Pre-Aksumite Inscriptions from Mäqabǝr Ga‘ǝwa (Tigrai, Ethiopia)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19340472 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yohannes Gebre Selassie, Iwona Gajda (0000-0001-7011-1302), Hiluf Berhe, Berhe Hiluf |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-48 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annales d Ethiopie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0066-2127 • E-ISSN: 2077-0820 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/ethio.2009.1386 |
| OpenAlex | W2443029541 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article presents some preliminary epigraphic results from salvage excavations carried out in 2007 at the site of Maqabər Ga‘əwa situated in the eastern zone of the Regional State of Tigrai, 7 km from the town of Wuqro. The inscriptions and the objects belonged to a temple of Almaqah, the principal god of the kingdom of Saba ʾ in Southern Arabia, who was also venerated in ancient Ethiopia. The author of one of the inscriptions is the king W ʿ rn son of Rd ʾ m whose reign is otherwise unattested. On paleographical grounds, judging from comparable inscriptions in the South Arabian alphabet, the inscribed objects can be dated to approximately the 7th or the 6th centuries BC
Alphabet · Ancient history · Archaeology · Epigraphy · Excavation · Geography · Inscribed figure · Kingdom · Linguistics · Politics · Reign · Situated · African history and culture analysis · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Geology · History · Paleontology · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
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| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |