A Hitherto Unattested Ethio-Sabaean King in a Woman's Altar Dedication from Ṣ́ǝrḥan (Tǝgray/Ethiopia)—Discovery and Context

An inscription stone was found by peasants in a site at Ṣ́ǝrḥan in the Aḥfärom wäräda of the Tǝgray region. The author examined the site and carried out an archaeological outline of it for the Tǝgray Culture and Tourism Bureau. The original condition of the inscription, however, had been affected by the peasants’ handling of the stone, which in the same time offers an instructive insight into local traditions. Furthermore, the high resolution photography taken of the inscription has been lost due to looting during the recent war. However, lower resolution photography has survived.... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Gidey Gebreegziabher
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Reihe/Periodikum: Aethiopica, Vol 26 (2024)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Universität Hamburg Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies Asien-Afrika-Institut
Schlagwörter: Tigray / archeology / inscriptions / Ethio-Sabean / Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology / GN301-674 / Philology. Linguistics / P1-1091
Sprache: Deutsch
Englisch
Französisch
Italian
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.15460/aethiopica.26.2237

An inscription stone was found by peasants in a site at Ṣ́ǝrḥan in the Aḥfärom wäräda of the Tǝgray region. The author examined the site and carried out an archaeological outline of it for the Tǝgray Culture and Tourism Bureau. The original condition of the inscription, however, had been affected by the peasants’ handling of the stone, which in the same time offers an instructive insight into local traditions. Furthermore, the high resolution photography taken of the inscription has been lost due to looting during the recent war. However, lower resolution photography has survived.