Aksumite eraRIÉ 385

RIÉ 385 monogram

This monogram from Tokhonda preserves surviving short text or mark.

01 · Original text

Geʿez

EthiopicSurviving short text or mark

Transliterated reading

srʿ(t) (?)

Original letter forms are preserved in the published facsimile. The reading follows Drewes’s later edition.

02 · Translation

A personal name, perhaps Sariʿo(ta); its root and meaning are unknown.

Project English gloss after Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 423; uncertainty follows Drewes's record-level discussion.

Drewes prefers the sequence srʿ(t) over alternatives but does not establish a secure vocalization or etymology.

Sources

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

RIÉ 385
Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 423
DAE illustration
Enno Littmann, Deutsche Aksum-Expedition IV (1913), p. 64, no. 39.

Abraham J. Drewes, Recueil des inscriptions de l’Éthiopie III.B (2019), pp. 2019–423