Aksumite eraRIÉ 343

RIÉ 343 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves secure words only.

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicSecure words only

Transliterated reading

krastos … lagabrəka

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

02 · Translation

English reading

Christ … your servant

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

Large gaps prevent reconstruction of the whole text. The edition discusses competing restorations involving blessing or praise and explicitly regards a full translation as hazardous.

Sources

Editions & references

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

RIÉ 343
A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 343, p. 402.

Habesha History corpus

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