Aksumite eraRIÉ 386

RIÉ 386 monogram

This monogram from Daʿru preserves surviving short text or mark.

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicSurviving short text or mark

Transliterated reading

Zafan (?)

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

02 · Translation

The personal name Zafan.

Project English gloss after Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 424; uncertainty follows Drewes's record-level discussion.

Its etymology is uncertain; derivation from the verb ‘to dance’ is unlikely.

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. 2019–424