Aksumite eraRIÉ 221

RIÉ 221 roc

This roc from May Mbio preserves complete short graffito with alternative readings. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

Date: Aksumite corpus; date uncertain
Place: May Mbio
Language: Geʿez
Script: Ethiopic

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicComplete short graffito with alternative readings

Transliterated reading

z-lbby / z-lbbʿ

Native-script transcription is not available here; the reading follows the cited edition.

02 · Translation

English reading

Either ‘this belongs to BBY (or BBʿ)’ or ‘<this is> of LBBY (or LBBʿ).’

Independent English rendering of Drewes’s published French translation or lexical commentary; checked against the cited printed page(s).

The graffito accompanies animal drawings and may assert ownership, but the reading of the final letter and the personal name’s boundary are uncertain.

Sources

Editions & references

Follow the record back to the edition, catalogue, or image source used here.

RIÉ 221
A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 221, pp. 317.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 317