King Ezana's Stele (Stele 3), Aksum

Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia

Aksum, the upper part of Stela 3, 1993. The body of the stela is carved in representation of a multi-storeyed building with horizontal beams, monkey-heads and windows. In the hollow at the apex there was formerly a metal plaque, held in place by iron rods which still survive.David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (Yale University Press, 2009), p. 14, fig. 14.

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Place: Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia
Source: Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (2009)
Book: Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries
Source reference: p. 14, fig. 14.
Subject date: c. 4th century AD
Type: architectural plate

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