Aksumite eraRIÉ 356

RIÉ 356 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-ʾyz

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

02 · Translation

Of ʾYZ (?)

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

The edition tentatively analyzes the word as a complete or abbreviated personal name preceded by the genitive marker.

Sources

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

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–409