Aksumite eraRIÉ 379

RIÉ 379 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves probable ownership formula.

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicProbable ownership formula

Transliterated reading

z-brḥ

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

02 · Translation

Of BRḤ (‘shining’ or ‘light’; personal name).

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

The personal name is preceded by the genitive marker and is related to the Semitic root brḥ.

Sources

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

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–417