01 · Original text
Geʿez
EthiopicSurviving short text or mark
Transliterated reading
Naʿawe
Original letter forms are preserved in the published facsimile. The reading follows Drewes’s later edition.
02 · Translation
English translation
The personal name Naʿawe, related to ‘hunt’.
Project English gloss after Abraham J. Drewes, RIÉ III.B (2019), printed p. 441; uncertainty follows Drewes's record-level discussion.
The older vocalization Naʿawi conflicts with the visible vowel order; compare RIÉ 442.