Aksumite eraRIÉ 291

RIÉ 291 seal

This seal from Adulis preserves surviving short text or mark.

01 · Original text

Geʿez in South Arabian-derived script

Ancient South ArabianSurviving short text or mark

Transliterated reading

Ratnadāma / Ratradūmi (?)

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

02 · Translation

Probably a personal name, tentatively read Ratnadāma or Ratradūmi.

Project English gloss after Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 371; uncertainty follows Drewes's record-level discussion.

Govindankutty's two readings are alternatives; no secure etymology is established.

Sources

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

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–371