Aksumite eraRIÉ 336

RIÉ 336 pottery graffito

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicPossible lexical identification

Transliterated reading

ṣdy

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

02 · Translation

Harvest season (?) / ṢDY (personal name?)

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

A preceding vertical stroke may instead belong to za-, making the word a personal name.

Sources

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

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–399