Aksumite eraRIÉ 342

RIÉ 342 pottery graffito

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

Date: Aksumite corpus; date uncertain
Place: Matara
Language: Geʿez
Script: Ethiopic

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicAbbreviated name or ownership formula

Transliterated reading

za mi

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

02 · Translation

English translation

Of Mi[…] (?)

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

Several names beginning Mi- are possible; none is expanded as certain.

Sources

Editions & references

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

RIÉ 342
A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 342, p. 402.

Habesha History corpus

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