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Almaqah temple inscriptions of Dmt
The Almaqah temple inscriptions of Dmt are royal inscriptions in Ethiopian Early Sabaic naming the kings of Dʿmt, chiefly from Yeha, Ethiopia, dating to the 7th or 6th centuries BC.
Bisi
Bisi, Ge'ez for 'man of...', is a royal epithet borne by Aksumite kings from Endubis to Wa'zeb, attested in inscriptions and coin legends over 250 years.
Book of Deggua
The Book of Deggua (Ge'ez ድጓ), also written Deggwa, is the antiphonal hymnbook of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, traditionally ascribed to Saint Yared of Aksum in the sixth century.
DAE 11
DAE 11, also numbered RIÉ 189, is a Gəʿəz royal inscription of King ʿEzana of Aksum from the mid-4th century celebrating his victory over the Noba and Kasu.
DAE 4
DAE 4 is a Greek royal inscription of King Ezana of Aksum recording his victory over the Beja, carved while he was still pagan and set up near Aksum.
DAE 6
DAE 6, or Deutsche Aksum-Expedition inscription 6, is the pseudo-Sabaic version of King ʿEzānā of Aksum's 4th-century victory inscription in early Geʿəz, recording his campaign against the Beja.
Dʿmt
Dʿmt, also written Daʿamat, was a polity of the first half of the 1st millennium BC centered on Yeha in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, and extending into Eritrea, preceding the Kingdom of Aksum.
Ezana Stone
The Ezana Stone, or Stone of Ezana, is a black granite stele at Aksum, Ethiopia, still standing today, with a 4th-century royal inscription of King Ezana in Geʿez, pseudo-Sabaean, and Greek.
Gash Group
The Gash Group was a Bronze Age culture of the Gash Delta in eastern Sudan, known from the site of Mahal Teglinos and dated to the mid-3rd millennium BCE.
Inscription of Kaleb
The inscription of Kaleb (RIÉth 191) is a sixth-century royal inscription in Gəʿəz, cut at Aksum to record King Kālēb's first invasion of South Arabia.
Inscription of Kaleb at Marib
The Inscription of Kaleb at Marib is a fragmentary Ge'ez royal inscription of King Kaleb of Aksum, found at Ma'rib, Yemen, recording his campaign against Himyar.
Inscriptions of Ezana
The inscriptions of Ezana are the royal inscriptions of Ezana, fourth-century king of Aksum, recording his military campaigns and his conversion to Christianity, written in Greek, Ge'ez, and pseudo-Sabaean.
Lioness of Gobedra
The Lioness of Gobedra, locally Misle Anbesa, is a large feline carved in sunk relief on a boulder at the Aksumite quarries of Gobo Dura, about 5 km west of Aksum, Ethiopia.
Monumentum Adulitanum
The Monumentum Adulitanum, also called the Adulitan inscription, is a pair of Greek inscriptions from Adulis in the Aksumite kingdom, preserved only in Cosmas Indicopleustes' writing.
Nine Saints
The Nine Saints were foreign missionary monks who came to the Kingdom of Aksum around 480, credited with the second Christianization of Ethiopia and translating the Bible into Ge'ez.
Ona culture
The Ona culture, in the literature the Ancient Ona culture, was a settled agropastoral culture of the Asmara area, Eritrea, from about 800 to 400 BC.
Recueil des inscriptions de l'Éthiopie
The Recueil des inscriptions de l'Éthiopie (RIÉ) is the standard corpus of pre-Aksumite and Aksumite inscriptions of Ethiopia and Eritrea, published in Paris from 1991.
Wadi Gasus stelae
The Wadi Gasus stelae, also known as the Wadi Gasus inscription, are two Twelfth Dynasty stelae from Egypt's Red Sea coast recording expeditions to the land of Punt.