Aksumite eraRIÉ 331

RIÉ 331 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves probable ownership formula. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicProbable ownership formula

Transliterated reading

z-srw

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

02 · Translation

Of SRW (?)

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

SRW is probably a personal name; its etymology remains a separate question.

Sources

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

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–397