Aksumite eraRIÉ 341

RIÉ 341 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-wnb

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

02 · Translation

English reading

Of WNB (?)

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

WNB is probably a local personal name. Its resemblance to the South Arabian place-name Wanab does not establish a connection.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 341

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 341, p. 401.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–401