Aksumite eraRIÉ 333

RIÉ 333 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves possible opening words. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicPossible opening words

Transliterated reading

la-ʾalāso (?) […]

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

02 · Translation

For ʾAlāso (?) […]

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

The first word may be a preposition plus a name. The following word is not identified; this is not a full translation.

Sources

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

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–398