All photographs by Michael Ghaly for
St-Takla.org, April-June 2008
Pottery bowl with a pair of
yoked oxen inside. The purpose of this kind of bowl is
unknown, but it demonstrates well how Axumite farmers used to make
their art
Right to left: Ancient
Axomite games, perhaps part of a board for the Gabeta game with a
small clay ball - Pottery models of horses, the head early 7th
century AD, the complete model ?? - Pottery with the impression of
basket, identical to those used today
Other pottery bowls with
pairs of yoked oxen
Piece of stone قطعة من الحجر
Right: Pair of pottery model
of a house, note the thatched roof and window-top
Inscription, probably of
King Ousanas, whose 'throne name' may have been Ella Amida. He
ruled about 320 BC and as the predecessor of the famous King Ezana,
written in Ge'ez language
Model of a palace شكل قصر
Another Ethiopian palace model شكل قلعة آخرى
Right to left: Various coins
- Beads from various sites and centuries - four bronze bracelets,
from a tomb of Ona Enda Abboy Zawge on Bieta Giorgis hill, about 2nd
century BC - Pair of mirrors made of spectrum and polished
Various Ethiopian beads أحجار كريمة حبشية متنوعة
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