Aksumite eraRIÉ 337

RIÉ 337 pottery graffito

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicProbable ownership formula

Native-script transcription is not available here.

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

02 · Translation

Of ʾƎtāyā (?)

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

Four letters probably contain za- followed by a personal name of uncertain form and etymology.

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. 2019–400