Hawulti ( Tigrinya : ሓወልቲ ) is a pre-Aksumite obelisk located in Matara , Eritrea . The monument bears the oldest known example of the ancient Ge'ez script .
6-561: Hawulti may refer to: Hawulti (monument) , a fallen (now restored) monument in Matara, Eritrea Hawulti-Melazo , two ancient cities in northern Ethiopia and an archaeological site of the Kingdom of Aksum Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hawulti . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-551: A disk and crescent at the top; Edward Ullendorff believes these symbols "no doubt meant to place the stele under the protection of the gods, probably of Šams , the Sun goddess, and of Sin , the Moon god". These pre- Christian symbols, as well as paleographical characteristics such as the lack of vowel marks in the Ge'ez script , convinced Ullendorff that the monument dated "to the early part of
18-662: The Deutsche Aksum-Expedition, found the Hawulti, it had been pushed over and broken in half in the distant past. The Italian colonial government had the broken monument repaired with two iron bars and set upright in what was thought to be its proper position, but was not accurate. The Hawulti was toppled and damaged by Ethiopian troops in the short occupation of southern Eritrea during the Eritrean-Ethiopian War . It has since been repaired by
24-471: The fourth century A.D." Ullendorff translated of the inscription as follows: His translation differs from Enno Littmann at several points. First, Littmann believed the third line referred to the digging of canals nearby (his translation, "zog die Kannaele von `Aw`a") despite the lack of any signs of canals or ditches in the area; Ullendorff argues that the verb s-h-b in the inscription should be translated as "to drag along, to capture". Second, he believed
30-425: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hawulti&oldid=697073807 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hawulti (monument) The Hawulti monument is 5.5 metres (18 ft) high, with
36-420: The nouns — ‘W’ , ‘LF , and SBL — were placenames, and based on discussions with local informants Ullendorff identified them with nearby communities: the earlier name of Baraknaha, the site of a 12th-century church 17 kilometers from Matara, had been subli , and the equally well-known Orthodox church at Gunda Gunde , 22 kilometers from Matara, had once been known as Aw`a 'ilfi . When Littmann, leader of
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