Aksumite eraRIÉ 381

RIÉ 381 pottery graffito

This inscribed pottery or graffito on pottery from Matara preserves complete word of unknown meaning. The reading or interpretation remains uncertain.

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

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicComplete word of unknown meaning

Transliterated reading

mnnt

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

02 · Translation

English translation

No English translation is available for this entry.

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

Its form, meaning, and possible status as a personal name are unknown. The editor discusses several derivations from mannana, ‘reject,’ but considers none probable as a personal name.

Sources

Editions & references

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

RIÉ 381
A. J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), no. 381, p. 418.

Habesha History corpus

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–418