Aksumite eraRIÉ 341 A

RIÉ 341 A pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves word above the handle. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicWord above the handle

Transliterated reading

zwnb

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).

Interpreted by reference to RIÉ 341; the personal name’s etymology remains uncertain.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 341 A

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 341A, p. 402.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–402