Aksumite eraRIÉ 391

RIÉ 391 monogram

This monogram from ʿAddi ʿAlawti / Qohayto region preserves surviving short text or mark.

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicSurviving short text or mark

Transliterated reading

bqw- / Yaʿqob (?)

Original letter forms are preserved in the published facsimile. The reading follows Drewes’s later edition.

02 · Translation

An uncertain personal name.

Project English gloss after Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 427; uncertainty follows Drewes's record-level discussion.

Both letter order and etymology remain doubtful.

Sources

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

RIÉ 391
Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 427
DAE illustration
Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 65, no. 44.

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–427