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Arabic Inscriptions in Southern Ethiopia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

G. W. B. Huntingford
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Antiquity , Volume 29 , Issue 116 , December 1955 , pp. 230 - 233
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1955

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1 For this see Cernili, , ‘Il Sultanato dello Scioa nel secóla XIII’, Rassegna di Studi Etiopici, I, 1941. 5–42 Google Scholar.

2 Though shown as kingdoms on Almeida's map (cir. 1646), they are merely ‘survivals’, just as Almeida shows Damot and Gafat south of the Abay, though they had ceased to be there for nearly a hundred years when he wrote.

3 Cinq Années de Recherches Archéologiques en Éthiopie. Paris, 1931 Google Scholar.

4 As an example of their work I quote from p. 204. After reaching a depth of 1 m. 50 in a grave at Munessa they found ‘a fine complete skull. This was enough for us, and we stopped work without finding any grave goods which could indicate any period or civilization whatsoever’.

5 In dealing with the epigraphy I am much indebted to my colleagues Dr R. B. Serjeant and Dr Rice, with whom I have discussed the problems. To Dr Rice especially am I grateful for the careful examination he made of Azaïs' photographs, and for his expert comments on the inscriptions.

6 ‘Arabische Inschriften aus Abessinien’, Zeitschrift f. Semitistik u. verwandte Gebiete, 1924. III, 236-46Google Scholar.

7 Four, that is, if Ravaisse's interpretation of no. 3 is correct. He reads Shuhra, as a feminine personal name, but Dr Rice prefers to read shahr, ‘month’.

8 BM. MS. Orient. 821 : ‘Histoire des guerres d’ ‘Amda Syon’, ed. by Perruchon, J., Journal Asiatique, 1889, 8 ser. XIV, fol. 49 Google Scholar.