Ethiopian Studies

Le lion de Kombolcha et le léopard d'Aksum: des félins rupestres paléochrétiens ?

by François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar

Co-authored with B. Poissonnier, A. Letricot & Habtamu Tesfaye.
Published in "Annales d'Ethiopie", 26 (2011), pp. 269-289.

Deux célèbres sculptures rupestres de félins, l’une située près de Kombolcha (le « lion » de Kombolcha) et l’autre aux... more Deux célèbres sculptures rupestres de félins, l’une située près de Kombolcha (le « lion » de Kombolcha) et l’autre aux environs d’Aksum (la « lionne » de Gobedra), sont connues depuis longtemps. Ces deux monuments sont ici décrits de façon approfondie, permettant de préciser leurs caractères morphologiques, technologiques et taphonomiques. Le lion de Kombolcha, doté d’attributs non réalistes, s’inscrit dans la variabilité d’une figure léonine mythologique représentée dans le Proche et Moyen-Orient antiques. Le félin de Gobedra apparaît quant à lui clairement sous les traits d’un léopard. La description de ces monuments permet en outre de soutenir (au contraire de ce qui était suggéré jusqu’ici) la probable association de ces figurations avec celles d’une croix, et de proposer leur attribution chronologique à la période aksumite dans les premiers temps de l’influence chrétienne.

Colours in Archaeology (in Ethiopia)

by Bertrand Poissonnier

published in S. Uhlig (ed.) 'Encyclopaedia Ethiopica, 1. Wiesbaden, 2003: 781.

Čabbe

by Bertrand Poissonnier

published in S. Uhlig (ed.) 'Encyclopaedia Ethiopica', 1. Wiesbaden, 2003: 660.

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An Old Testament Pseudepigraphon in Coptic: Yet Another Manuscript from the Sahidic Version of the Testament of Isaac

by Alin Suciu

Broderick, L.G., 2012. Ritualisation (or The Four Fully-Articulated Ungulates of The Apocalypse). In Pluskowski, A. ed. The Ritual Killing and Burial of Animals: European Perspectives. Oxford: Oxbow Books. pp. 22-32

by Lee Broderick

Review of Brakmann, Die Einwurzelung der Kirche

by Alessandro Bausi

Review of Heinzgerd Brakmann, Τὸ παρὰ τοἴς βαρβάροις ἔργον θεἴον: Die Einwurzelung der Kirche im spätantiken Reich von Aksum, Bonn: Borengässer, 1994, in “Orientalia” (Roma), n.s. 65/1 (1996), pp. 51-56.

Review of Donald Crummey, Land and Society in Ethiopia

by Alessandro Bausi

Review of Donald Crummey, Land and Society in the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia From the Thir-teenth to the Twentieth Century (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press = Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University Press, 2000), in “Rassegna di Studi Etiopici” (Roma - Napoli), 43 (1999 [2000]), pp. 226-231.

Review of Burtea, Zwei äthiopische Zauberrollen

by Alessandro Bausi

Review of Bogdan Burtea, Zwei äthiopische Zauberrollen (Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia 1, Aachen: Shaker Verlag, 2001), in “Annali dell’Istituto Orientale di Napoli”, 60-61 (2000-2001 [2002]), pp. 591-593.

Review of Raineri, Gli Atti etiopici di Giorgio il nuovo

by Alessandro Bausi

Review of Osvaldo Raineri, Gli Atti etiopici del martire egiziano Giorgio il nuovo († 978) (Studi e Testi 392, Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1999), in “Aethiopica. International Journal of E-thiopian Studies” (Hamburg), 5 (2002), pp. 276-282.

Review of Colin, L’Homélie sur l’église du Rocher

by Alessandro Bausi

Review of Gérard Colin, L’Homélie sur l’église du Rocher attribuée à Timothée Aelure. Texte éthiopien et traduction (Pontificio Istituto Orientale, Patrologia Orientalis Tome 49 – Fascicule 2 – N° 218, Turnhout, Belgique: Brepols, 2001), in “Orientalia Christiana Periodica” (Roma), 68 (2002), pp. 477-483.

Review of Heide, Die Testamente Isaaks und Jakobs

by Alessandro Bausi

Review of Martin Heide, Die Testamente Isaaks und Jakobs. Edition und Übersetzung der arabischen und äthiopischen Versionen (Aethiopistische Forschungen Band 56, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2000), in “Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period” (Leiden), 34/1 (2003), pp. 86-92.

Review of Weninger, Das Verbalsystem des Altäthiopischen

by Alessandro Bausi

Review of Stefan Weninger, Das Verbalsystem des Altäthiopischen. Eine Untersuchung seiner Verwen-dung unter Berücksichtigung des Interferenzproblems (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur - Mainz, Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission Band 47, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2001), in “Annali dell’Università degli Studi di Napoli ‘L’Orientale’” (Napoli), 63 (2003 [2004]), pp. 259-268.

Review of Raineri, Il Gadl di san Pietro patriarca di Alessandria

by Alessandro Bausi

Recensione di Osvaldo Raineri, Il Gadl di san Pietro patriarca di Alessandria e ultimo dei martiri. Edizione del testo etiopico e traduzione italiana (Patrologia Orientalis 51 – Fascicule 5 – N° 230, Turnhout, Belgique: Brepols, 2010), in “La Parola del Passato” (Napoli), 67/3 (378) (2011), pp. 233-240.

Etudes de terrain à Tuto Fela (Ethiopie)

by Bertrand Poissonnier

co-authored with J.-P. Cros, B. Poisblaud & R. Joussaume, published in R. Joussaume (ed.) 'Tuto Fela et les stèles du sud de l'Ethiopie', 2007, éd. Recherche sur les Civilisations.

Šumgädäl : peintures rupestres et histoires de vaches dans le Sud-Gondär

by Bertrand Poissonnier

co-authored with Anaïs Wion, published in 'Annales d'Ethiopie' 25, 2010.

Šumgädäl : rock paintings and cow stories in South-Gondär. The discovery of a series of rock paintings showing... more Šumgädäl : rock paintings and cow stories in South-Gondär. The discovery of a series of rock paintings showing schematic bucrania from a cave from the upper Blue Nile Valley, likely belonging to historical times, is studied alongside with local legends involving bovines.
Keywords: Ethiopia, Bägemder, Rock Art, Bovids, Comb Style, Oral Tradition.

Les monuments mégalithiques du Mänz (Nord-Shoa) : un inventaire provisoire

by François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar

Co-authored with Derese Ayenachew, B. Hirsch & R. Bernard
Published in "Annales d'Ethiopie" 23, 2007-2008 : 329-398.

This articles presents a preliminary inventory of megaliths, in particular funerary tumuli, found in Mänz, Ethiopia.... more This articles presents a preliminary inventory of megaliths, in particular funerary tumuli, found in Mänz, Ethiopia. The inventory provides geographical and morphological details, as well as oral information gathered about these monuments.

Les Harla: archéologie et mémoire des Géants d'Ethiopie. Proposition de séquence historique pour les sites du Cärcär

by François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar

Co-authored with A. Chekroun, B. Hirsch, Deresse Ayenachew, Hailu Zeleke, O. Onezime, Addisu Shewangizaw.
Published in F.-X. Fauvelle-Aymar & B. Hirsch (eds.), "Espacs musulmans de la Corne de l'Afrique au Moyen Âge". Paris, De Boccard, 2011: 75-98.

American Sign Language video comprehension testing in the Ethiopian Deaf community

by Linda Jordan

Co-authored with Jillian Netzley. Published online as part of SIL's Electronic Survey Reports (SILESR) series.

The main purpose of this research was to determine whether the Deaf of Ethiopia could understand and use literature... more The main purpose of this research was to determine whether the Deaf of Ethiopia could understand and use literature videotaped in American Sign Language (ASL), which is related to Ethiopian Sign Language (ESL). This was investigated by means of a Video Recorded Text Test (VRTT) using both translated scripture and original literature in ASL. The results show quite low comprehension of the videotaped material by Ethiopian test subjects. Further research will be needed to investigate dialect differences among signers of ESL.

Sur les traces de l'islam ancien en Ethiopie et dans la Corne de l'Afrique

by François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar

Co-authored with B. Hirsch.
Published in F.-X. Fauvelle-Aymar and B. Hirsch (eds.), "Espaces musulmans de la Corne de l'Afrique au Moyen Âge", Paris, De Boccard, 2011: 27-74.

Pristine Wilderness, Participatory Archaeology and the Custodianship of Heritage in Mursiland

by Tim Clack

co-authored with Dr Marcus Brittain (CAU, University of Cambridge, UK)


In Mol, L. & T. Sternberg (eds.). 2012. Changing Deserts: Integrating People and Their Environment, Strond: The White Horse Press, pp.192-212.

This chapter explores the imposition, character and history of notions of 'pristine wilderness' in parts of S. W.... more This chapter explores the imposition, character and history of notions of 'pristine wilderness' in parts of S. W. Ethiopia. Moreover, exploration, conservation policy and development initiatives are also considered in addition to the value of anthropological approaches to archaeology in understanding cultural heritage.