Aksumite eraRIÉ 332

RIÉ 332 pottery graffito

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

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicProbable personal name

Transliterated reading

QBŚ

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

02 · Translation

English reading

QBŚ (personal name?).

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

The name’s etymology is unknown.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 332

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 332, p. 398.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–398