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Aksumite eraRIÉ 361

RIÉ 361 pottery graffito

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

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicProbable ownership formula

Transliterated reading

z-zrr

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

02 · Translation

English translation

Of ZRR (?)

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

ZRR may be a complete or fragmentary personal name preceded by the genitive marker; its form and meaning remain unknown.

Sources

Editions & references

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

  1. RIÉ 361

    A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 361, pp. 410–411.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–410