Maṣḥafa ʾAksum (Liber Axumae)
· anonymous (compilation of Aksumite royal and church documents)
· compilation of documents of different periods (Beta Masaheft gives no date)
· chronicle
· LIT1913Mashaf
partial / older only. An English translation exists but is partial or older than the critical edition. The gap is a modern, complete translation from the original. A rendering of a daughter version does not count here: it is recorded on the dossier of the text it actually translates.
Why this is in the register
The only full edition is Conti Rossini's CSCO 'Documenta ad illustrandam historiam I: Liber Axumae' (Paris 1909-10; HOLLIS mms 990028028480203941, languages lat;fre;gez), whose version volume (CSCO Scriptores Aethiopici ser. alt. 8, 1910) is Latin. The single English rendering is G. W. B. Huntingford, 'The Land charters of northern Ethiopia' (Addis Ababa 1965, HOLLIS mms 990044124650203941), whose Harvard contents note states it 'Includes translation from Ethiopic of the charters contained in Conti Rossini's Documenta ad illustrandam historiam: I. Liber Axumae' - i.e. the charter documents only, not the king-list ('Reigns of the kings of ʾAksum') or the description of the church of Aksum Ṣǝyon. Beta Masaheft LIT1913Mashaf cites only Wion 2009 (a study) under bibliography; its translation list is empty.
The foundational documentary dossier of the Ethiopian monarchy: order of the royal household, reigns of the kings of Aksum, and the history/description of Aksum Ṣǝyon with its endowments. Beta Masaheft breaks it into component records (LIT4682 Aksum Ṣǝyon report, LIT4683 ʿĀmatāta nagaśtāta ʾAksum, LIT5405 Gǝbra hagar, LIT5406 list of objects given to northern governors), which share the same Latin-only CSCO version. A standard source for historians of Aksum and of Solomonic legitimacy.
Hatke, George, 1978-. "Aksum and Nubia : warfare, commerce, and political fictions in ancient Northeast Africa." New York : New York University Press ; Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2013. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990137863870203941
Littmann, Enno, 1875-1958. "The monuments of Aksum : an illustrated account." Addis Ababa, Ethiopia : Addis Ababa University Press ; London, England : British Institute in Eastern Africa, 1997. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990082575090203941
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Phillipson, D. W. "Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7." London : British Institute in Eastern Africa : The Society of Antiquaries of London ; Oxford : Distributed by Oxbow Books, 2000. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990086434330203941
Girma Elias. "Aksum : a guide to historical sites in and around Aksum = guide des sites historique aux aleutour et á í interieur d'Aksum = una guide di storia, di arte e di tradizione di Aksum." Addis Ababa, Ethiopia : Mega, 1997. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990077727690203941