Aksumite eraRIÉ 349

RIÉ 349 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves alternative readings of a personal name.

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicAlternative readings of a personal name

Transliterated reading

ʾAdḫano / ʾAdḫano[mu]

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

02 · Translation

ʾAdḫano (“he saved him”) / ʾAdḫano[mu] (“he saved them”).

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

The edition offers both readings; the plural ending in the second is restored.

Sources

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

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–406