Aksumite eraRIÉ 224

RIÉ 224 stone inscription

This pierre from Maṭarā preserves ownership or workman’s formula.

Date
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain
Place
Maṭarā
Language
Geʿez
Script
Ethiopic

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicOwnership or workman’s formula

Transliterated reading

zwd

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

02 · Translation

English reading

<Stone> of WD.

Habesha History translation of Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019).

The edition allows either the owner or the mason; <stone> supplies the object, not a surviving word.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 224

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 224, pp. 322.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 322