The Habesha History collection
Buildings, objects and painted pages from Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Collection index
Debub
12 records
Debub · Eritrea
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AncientarchitectureAbb. 321. Kohaito. Rechts Ruine 6, links im Hintergrunde Ruine 7. Blick von Nordosten. Abb. 322. Kohaito. Ruine 6. Blick von Nordosten. Abb. 325. Kohaito. Ruine 7. Blick von Südwesten. Im Hintergrunde links Ruine 6.
AncientarchitectureThe plateau site of Qohaito in the Eritrean highlands, an Aksumite town whose standing columns, temple ruins and cisterns spread across the qedamawi escarpment edge.
AncientarchitectureThe Safira dam at Qohaito, a dressed-stone barrage across a shallow valley of the plateau, traditionally counted among the oldest standing dams in Africa.
AncientarchitectureThe rock-cut shaft tomb at Qohaito known as the 'Egyptian' tomb, its dressed chambers cut beneath the plateau surface.
Debub · Eritrea
3 plates
AncientarchitectureAbb. 6. Tokonda, Ruine II, Wandpfeilerrest (Foto: MBA 2257.6). Abb. 2. Tokonda, Ruine II, Nordseite (Foto: MBA 2257.2). Abb. 3. Tokonda, Ruine II, Pfeiler- und Basenreste I (Foto: MBA 2257.3). Abb. 4.
Ancientarchitecture
AncientarchitectureAbb. 6. Die Ruinen von Tokonda, Blick Richtung Nordwesten (Foto: L. Lätt 2006). Abb. 7. Die Ruinen von Tokonda, Blick Richtung Osten (Foto: DAE 393 = MBA 2256.01). Abb. 8. Die Ruinen von Tokonda, Blick Richtung Osten (Foto: L. Lätt 2006).
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AncientarchitectureStructure A is the substructure of a central residential building at Matara. Anfray describes it as an upper-class residence and provisionally dates its construction to the fourth or fifth century CE.
AncientarchitectureStructure F is a basilica with a classic three-nave plan. The two views show its west-side ruins at level 2 and the paving preserved at level 1.
AncientarchitectureAbb. 7. Eine der „Villen“ von Matara mit angelehnter Treppe, die zum Mittelbau empor führt (Foto: St. Wenig 1995).
AncientarchitectureAbb. 1. Matara: Messbild der Freitreppe von Zentralbau „B“.
AncientarchitectureThe ruins of Matara (Metera) south of Senafe, a pre-Aksumite and Aksumite town of the Eritrean highlands, marked by the standing Hawulti stele with its early Geʽez inscription.
