Aksumite eraRIÉ 331

RIÉ 331 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves probable ownership formula. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicProbable ownership formula

Transliterated reading

z-srw

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

02 · Translation

English reading

Of SRW (?)

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

SRW is probably a personal name; its etymology remains a separate question.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 331

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 331, p. 397.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–397