Aksumite eraRIÉ 372

RIÉ 372 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves possible abbreviated personal name. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicPossible abbreviated personal name

Transliterated reading

z-n-s-

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

02 · Translation

English translation

Of N-S[…] (?)

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

The three letters may be an abbreviated or incomplete personal name preceded by the genitive marker. A Greek alpha is drawn below z-.

Sources

Editions & references

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

RIÉ 372
A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 372, p. 415.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–414