Aksumite eraRIÉ 344

RIÉ 344 pottery graffito

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

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicPossible ownership formula

Transliterated reading

z rb

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

02 · Translation

English reading

Of RB[…] (?)

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

The initial z may be za-; rb may be a complete or abbreviated personal name.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 344

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 344, p. 404.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–403