AncientartifactArchitectural fragments from Samidi South
- Type
- Sculpture & fragments
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
Objects & material culture
Artifacts.
Coins, crosses, icons and everyday objects.
Artifacts
By place
901 records
Adulis
3 shown
Ancientartifact
AncientartifactMarkings on the stones of Samidi North
- Type
- Sculpture & fragments
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
AncientartifactThe coarse-wares from Diodorus Island
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
Aksum
11 shown
AncientartifactBronze coin of King Aphilas
A drawing of an Aksumite bronze coin, about 15 mm across. A wheat stalk appears on the reverse.
- Type
- Coins & currency
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
AncientartifactBronze coin of King Wazena
A drawing of a bronze coin, about 16 mm across. The king holds a grain stalk; a gold-inlaid cross appears on the reverse.
- Type
- Coins & currency
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
AncientartifactSilver coin of King Wazena
A drawing of a silver coin, 16 mm across, showing a Greek cross framed by an arch.
- Type
- Coins & currency
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
AncientartifactPossible ancient standing monolith near Aksum
Possible ancient, isolated, standing monolith at Enda Kaleb and Gabra Masqal, north-east of Aksum, site 06-01 cultural and chronological sequence established by the
- Type
- Inscriptions & stelae
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
AncientartifactCopper-alloy fragments from the Tomb of the Brick Arches
Cuprous fragments from the'block', Tomb of the Brick Arches: a - grille; b - plates with cut-out designs; c - bars and nails. The Tomb of the Brick Arches 30 mm 30 mm 30 mm 101 c
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
AncientartifactThe south face of Stela 3, showing both its impressive overall symmetry and the variation in detail
- Type
- Inscriptions & stelae
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
AncientartifactPottery jars from the Tomb of the Brick Arches
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
AncientartifactWear and damage on stone tools
Examples of wear and use-damage on lithic artefacts: a - chalcedony crescent, note the heavily worn tip and portion of the sharp edge; b, c - a unique chalcedony point with possible impact-damage at the tip on the ventral surface,from Baahti Nebait; d - worn tip of a utilised quartz
- Type
- Sculpture & fragments
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
AncientartifactCarved ivory panels from the Tomb of the Brick Arches
Details of the carved ivory panels from the Tomb of the Brick Arches: a - vine motif; b,c - Africanstyle faces carved in low relief. conjoined to a similar low-relief back (Fig. 404).
- Type
- Sculpture & fragments
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
AncientartifactTurned furniture finial from the Tomb of the Brick Arches
Turned furniture finial from the Tomb of the Brick Arches (see also Figs 99, JOOg): a - general view, showing carved fluted decoration, sawn mortice and drilled peg holes; b - striations of polishing inside the fluting. Fig
- Type
- Sculpture & fragments
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
AncientartifactObjects from the basilica at Beta Samati
Artefacts illustrating ritual, administrative and/or trade activities at the basilica: a) bucranium with facial features; b-c) cow figurines; d) incense burners; e) stamp seal; f) bucranium; g-n) tokens (figure by I. Dumitru)
- Type
- Religious objects
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
Ketetiya
26 shown
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008-1. Détail: une des croix gravées
- Type
- Religious objects
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008-1. Détail: une des croix gravées
- Type
- Religious objects
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008-1. Détail: une des croix gravées
- Type
- Religious objects
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya. Poterie n° 2008-7. Détail: décor de lignes gravées après cuisson
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya, poterie n° 1, musée de Däse
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya, poterie n° 1, musée de Däse
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya, poterie n° 1, musée de Däse. Détail d'une des croix trifurquées
- Type
- Religious objects
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya, poterie n° 2, musée de Däse
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya, poterie n° 2, musée de Däse
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya, poterie n° 2, musée de Däse
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya, poterie n° 2, musée de Däse. Détail du motif en sablier
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya, poterie n° 4, musée de Däse
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya, poterie n° 4, musée de Däse
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactKetetiya, poterie n° 5, musée de Däse
- Type
- Ceramics & vessels
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
Mähal Wänz
3 shown
MedievalartifactPerles et cauri de l'hypogée de Mähal Wänz déposées au musée national d'Addis Abeba
- Type
- Jewellery & adornment
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactMähal Wänz: la stèle brute au nord des deux tumulus
- Type
- Inscriptions & stelae
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
MedievalartifactMähal Wänz: la stèle brute au nord des deux tumulus
- Type
- Inscriptions & stelae
- Holding
- HabeshaHistory printed corpus
Other recorded places
5 shown
ModernartifactFemale Figure
Female Figure. 20th century; glazed terra-cotta; Ethiopia (Beta Esra'el).
- Date
- 20th century
- Type
- Inscriptions & stelae
- Place
- Ethiopia (Beta Esra'el)
- Holding
- Salem, The Peabody Essex Museum
MedievalartifactProcessional cross (qäqwami mäsqäl)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues this object as “Processional Cross (qäqwami mäsqäl)”. The museum dates it to 15th–16th century. Its recorded cultural attribution is Amhara or Tigrinya peoples. The catalogue geography is Ethiopia; Highlands region.
- Date
- 15th–16th century
- Type
- Religious objects
- Place
- Highlands region
- Holding
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
MedievalartifactProcessional Cross
The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues this object as “Processional Cross”. The museum dates it to 14th–15th century. Its recorded cultural attribution is Northern Highlands region. The catalogue geography is Ethiopia; Lasta region.
- Date
- 14th–15th century
- Type
- Religious objects
- Place
- Lasta
- Holding
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
MedievalartifactMäsqälä qǝddase liturgical cross
The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues this object as “Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)”. The museum dates it to 13th–14th century. Its recorded cultural attribution is Northern Highlands region. The catalogue geography is Ethiopia; Northern Highlands.
- Date
- 13th–14th century
- Type
- Religious objects
- Place
- Northern Highlands
- Holding
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
artifactLeather manuscript satchel — MS Aeth. d. 23
A leather satchel made to carry and protect a manuscript. The source dates the associated manuscript to the first half of the eighteenth century; the satchel is not independently dated here.
- Type
- Manuscript satchel
- Holding
- Bodleian Library, Oxford
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