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Separate visual collectionRulers & nobilityRoyal images from Aksumite coin portraits and rare medieval paintings to later engravings and photographs. Every identification stays beside its source.583 records
Rulers & leadersQuotesAbraha, Sarsa Dengel, Kaleb, Ras Alula and more.View collection

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Adulis

3 shown

Aksum

11 shown

Fig. 399 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 quartzAncientartifact

Wear 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
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Ketetiya

26 shown

Mähal Wänz

3 shown

Other recorded places

5 shown

Processional Cross (qäqwami mäsqäl) — view 1Medievalartifact

Processional 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
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Processional Cross — view 1Medievalartifact

Processional 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
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Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross) — view 1Medievalartifact

Mäsqälä 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
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