Aksumite eraRIÉ 359

RIÉ 359 pottery graffito

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

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicProbable abbreviated personal name

Transliterated reading

za-miki[…]

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

02 · Translation

English reading

Of Miki[…], probably Mikiyās (Micah).

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

The preserved text is probably the genitive marker followed by the beginning or an abbreviation of the prophet’s name Mikiyās.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 359

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 359, p. 410.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–410