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A reconstruction of the intended appearance of the Central Stelae area at the End of the fourth century, had Stela (left) been successfully erected. (Figure 416). | |||
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Adi Tsehafi Quarry: a - general view; b - Block M; c - quarrying in stream bed; d - Block G in stream; e - quarrying in stream bank. (Figure 220). | |||
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Adi Tsehafi Quarry: a - row of four wedges showing stages production; b - Block C; c - block D; d - Block A, showing squared wedge marks. (Figure 221). | |||
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Aksum - Tomb of Brick Arches: The East wall of the shaft exposed in the Stela 2 excavation. (Figure 119). | |||
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Aksum - Tomb of Brick Arches: Turned cylindrical ivory boxes. (Figure 104). | |||
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Amphoprae, African Red slip, Sassanian and other imported pottery from Late Aksumite at D site. (Figure 283). | |||
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Amphora, African Red slip bowl, Sassanian and other imported pottery from K-site. (Figure 343). | |||
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Animal-model basins from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 46). | |||
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Artefacts as exposed in situ by excavation in the Tomb of the Brick Arches. a - c in passage G. (Figure 25). | |||
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Artefacts from Baahti Nebait: those above the scale are from the basal blade industry, those below are from microlithic industry. (Figure 18). | |||
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Artefacts from K site in ivory, horn and bone on a is faint. (Figure 358). | |||
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Artefacts from K site in stone and brick. (Figure 359). | |||
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Artefacts from Stela 2 excavation. a - intaglio with clasped hands; b - inlaid glass fragment; c - venetian gold coin; d - Italian beer bottles. (Figure 125). | |||
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Artefacts from the 'block' taken from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. a - fragment of handle or bracelet; b - uncertain object. (Figure 82). | |||
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Bars and nails from the 'block' taken from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 85). | |||
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Basket and mat impressed pottery from D site. (Figure 288). | |||
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Beads from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 63). | |||
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Bi-metallic objects in iron and copper alloy. (Figure 89). | |||
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Bi-metallic plaques in situ in Passage G, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 83). | |||
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Classical Aksumite pottery decoration. (Figure 419). | |||
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Conservation measures Tomb of the Brick Arches. a - rebuilding the collapsed adit wall; b - roofing the adit; c - the adit roof completed. (Figure 110). | |||
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Conservation measures undertaken at thee Stela 1 complex. a - mausoluem Side Chamber walled up to preserve unexcavated deposits; b - walling in Trench M6 consolidated; c - roof over the East tomb entrance; d - roof over Trench M6, permitting access to its archeological features from inside the Mausoleum. (Figure 203). | |||
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Copper alloy box fittings from Loculus J, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 72). | |||
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Copper alloy box fittings from Loculus J, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 73). | |||
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Copper alloy knives, hinges, handle and cotter pins, from Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 70). | |||
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Copper alloy mirrors, from Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 74). | |||
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Copper alloy nails, tacks, shank, rivet, strips and rods, from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 67). | |||
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Copper-alloy bars, spoon, washers etc. from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 68). | |||
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Coprous fragments from the 'block' taken from Tomb of Brick Arches. a - grille, b - plates with cut-out designs, and c- bars and nails. (Figure 81). | |||
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Cross-sections of the Stelae Park: for positions see fig 20. (Figure 21). | |||
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D site Late Aksumite Likanos flakes in obsidian. The glossy worn edges are probably silica-polished from used as a component of harvesting knives. (Figure 320). | |||
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Deposits at entrances to Mausoluem Side Chambers. a - B; b - J. (Figure 157). | |||
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Detail of ivory throne components, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 97). | |||
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Detailed air photograph of central Aksum, with key naming the principal features. (Figure 6). | |||
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Details of Stela 3, a - south side of Apex, b - north face. (Figure 112). | |||
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Details of ivory plaques, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 103). | |||
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Details of panels in Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 409). | |||
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Details of plaques in Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 408). | |||
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Details of the carved ivory panels from the Tomb of the Bricks Arches. a - vine motif. b,c - African style faces carved in low relief. (Figure 405). | |||
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Distribution of copper-alloy nails, tacks etc. from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 66). | |||
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Distribution of fragments from bird-shaped vessel, from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 38). | |||
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Dorsal and ventral views of steep convex scrappers; note the regularity of curvature of the scraper edges and the shallowness of the final trimming scars. (Figure 389). | |||
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Drawing of beads from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 64). | |||
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Ecclesiastical visitors to the excavation. (Figure 8). | |||
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Ecclesiastical visitors to the excavation. (Figure 9). | |||
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Engravings and inscriptions at Adi Tsehafi. (Figure 375). | |||
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Engravings and inscriptions at Adi Tsehafi. (Figure 376). | |||
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Examples of wear and use-damage on lithic artefacts. (Figure 399). | |||
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Excavated remains of a ninetenth-century round house exposed in the K3 Trenches. (Figure 337). | |||
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Excavation of Loculus H, Tomb of the Brick Arches. a - excavation in progress, showing the bench and smashed artefacts thrown from it during robbing 2 (scale: 0.5 m) - bowls in situ on bench (scale: 0.25). (Figure 40). | |||
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Exploratory excavation of the Stela 2 site in 1994, showing displaced baseplate of a smaller stela and the slabs which formed the socket for Stela 2. (Figure 115). | |||
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Glass goblet or sphere from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 60). | |||
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Glass objects, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 59). | |||
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Gobedra Quarry I: a - general view of Blocks 101, 102 and 103 from the east; b - Block 101, west side; c - Block 101, west side detail; d - block 101, south end; e - Block 188; f - Block 132. (Figure 210). | |||
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Gobedra Quarry I: a - general view to west; b, c - Outcrop II; d - south face of Outcrop III.; e - view to northwest over Wuchate Golo, with possible slipway in foreground; and f - Blocks 89, 90. (Figure 212). | |||
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Gobedra Quarry III: a - south face of main quarry; b - northern pecked area at foot of quarry face; c- Block A on valley floor; e - circular hole in Block 20; f - split Block 72/73. (Figure 215). | |||
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Gobedra Quarry IV: a, b - Block 249; c-f - Block 251. (Figure 217). | |||
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Gobedra: Contour map of the area between Gobedra and Aksum, showing the probable route by which quarried stone was transported. (Figure 222). | |||
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Goblets fragments from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 61). | |||
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Gold (a, c, d) and silver(b, e) artefacts from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 65). | |||
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Gold and gilded artefacts, from Phase 1 contexts within the Mausoleum. (Figure 177). | |||
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Grindstones from Late Aksumite contexts at D site. (Figure 304). | |||
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Gudit Stelae Field. a - steps exposed by excavation in Trench G1; b - Trench G2; c - Ttrench G3; d - re-used Stela baseplate at Dangur. (Figure 206). | |||
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Human bone from Tomb of the Brick Arches: a - female frontal, scale in centimeters; b - axis vertebra; c - vertebra with deep body lesion and Schmorl's node. (Figure 108). | |||
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Inner faces of the Mausoleum entrances. a, b - the inner face of the eastern portal, showing the upright syenite slabs which formerly supported a brick arch; c - the western arch as exposed, before excavation of the deposits with which it was blocked. (Figure 140). | |||
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Inscriptions and crosses on D site, Late Aksumite pottery. (Figure 282). | |||
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Internal impressions of stone-dressing marks, profiles of individual punches. (Figure 228). | |||
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Iron Knives, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 86). | |||
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Iron Knives, from later Mausoleum contexts. (Figure 196). | |||
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Iron and silver objects, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 91). | |||
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Iron nails, eyelet spike, strip, bars, rods and fittting, from Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 94). | |||
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Ivory throne component, showing panel details. (Figure 98). | |||
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Ivory throne component, showing slats and finial. (Figure 100). | |||
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Ivory throne components, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 96). | |||
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L site: a - general view from south; b - the dressed stone as exposed, detail of carving. (Figure 364). | |||
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Late Aksumite architecture in Trench D19: a, b - dressed stone from the elite structure re-used as paving; c-e details of walling. (Figure 246). | |||
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Late Aksumite beakers and bowls from D site. (Figure 272). | |||
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Late Aksumite beakers and bowls from D site. (Figure 273). | |||
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Late Aksumite brazier, lamps, 'thumb-cup', pedestal and fenetrated vessels from D site. (Figure 280). | |||
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Late Aksumite buildings exposed in Trench D19. Part of the elite structure is visible in the left backgroundd of view a. (Figure 244). | |||
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Late Aksumite copper alloy artefacts from D site. (Figure 299). | |||
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Late Aksumite jars and jug from D site. (Figure 278). | |||
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Late Aksumite stone seals from D site. (Figure 310). | |||
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Late Aksumite storage pots and cooking vessels from D site. (Figure 279). | |||
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Lathe-turned objects from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 413). | |||
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Location map of Aksum relative to Northeast Africa and the Red Sea. (Figure 1). | |||
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Loculus E on termination of excavation. (Figure 36). | |||
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Lower grindstone, Tomb of Brick Arches. (Figure 107). | |||
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Map of Gobedra Hill, showing location of Quarries. For the location of the Adi Tsehafi quarry. (Figure 207). | |||
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Map of the survey area showing site and find-spots. (Figure 12). | |||
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Map of the survey area showing sites and find spots. (Figure 11). | |||
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Mausoleum Side Chambers: a - the entrance to Side Chamber D; b - the entrance to Side Chamber F, with Side chamber G in the background; c - Side Chamber K from the south-east, showing props inserted to support the support the roof where the wall had been removed by digging a tunnel through the outer wall. (Figure 144). | |||
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Mausoleum external trenches. a - west and north sections of Trench M4; b - west section and plan of Trench M5. (Figure 160). | |||
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Mausoleum roof shafts seen from below. a - the eastern shaft with original walling: b - the western shaft showing reinforcement. (Figure 153). | |||
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Mausoleum western arch open: a - from the western arch open; b - from inside the tomb with the fallen portal visible on the right and, on the left, the syentite slab at the entrance to Side Chamber L. (Figure 149). | |||
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Miscellaneous ivory artefacts. a - handle with silver cotterpin; b - rod; c- pierced rectangar piece; d - handle; and e - lid. (Figure 106). | |||
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Modern baskets for comparison with impressions on Aksumite pottery from D site. (Figure 331). | |||
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North - south section of Trench D15. (Figure 239). | |||
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Phase 1 artefacts of gold (a), gilded copper alloy (e), silver (b-d, f, h, I,) and silvered copper alloy(g). (Figure 178). | |||
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Plan and drawing showing the present inclination of Stela 3. a - to the north; and b - to the east. (Figure 113). | |||
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Plan and longitudinal section of the Stelae Park. (Figure 20). | |||
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Plan of K site, showing collection and excavation trenches. (Figure 334). | |||
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Plan of Phase 5 house walls in Mausoleum, Trenches M5 and M6. (Figure 168). | |||
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Plan of the 1997 Stela 2 excavation, post Aksumite features. (Figure 122). | |||
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Plan of the 1997 Stela 2 excavation. (Figure 118). | |||
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Plan of the Mausoleum showing excavation divisions. Stippling indicates areas which were not excavated. (Figure 155). | |||
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Plan of the Stela 1 area, including Nefas Mawcha. (Figure 126). | |||
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Plan of the Tomb of the Brick Arches, showing excavation subdivisions. (Figure 29). | |||
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Plan showing positions of shaped copper alloy plates and mirrors in Loculus J. (Figure 42). | |||
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Plates with cut-out designs, glass inserts and reconstructions from Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 84). | |||
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Possible method of stela erection. (Figure 226). | |||
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Post-Aksumite jar, from the Mausoleum trenches. (Figure 186). | |||
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Post-Aksumite pots, from the Mausoleum trenches. (Figure 187). | |||
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Pottery beaker and bowls from K site. (Figure 340). | |||
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Pottery bowl, cup, pot jar, cooking vessels, lamps filters from K site. (Figure 341). | |||
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Pottery bowls, basin, jar and pedestal, from Phase 1 contexts within the Mausoluem. (Figure 169). | |||
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Pottery bowls, jar and lid, from later contexts within the Mausoleum. (Figure 184). | |||
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Pottery bowls, jars, pot and lid from the Mausoluem trenches. (Figure 188). | |||
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Pottery face-jars, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 52). | |||
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Pottery jar from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 48). | |||
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Pottery jar, pots and African Red Slip bowl, from Phase 1 contexts within the Mausoleum. (Figure 170). | |||
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Pottery stove or brazier, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 55). | |||
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Pre-Aksumite bowls and pots from D site. (Figure 265). | |||
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Pre-Aksumite jars and jugs from D site. (Figure 267). | |||
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Pre-Aksumite storage pot, lids, strainers and imported vessels from D site. (Figure 270). | |||
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Pre-Aksumite storage pots from D site. (Figure 269). | |||
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Purple-painted and other imported pottery from Late Aksumite contexts at D sites. (Figure 286). | |||
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Render. a - extending from the floor to ceiling in Side Chamber J; b - on the roof of the Side Chamber E, filling gaps between the syenite slabs; c - on the walls of Side Chamber E at floor level; d - at the entrance to Side Chamber G. (Figure 151). | |||
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Residual pottery recovered K site. (Figure 345). | |||
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Residual pottery recovered from Late Aksumite contexts at D site. (Figure 287). | |||
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Rubbings of dressed stones, Stelae 19 and 21. a - Stela 19, running chisel marks in curved rows; b - Stela 21, finaly dressed with possible chisel and multi-tined hammer marks. (Figure 235). | |||
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Seals from D site: a, b - Pre-Aksumite, clay; c-g - Late Aksumite, Stone. (Figure 309). | |||
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Section through deposits at the south end of passage G and extending into loculus E, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 34). | |||
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Sections of deposits within the Mausoleum. a - along central passage; b - through Side Chambers D and E. (Figure 156). | |||
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Shell plaques, from Phase 1 contexts within the Mausoleum. (Figure 181). | |||
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Sherds of imported pottery from Late Aksumte at D site. (Figure 285). | |||
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Sketch map of the surroundings of Axum, Tigre, Ethiopia; taken from the Annales D'Ethiopoe Volume IV, 1961. British Institure in Easter Africa, Axum, March 1973. | |||
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Slipway at Gobedra Quarry III: a - general view of the hillside; b - general view of the slipway; c- the lower and middle sections of the slipway. (Figure 216). | |||
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Statigraphic correlation chart, Tomb of the Brick Arches Adit Chambers A and B. (Figure 30). | |||
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Stela 2. a - drawing by D Krencker in 1906 showing the splinter then missing, and b - splinter recovered in the three pieces during the 1997 excavations. (Figure 124). | |||
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Stelae 3 and 21. a - in 1906 (after Littmann et al. 1913, II); and b - in 1992. (Figure 114). | |||
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Stelae Park seen from the dome of the New Cathedral. Stela 1 is on the extreme left, with excavations on the site of Stela 2 in the centre. (Figure 19). | |||
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Stone Dressing, Tomb of the Brick Arches and Nefas Mawcha. (Figure 229). | |||
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Stone artefacts from D site: a, d - lamps; b, c - bangles. (Figure 307). | |||
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Summary table of glass recovered, arranged by colour, from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 57). | |||
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Table of radiocarbon dates from bone and charcoal, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 109). | |||
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The 'block' of cuprous scrap from the Chamber A, Tomb of the Brick Arches. a - as removed, 25-cm scale; b - in course of dismantling, scale in centimeters. (Figure 69). | |||
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The 1997 Stela 2 excavation. a - an early stage; b-c - excavation in process. (Figure 116). | |||
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The East Tomb. a, b - entrance seen from the North; c - the interior on termination of excavation, from the West. (Figure 201). | |||
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The Old Cathedral at Aksum, seen from the Bell Tower. (Figure 5). | |||
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The Stela 2 substructure. a - boulder layer over the southern component; b - showing the western face . (Figure 120). | |||
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The Tomb of Bazen: a - the foot of the adit, showing roughly carved loculi in the adit wall and the entrance to the transverse chamber; b - the entrance to the transverse chamber; c - a view up the adit fromm the chamber; d - inside the transverse chamber, showing loculi. (Figure 378). | |||
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The Tomb of False Door: a - the east end of the antechamber at the foot of the stepped adit; b - the remains of the sarcophagus in the central burial chamber seen from the antechamber looking north. The Tomb of Kaleb c - the foot of the adit, north wall from above; d- the foot of the adit, south wall from below. (Figure 379). | |||
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The brass rondel from the Tomb of the Brick Arches, with key to inscription. (Figure 428). | |||
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The elite structure partially exposed in Trench D19. (Figure 243). | |||
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The heap of extracted artefacts outside loculus E, the unexcavated entrance to which may be seen on the right. Deposits filling passage G are seen in section. (Figure 32). | |||
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The pit in the floor of the Chamber A, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 31). | |||
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The recent round house exposed in the western part of the 1997 Stela-2 excavation. (Figure 123). | |||
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The western entrance to the Mausoleum. a - the fallen portal and the west side of the arch in Trench M6, seen from above; b - looking west through the western arch to the fallen portal form inside the Mausoleum. (Figure 150). | |||
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Tomb of Brick Arches: a - The view inside the Tomb of the Brick Arches, from Chamber B through Arch III into Chamber A, with the North side of Arch I and the foot of the Adit visible in the background; b - the lintels over Loculi E (before partial excavation). (Figure 27). | |||
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Tomb of Brick Arches: a - general view of Arch I, from the adit; b - the eastern part of Arch I, seen from the adit. (Figure 26). | |||
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Tomb of Brick Arches: a - north end section of Loculus E on termination of excavation; b - section across Passage G at its mid-point. (Figure 37). | |||
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Tomb of the Brick Arches, Chamber D showing Loculi H and J. a - with loculi blocked, b - with loculi excavated, c from loculus J, showing bench in foreground, looking through Passage G into Chamber B where the entrance to loculus E is visible. (Figure 39). | |||
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Tomb of the Brick Arches, grille fragments and reconstruction. (Figure 79). | |||
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Tomb of the Brick Arches, the 'cover' as re-assembled. (Figure 75). | |||
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Tomb of the Brick Arches, the adit. a, b - excavation in process showing lintels over the adit. c - general view down the adit. d - view up the adit. Scales: 0.5 m. (Figure 28). | |||
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Tomb of the Brick Arches, the rondel: a - as re-assembled; and b - detail of force. (Figure 76). | |||
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Turned furniture finial from the Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 410). | |||
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Types of Bi-metallic plaques. a - chequuerboard, b - pinwheel, and c, d - floral to a chequerboard fragment. (Figure 87). | |||
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Views of excavated rockshelters. a - Anqqer Baahti from east with, at the left, the church of Abba Pantaleon on its rock pinnacle; b - Baahti Nebait from the west. (Figure 16). | |||
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X-ray and detail of iron and silver object, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 95). | |||
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a, b - faceted handle of a fly-whisk or similar object, Late Aksumite D site; c - scrap with probable saw-marks, Late Aksumite D site; d - furniture member with sawn tenon a possible chisel marks at the base of the tenon, Tomb of the Brick Arches. (Figure 406). | |||
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