Aksumite eraRIÉ 377

RIÉ 377 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves probable ownership formula.

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicProbable ownership formula

Transliterated reading

z-ṣrḥ

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

02 · Translation

Of ṢRḤ (personal name).

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

The personal name is preceded by the genitive marker. Its etymology is uncertain; the proposed link to Geʿez ṣarḥ is considered improbable.

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. 2019–416