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Fig. 6.91 - Ketetiya, poterie n° 25, musée de Däse

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Ceramics & vessels

Ketetiya, poterie n° 25, musée de Däse — Fig. 6.91

Ketetiya, Ethiopia

La culture Shay d’Éthiopie (Xe–XIVe siècles): Recherches archéologiques et historiques sur une élite païennep. c. 201

François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar and Bertrand Poissonnier (eds.), La culture Shay d’Éthiopie (Xe–XIVe siècles): Recherches archéologiques et historiques sur une élite païenne, (2012), p. c. 201

Fig. 6.92 - Ketetiya, poterie n° 26, musée de Däse

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Ceramics & vessels

Ketetiya, poterie n° 26, musée de Däse — Fig. 6.92

Ketetiya, Ethiopia

La culture Shay d’Éthiopie (Xe–XIVe siècles): Recherches archéologiques et historiques sur une élite païennep. 202

François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar and Bertrand Poissonnier (eds.), La culture Shay d’Éthiopie (Xe–XIVe siècles): Recherches archéologiques et historiques sur une élite païenne, (2012), p. 202

Fig. 2.17 - Qopros. Perles en verre découvertes dans la chambre du tumulus lors des fouilles

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Jewellery & adornment

Qopros. Perles en verre découvertes dans la chambre du tumulus lors des fouilles — Fig. 2.17

Qopros, Ethiopia

La culture Shay d’Éthiopie (Xe–XIVe siècles): Recherches archéologiques et historiques sur une élite païennep. c. 289

Fig. 2.12 - Qopros. Bracelets en fer provenant de la chambre du tumulus

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Jewellery & adornment

Qopros. Bracelets en fer provenant de la chambre du tumulus — Fig. 2.12

Qopros, Ethiopia

La culture Shay d’Éthiopie (Xe–XIVe siècles): Recherches archéologiques et historiques sur une élite païennep. 35

François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar and Bertrand Poissonnier (eds.), La culture Shay d’Éthiopie (Xe–XIVe siècles): Recherches archéologiques et historiques sur une élite païenne, (2012), p. 35

Fig. 4.22 - Tätär Gur: grand tesson de poterie découvert tout au fond de la chambre, sur le substrat, et signant l'un des premiers dépôts; la rangée d'impressions cunéiformes s'interrompt au niveau de deux boutons. Il pourrait s'agir d'un brûle-parfum

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Tätär Gur: grand tesson de poterie découvert tout au fond de la chambre, sur le substrat, et signant l'un des premiers dépôts — Fig. 4.22

Tätär Gur, Ethiopia

La culture Shay d’Éthiopie (Xe–XIVe siècles): Recherches archéologiques et historiques sur une élite païennep. 81

François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar and Bertrand Poissonnier (eds.), La culture Shay d’Éthiopie (Xe–XIVe siècles): Recherches archéologiques et historiques sur une élite païenne, (2012), p. 81

Abb. 6 Das große goldene Vortragekreuz (Foto: DAE 763 = MBA Sep. Abb. 7 Priester mit Mänbara Tabot und gro- Bem Prozessionsschirm in der Bundeslade *p

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Religious objects

Das große goldene Vortragekreuz — Abb. 6

Aksum, Ethiopia

Die Deutsche Aksum-Expedition 1906 unter Enno Littmann. Band 3: Ethnographische, kirchenhistorische und archäologisch-historische Untersuchungenp. 305

Steffen Wenig (ed.), Die Deutsche Aksum-Expedition 1906 unter Enno Littmann. Band 3: Ethnographische, kirchenhistorische und archäologisch-historische Untersuchungen, (2017), p. 305

Coin of Endybis; drawing; courtesy of Wolfgang Hahn

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Coins & currency

Coin of Endybis; drawing — p. 300

Not recorded in source

Encyclopaedia Aethiopicap. 300

Siegbert Uhlig (ed.), Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, (2003), p. 300

Gold coin of Ésraýel; drawing; courtesy of Wolfgang Hahn

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Coins & currency

Gold coin of Ésraýel; drawing — p. 385

Not recorded in source

Encyclopaedia Aethiopicap. 385

Siegbert Uhlig (ed.), Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, (2003), p. 385

Gold coin of Ousana(s) II, diameter ca. 18 mm; drawing courtesy of Wolfgang Hahn

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Coins & currency

Gold coin of Ousana(s) II, diameter ca. 18 mm; drawing courtesy of Wolfgang Hahn — p. 474

Not recorded in source

Encyclopaedia Aethiopicap. 474

Siegbert Uhlig (ed.), Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, (2003), p. 474

Silver coin of Ousana(s) II, diameter ca. 16 mm; drawing courtesy of Wolfgang Hahn

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Coins & currency

Silver coin of Ousana(s) II, diameter ca. 16 mm; drawing courtesy of Wolfgang Hahn — p. 474

Not recorded in source

Encyclopaedia Aethiopicap. 474

Siegbert Uhlig (ed.), Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, (2003), p. 474

Gold coin of Ousas, diameter ca. 17 mm; drawing courtesy of Wolfgang Hahn

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Coins & currency

Gold coin of Ousas, diameter ca. 17 mm; drawing courtesy of Wolfgang Hahn — p. 475

Not recorded in source

Encyclopaedia Aethiopicap. 475

Siegbert Uhlig (ed.), Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, (2003), p. 475

Copper coin of Wazena, diameter ca. 16 mm; drawing courtesy of Wolfgang Hahn

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Coins & currency

Copper coin of Wazena, diameter ca. 16 mm; drawing courtesy of Wolfgang Hahn — p. 552

Not recorded in source

Encyclopaedia Aethiopicap. 552

Siegbert Uhlig (ed.), Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, (2003), p. 552

Figs. 16.314-35. Red Aksumite ware: house model, plaque, lids, handles, lamps, spouts and figurine

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Ceramics & vessels

Red Aksumite ware: house model, plaque, lids, handles, lamps, spouts and figurine — Figs. 16.314-35

Aksum, Ethiopia

Excavations at Aksum: An Account of Research at the Ancient Ethiopian Capitalp. c. 288

S.C. Munro-Hay, Excavations at Aksum: An Account of Research at the Ancient Ethiopian Capital, (1989), p. c. 288

Fig. 39. The main group of thrones, seen from the east Fig. 40. A throne to the south-east of the main group, retaining its upright monoliths, photographed in 1906 by the Deutsche Aksum-Expedition (Littmann II, fig. 89, print supplied by Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin)

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Inscriptions & stelae

The main group of thrones, seen from the east — Fig. 39

Aksum, Ethiopia

Excavations at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-4p. c. 34

David W. Phillipson, Excavations at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-4, (1995), p. c. 34

Fig. 10. Above: bronze fragments from the pit in the floor of the antechamber, Tomb of the Brick Arches, with scale in mm. Below: the block of bronze fragments as excavated, with scale in cm

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Sculpture & fragments

Above: bronze fragments from the pit in the floor of the antechamber, Tomb of the Brick Arches, with scale in mm. Below: the block of bronze fragments as excavated, with scale in cm — Fig. 10

Aksum, Ethiopia

Excavations at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-4p. c. 9

David W. Phillipson, Excavations at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-4, (1995), p. c. 9

Fig. 1. - Goulot de jarre en forme de tête (J. E. 586). Fig. 2. - Gou

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Ceramics & vessels

Goulot de jarre en forme de tête (J. E. 586) — Fig. 1

Aksum, Ethiopia

Les fouilles à Axoum en 1957. Rapport préliminairep. c. 37

Henri de Contenson, Les fouilles à Axoum en 1957. Rapport préliminaire, (1959), p. c. 37

Fig. 45 Reconstructions of Aksumite thrones (after Krencker in Littmann et al. 1913)

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Regalia & arms

Reconstructions of Aksumite thrones — Fig. 45

Aksum, Ethiopia

Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum & the Northern Horn 1000 BC - AD 1300p. c. 135

David W. Phillipson, Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum & the Northern Horn 1000 BC - AD 1300, (2012), p. c. 135

Fig. 62 Aksumite metalwork (after D. Phillipson 2000b); the specimens above the scale are of copper alloy, those below being of iron

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Sculpture & fragments

Aksumite metalwork; the specimens above the scale are of copper alloy, those below being of iron — Fig. 62

Aksum, Ethiopia

Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum & the Northern Horn 1000 BC - AD 1300p. c. 168

David W. Phillipson, Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum & the Northern Horn 1000 BC - AD 1300, (2012), p. c. 168

Fig. 12 Copper-alloy'marks of identity' from the shaft-graves at Yeha (after Anfray 1963a)

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Sculpture & fragments

Copper-alloy'marks of identity' from the shaft-graves at Yeha — Fig. 12

Aksum, Ethiopia

Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum & the Northern Horn 1000 BC - AD 1300p. 35

David W. Phillipson, Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum & the Northern Horn 1000 BC - AD 1300, (2012), p. 35

Abb. 1 Die aksumitische Münzen 1 bis 10 aus dem Nachlass von Enno Littmann.

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Coins & currency

Die aksumitische Münzen 1 bis 10 aus dem Nachlass von Enno Littmann — Abb. 1

Aksum, Ethiopia

In kaiserlichem Auftrag. Die Deutsche Aksum-Expedition 1906 unter Enno Littmann. Band 2: Altertumskundliche Untersuchungen der DAE in Tigray/Äthiopienp. c. 368

Steffen Wenig (ed.), In kaiserlichem Auftrag. Die Deutsche Aksum-Expedition 1906 unter Enno Littmann. Band 2: Altertumskundliche Untersuchungen der DAE in Tigray/Äthiopien, (2011), p. c. 368

Figure 33 - Two earthenware tulip vases, Pre-Aksumite period. They were discovered in a grave at Goual Saïm (photograph: Kebbedé Bogalé)

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Ceramics & vessels

Two earthenware tulip vases, Pre-Aksumite period. They were discovered in a grave at Goual Saïm — Figure 33

Mätära, Eritrea

Matara: the Archaeological Investigation of a City of Ancient Eritreap. 34

Francis Anfray, Matara: the Archaeological Investigation of a City of Ancient Eritrea, (2012), p. 34

Figure 53 - Dish in terra sigillata africana, probably imported from Egypt (photograph: Kebbedé Bogalé). Figure 54 - Blue glazed vase (height: 30 cm) undoubtedly originating in Sassanid Persia, 7th century AD (photograph: Kebbedé Bogalé). 3 cm 3 c

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Ceramics & vessels7th century

Dish in terra sigillata africana, probably imported from Egypt — Figure 53

Mätära, Eritrea

Matara: the Archaeological Investigation of a City of Ancient Eritreap. 43

Francis Anfray, Matara: the Archaeological Investigation of a City of Ancient Eritrea, (2012), p. 43

Figure 219 Small Ivory artifacts discovered at Adulis

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Sculpture & fragments

Small Ivory artifacts discovered at Adulis — Figure 219

Adulis, Eritrea

Modeling the Local Political Economy of Adulis: 1000 BCE - 700 ACEp. c. 292

Daniel T. Habtemichael, Modeling the Local Political Economy of Adulis: 1000 BCE - 700 ACE, (2019), p. c. 292

Fig. 8. Détail du côté gauche du trône de Haoulti, avant remontage. Le grand personnage qui suit le précédent porte une barbe courte et non bouclée; ses sourcils sont figurés; il est habillé d'un pagne bouffant* muni d'un pan qui retombe par-derrière

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Regalia & arms

Détail du côté gauche du trône de Haoulti, avant remontage. Le grand personnage qui suit le précédent porte une barbe courte et non bouclée; ses sourcils sont figurés — Fig. 8

Hawelti-Melazo, Ethiopia

Les monuments d'art sud-arabe découverts sur le site de Haoulti (Ethiopie) en 1959p. 72

Henri de Contenson, Les monuments d'art sud-arabe découverts sur le site de Haoulti (Ethiopie) en 1959, (1962), p. 72