Aksumite eraRIÉ 344

RIÉ 344 pottery graffito

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicPossible ownership formula

Transliterated reading

z rb

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

02 · Translation

Of RB[…] (?)

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

The initial z may be za-; rb may be a complete or abbreviated 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. 2019–403