Aksumite eraRIÉ 345

RIÉ 345 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves two-word interpretation. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicTwo-word interpretation

Transliterated reading

yaʿādi / zaṣaniḥā

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

02 · Translation

English translation

He will pay / repay (?) · Of Ṣaniḥā (?)

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

Both the reading and its interpretation are conjectural. The edition considers the final sign a separator; the text may be complete. The vocalization suggests a relatively late date.

Sources

Editions & references

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

RIÉ 345
A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 345, p. 404.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–403