Aksumite eraRIÉ 311

RIÉ 311 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Aksum preserves surviving text, after the published french translation.

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicSurviving text, after the published French translation

Native-script transcription is not available here.

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

02 · Translation

English translation

[.] (handle) ʿar; and whoever breaks it will pay for its replacement.

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

The initial word and the exact form of the final word are uncertain. The edition considers both a vessel-name and “honey” for the opening; neither is silently supplied.

Sources

Editions & references

Edition, catalogue, and image records used for this entry.

  1. RIÉ 311

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 311, p. 389.