Aksumite eraRIÉ 341

RIÉ 341 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-wnb

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

02 · Translation

Of WNB (?)

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

WNB is probably a local personal name. Its resemblance to the South Arabian place-name Wanab does not establish a connection.

Sources

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

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–401