Aksumite eraRIÉ 355

RIÉ 355 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves probable personal name.

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicProbable personal name

Transliterated reading

[…] śhl

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

02 · Translation

ŚHL (personal name; perhaps ‘clemency’ or ‘merciful’).

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

The exact vocalization is uncertain. The preceding trace may be a divider or the right side of z.

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. 2019–408