The heading opens with ኀበ ḫaba. Dillmann has two entries for the word, and one defines it as a relative adverb, “where”, so the title reads “where the merchant went back to Ethiopia”. The verb gabʾa takes the place as a plain object, with no preposition, as in Dillmann’s example ገብአ ቤቶ, “he went back to his house” (Tobit 8:11).

Tamrin’s wish is the verb fatawa, the one in Enoch 6:2 where angels desire the daughters of men; here it is a merchant’s wish to be home. His farewell has three steps: he bows (sagada lotu, “to him”), greets (ʾamḫa) and speaks. Dillmann says ʾamḫa covers a greeting with a bow, a gift or a kiss, and one of his examples with a ruler has Herod greet Augustus and then “say to him”, the same two verbs as here.