Aksumite eraRIÉ 341 A

RIÉ 341 A pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves word above the handle. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicWord above the handle

Transliterated reading

zwnb

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).

Interpreted by reference to RIÉ 341; the personal name’s etymology remains uncertain.

Sources

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

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–402