01 · Original text
Geʿez
EthiopicComplete short graffito with alternative readings
Transliterated reading
z-lbby / z-lbbʿ
Native-script transcription is not available here; the reading follows the cited edition.
02 · Translation
English translation
Either ‘this belongs to BBY (or BBʿ)’ or ‘<this is> of LBBY (or LBBʿ).’
Independent English rendering of Drewes’s published French translation or lexical commentary; checked against the cited printed page(s).
The graffito accompanies animal drawings and may assert ownership, but the reading of the final letter and the personal name’s boundary are uncertain.