Aksumite eraRIÉ 260

RIÉ 260 unspecified

This unspecified from ʿAddi Alawti preserves recognizable name.

Date
Aksumite corpus; date uncertain
Place
ʿAddi Alawti
Language
Geʿez
Script
Ethiopic

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicRecognizable name

Transliterated reading

Za-Yoḥannəs

The original letter forms are visible in the published facsimile. The transliterated reading, where present, follows the cited edition.

02 · Translation

English reading

Za-Yoḥannəs (personal name).

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

The name is an abbreviated form of Za-Yoḥannəs Gabr; the expansion is not inserted into the inscription.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 260

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 260, pp. 356.

  2. DAE illustration

    Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 75, no. 100.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 356