Aksumite eraRIÉ 379

RIÉ 379 pottery graffito

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

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicProbable ownership formula

Transliterated reading

z-brḥ

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

02 · Translation

English reading

Of BRḤ (‘shining’ or ‘light’; personal name).

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

The personal name is preceded by the genitive marker and is related to the Semitic root brḥ.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 379

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 379, p. 417.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–417