RIÉ 1–443, with separately numbered text versions, supplements, Arabian witnesses from the checked corpus and DASI, and independently published reports including the 2025 May Omo stone B report. Dates and uncertain identifications follow each cited edition; missing texts, translations, and images are recorded below. Medieval Arabic inscriptions from Bilet and the Arra area retain their own published identifiers.

1–15 of 15 entries. Copies and language versions retain their own references.

Earlier, later & uncertain comparisons15

RIÉ 193
seventh–twelfth/thirteenth century CE · Location unknown · 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
- RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 278-283; RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 278—283; RIÉ II, plates (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), plate 138—141; RIÉ III.B (Drewes 2019), page 269–277
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.
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 202, pp. 301.
- Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 52, no. 19.
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
- A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 207, pp. 306.
RIÉ 232
873 CE · Ham; reused in a church wall · Geʿez
23 December 873 CE
Photograph reproduced in Manfred Kropp, ‘Die äthiopische Schrift’, slide/PDF p. 19, ‘Die Grabinschrift von Ham’. The slide deck does not identify the original photographer.
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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
Exact object photograph available from a labelled public slide; the slide deck does not identify the original photographer
- 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
- Manfred Kropp, ‘Die äthiopische Schrift’, slide/PDF p. 19, ‘Beispiele früher vokalisierter Inschriften: Die Grabinschrift von Ham’; the source identifies the inscription and its date but does not name the original photographer.
RIÉ 276
reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246–221 BCE · ʾAdulis · Ancient Greek
reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246–221 BCE
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 20-24, page 375—378; RIÉ I (Bernand, Drewes and Schneider 1991), page 375—378; RIÉ III.A, Greek texts (Bernand 2000), page 26—32
RIÉ 319
commentary includes a pre-Aksumite comparison or possible assignment · Matara · Geʿez
Possibly pre-Aksumite; retained for comparison
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. 319, p. 393.
RIÉ 363
commentary includes a pre-Aksumite comparison or possible assignment · Matara · Geʿez
Possibly pre-Aksumite; retained for comparison
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. 363, pp. 411–412.
RIÉ 384
commentary includes a pre-Aksumite comparison or possible assignment · Matara · Geʿez
Possibly pre-Aksumite; retained for comparison
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. 384, pp. 418–419.
RIÉ 390
commentary includes a pre-Aksumite comparison or possible assignment · ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region · Geʿez
Possibly pre-Aksumite; retained for comparison
Original
Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Exact published facsimile available in the reader.
- Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 426
- Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 65, no. 43.
RIÉ 400
commentary includes a pre-Aksumite comparison or possible assignment · ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region · Geʿez
Possibly pre-Aksumite; retained for comparison
Original
Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Exact published facsimile available in the reader.
- Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 433
- Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 67, no. 53a.
RIÉ 403
commentary includes a pre-Aksumite comparison or possible assignment · ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region · Geʿez
Possibly pre-Aksumite; retained for comparison
Original
Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Exact published facsimile available in the reader.
- Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 434
- Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 67, no. 53d.
RIÉ 415
commentary includes a pre-Aksumite comparison or possible assignment · ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region · Geʿez
Possibly pre-Aksumite; retained for comparison
Original
Native-script transcription not available here; transliterated reading supplied
English
English translation or lexical gloss available in reader
Image
Exact published facsimile available in the reader.
- Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 441
- Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 69, no. 65.
Gar antichità 9 d
509 CE · Bayt al-Ashwāl, Ẓafār, Yemen, Yemen · Late Sabaic
A dated building inscription invokes Raḥmānān and King Marthadʾilān Yanuf; included as an Arabian chronological witness.
Original
Full surviving edited text; losses and uncertain letters retained.
English
English translation of the surviving text; credit and qualifications in the reader.
Image
Verified artifact image or labelled facsimile.
- Gar AY 9d. DASI / Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions; full text, translation, object record, and bibliography.
- George Hatke, “Aksum [and South Arabia]”, Ancient Arabia: archaeology & history of pre-islamic Arabia. Source inventory and historical context.
Ry 509
First half of the 5th century CE · wādī Maʾsal, Saudi Arabia · Late Sabaic
A Ḥimyarite royal campaign inscription of Abīkarib Asʿad and Ḥassān Yuhaʾmin. An Arabian comparison; neither its authorship nor its date is Aksumite.
Original
Full surviving edited text; losses and uncertain letters retained.
English
English translation of the surviving text; credit and qualifications in the reader.
Image
Verified artifact image or labelled facsimile.
DAI Barʾān 2000-1
Early 3rd century CE · Barʾān temple, Maʾrib, Yemen · Sabaic
Campaign account of Shaʿirum Awtar cited as historical context; its text does not explicitly name Aksum or Ḥabašat.
Original
Edited Sabaic text available in DASI.
English
English and German translations available in DASI.
Image
No exact artifact image retrieved.
- Norbert Nebes (2004), DAI Barʾān 2000-1; DASI edition and translations.

Catalogue

RIÉ 193

RIÉ 232

RIÉ 276

RIÉ 363

DAI Barʾān 2000-1