʿrkn, but no text or translation is available for verification.

    Original
    Full native-script edition not retrieved. A partial transliterated reading is available.
    English
    The published commentary offers no secure translation.
    Image
    No verified artifact image retrieved for this entry.
  6. Addi Akaweh 1

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · ʿAddi ʾAkawǝḥ / Addi Amiq, Wuqro area, Ethiopia; farmer-found in 1995, preserved at Abba Garima church · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    The surviving royal title explicitly names DʿMT.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 7977.
  7. MG 1

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Mäqabər Ga‘əwa, Wuqro, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    Fresh literal English rendering of the surviving text is available; DASI supplies no English translation.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 7158.
  8. MG 2

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Mäqabər Ga‘əwa, Wuqro, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 2 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 11311.
  9. MG 3

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Mäqabər Gaʿəwa, Wuqro area, Ethiopia; in situ in the temple of ʾlmqh, now Wuqro Museum · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Royal name; DʿMT is not named in the surviving text.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 11313.
  10. MG 4

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Mäqabər Ga‘əwa, Wuqro, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    DASI/CSAI English translation available in the reader.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 11314.
  11. MG 5

    Early 1st millennium–5th/4th c. BCE (DASI Period A) · Mäqabər Ga‘əwa, Wuqro, Ethiopia · Early Sabaic (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

    Early highland dedication, private inscription, or fragment.

    Original
    DASI transliteration and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode are available in the reader; surviving lineation retained.
    English
    No continuous semantic translation is possible from the surviving fragment; the reader explains the limit.
    Image
    Exact record media available: 1 linked DASI image(s), all visually checked; the reader uses image record 7160.
  12. GE Ṣ́ǝrḥan 1

    First half of the 1st millennium BCE · Ṣ́ǝrḥan, Aḥfärom, Tǝgray, Ethiopia · Ethio-Sabaean

    Altar dedication by Taʿattarat naming kings ḏū Lakkān and Lāmān.

    Original
    Complete five-line edition and normalized Old South Arabian Unicode available.
    English
    Complete published English translation available.
    Image
    Exact published artifact photograph visually checked; surviving source image is low resolution.
  13. DAI Grat 2019-1 / Yeh 19 B 102

    Early 1st millennium BCE (no exact date verified from the unavailable primary chapter) · Grat Beʿal Gibri, Yeha, Tǝgray, Ethiopia · Old Sabaic

    Dedication; the primary edition has not been retrieved.

    Original
    Primary edition identified; text not retrieved, so no original or transliteration is published.
    English
    No translation retrieved; none inferred from the chapter title or later citation.
    Image
    No exact artifact figure retrieved; no substitute image supplied.
  14. Henze 1

    Early 1st millennium BCE (DʿMT-period context; no narrower date stated by Weninger) · Parakleitos monastery, near the old Adigrat–Däbrä Damo road, Tǝgray, Ethiopia · Ethio-Sabaean (Old Sabaic ductus)

    Fragmentary dedication.

    Original
    Complete surviving four-line fragment; most of the original text is lost
    English
    This translates only the surviving fragments. The restoration of hqny and l and the identification of yḥʾ with Yeha are editorial proposals, not secure text.
    Image
    1 exact artifact image(s), all visually checked against the cited primary edition.
  15. Afṣe 1

    Early 1st millennium BCE (DʿMT-period context; no narrower date stated by Weninger) · Abba Afṣe monastery exhibition room, Yeha, Tǝgray, Ethiopia · Ethio-Sabaean (Old Sabaic ductus)

    Fragmentary dedication.

    Original
    Complete surviving two-line fragment; both sides of the original text are lost
    English
    The name before hqny is lost; [n]tm is only the possible tail of a mimated personal name. The epithet after ḏ is also lost.
    Image
    1 exact artifact image(s), all visually checked against the cited primary edition.
  16. Afṣe 2

    Early 1st millennium BCE (archaic ductus; no narrower date stated by Weninger) · Abba Afṣe monastery exhibition room, Yeha, Tǝgray, Ethiopia · Ethio-Sabaean (Old Sabaic ductus)

    Short name inscription; interpretation uncertain.

    Original
    Complete published main reading plus the three additional visible signs named by the editor
    English
    Weninger does not print a separate translation. The status of Ṣdqn as a deity and ḏ- as an epithet marker is explicitly tentative; no meaning is assigned to ʾ, d, k.
    Image
    2 exact artifact image(s), all visually checked against the cited primary edition.
  17. HG Färäs May 1 / HG Färäs May 2010

    About the 7th century BCE or earlier (palaeographic) · Found at Guldam near Yeha; kept at Färäs May, Tǝgray, Ethiopia when published · Ancient Sabaic

    Ownership inscription on a bronze vessel.

    Original
    Complete one-line ownership/name inscription; separate monogram retained as ◊
    English
    Complete published English translation. Nebes interprets the text as an ownership mark; a votive use cannot be wholly excluded, but no dedicatory verb occurs.
    Image
    3 exact artifact image(s), all visually checked against the cited primary edition.
  18. ʿAddi Baʿekel 1

    Possibly 8th–7th century BCE; a later date cannot be excluded · ʿAddi Baʿekel, Daʾero area north of Feresmay, Tǝgray, Ethiopia · Local Semitic language close to Sabaic

    Fragmentary text in a local Semitic language.

    Original
    Complete surviving six-line fragment; top, right, and bottom are broken away
    English
    This is a line-aligned rendering of the editors’ tentative interpretation, not a continuous reconstruction. Lines 1–2 join rdʾt / trdʾw and lines 3–4 join w-kl.
    Image
    1 exact artifact image(s), all visually checked against the cited primary edition.
  19. Manzo 2002 fragment reportedly joined to RIÉ 28

    Early 1st millennium BCE context (joined date not independently verified) · Gobo Čela / Melazo area, Ethiopia (reported association with RIÉ 28) · Ethio-Sabaean

    Reported join to RIÉ 28; the joined reading has not been verified.

    Original
    RIÉ 28 has a reader, but the Manzo fragment and the published joined reading were not retrieved; no merge made.
    English
    No separately verified translation for the joined fragment.
    Image
    Exact Manzo 2002 fig. 3 unavailable because the repository post-print is restricted; no substitute image supplied.
Aksumite corpus & Arabian witnesses38
  1. Fiaccadori 2007

    fifth or sixth century CE · Gumalē, near Aksum, Ethiopia · Ancient Greek

    Aksumite corpus supplement; date uncertain

    Original
    Native-script transcription available in reader
    English
    English translation available in reader
    Image
    No exact artifact image available here
  2. newBronze1

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Provenance uncertain · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus supplement; 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
  3. newBronze2

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Provenance uncertain · Geʿez

    Aksumite corpus supplement; 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
  4. RIÉ 180

    early Aksumite; before 300 CE on palaeographic grounds · ʿAddi Gälämo · Geʿez

    early Aksumite; before 300 CE on palaeographic grounds

    Original
    Native-script transcription available in reader
    English
    English translation available in reader
    Image
    Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
  5. RIÉ 181

    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
  6. RIÉ 182

    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
  7. RIÉ 183

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Safra · 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
  8. RIÉ 184

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Zǝban Kutur · 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
  9. RIÉ 184 A

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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
  10. RIÉ 184 B

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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
  11. RIÉ 184 C

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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
  12. RIÉ 184 D

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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
  13. RIÉ 185 and 270

    fourth-century Aksumite royal inscription · Provenance not resolved · Geʿez

    fourth-century Aksumite royal inscription

    Original
    Native-script transcription available in reader
    English
    Complete fresh English translation from checked French available in reader
    Image
    Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
  14. RIÉ 185bis and 270bis

    fourth-century Aksumite royal inscription · Provenance not resolved · Geʿez

    fourth-century Aksumite royal inscription

    Original
    Native-script transcription available in reader
    English
    Complete parallel English translation from checked French available in reader
    Image
    Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
  15. RIÉ 186

    fourth century CE · Aksum, Ethiopia · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script

    fourth-century Aksumite royal inscription

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    Complete fresh English translation from checked French available in reader
    Image
    Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
  16. RIÉ 187

    fourth century CE · Aksum, Ethiopia · Geʿez

    fourth-century Aksumite royal inscription

    Original
    Native-script transcription available in reader
    English
    Complete fresh English translation from checked French available in reader
    Image
    Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
  17. RIÉ 188

    fourth century CE · Aksum, Ethiopia · Geʿez

    fourth-century Aksumite royal inscription

    Original
    Native-script transcription available in reader
    English
    Complete fresh English translation from checked French available in reader
    Image
    Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
  18. RIÉ 189

    fourth-century Aksumite royal inscription · It was recorded by Rüppel in in the 1830s; by the time of the Deutsche Aksum-Expedition 1906 it had been moved to the Aksum Cathedral. · Geʿez

    fourth-century Aksumite royal inscription

    Original
    Native-script transcription available in reader
    English
    Complete fresh English translation from checked French available in reader
    Image
    Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
  19. RIÉ 191

    early sixth century CE · Aksum, Ethiopia · Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script

    early sixth century; reign of Kaleb

    Original
    Native-script transcription available in reader
    English
    English translation available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  20. RIÉ 192

    early sixth century CE · Aksum, Ethiopia · Geʿez

    sixth century; reign of Waʿzeb, son of Kaleb

    Original
    Edition text not transcribed here; published RIÉ or DAE plate cited
    English
    Complete fresh English translation from checked French available in reader
    Image
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  21. RIÉ 194

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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
  22. RIÉ 195

    about 530 CE · Maʾrib, Yemen · Geʿez

    sixth-century Aksumite presence in South Arabia

    Original
    Native-script transcription available in reader
    English
    English translation available in reader
    Image
    Exact artifact photograph or published plate available in reader
  23. RIÉ 196

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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. 24, available in the reader.
  24. RIÉ 197

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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
  25. RIÉ 198

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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. 17, available in the reader.
  26. RIÉ 199

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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 artifact drawing from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 18, available in the reader.
  27. RIÉ 200

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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 photograph from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 15, available in the reader.
  28. RIÉ 201

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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. 16, available in the reader.
  29. RIÉ 203

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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. 20, available in the reader.
  30. RIÉ 204

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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. 21, available in the reader.
  31. RIÉ 205

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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. 22, available in the reader.
  32. RIÉ 206

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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
  33. RIÉ 208

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · Geʿez

    mason's mark; date not established

    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
    Published plate cited; image not yet available here
  34. RIÉ 209

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · Geʿez

    uncertain mark or inscription

    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. 25 A, available in the reader.
  35. RIÉ 210

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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
    Exact facsimile from Littmann, DAE IV (1913), no. 25 B, available in the reader.
  36. RIÉ 211

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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. 25 C, available in the reader.
  37. RIÉ 212

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · ʾAksum · 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
  38. RIÉ 213

    Aksumite corpus; date uncertain · Meʾelan Debbas · 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
Earlier, later & uncertain comparisons3
  1. RIÉ 193

    seventh–twelfth/thirteenth century CE · Provenance not resolved · Geʿez

    seventh to twelfth/thirteenth century

    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
  2. RIÉ 202

    probably seventh–ninth century CE · ʾAksum · Geʿez

    Probably post-Aksumite; retained for comparison.

    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. 19, available in the reader.
  3. RIÉ 207

    sixth–twelfth/thirteenth century CE · ʾAksum · Geʿez

    sixth to twelfth/thirteenth century

    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