Le Grand Temple de Yéha (Tigray, Éthiopie), après la première campagne de fouilles de la Mission française (1998)

Robin, Christian Julien; Maigret, Alessandro de

doi:10.3406/crai.1998.15906

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“…Ceramics in a South Arabian style occur in the earliest strata at Yeha (Yeha I), where they may be contemporary to the construction of a small temple probably in a South Arabian (Hadramawt?) style in the eighth century BC (Robin and de Maigret 1998; see also Manzo 2009). A few fragments of big jars similar in the style to those from Sabir (Aden) were collected in the lower strata at Matara (Anfray 1966;Fattovich 1980: 76, 84), and may point to contacts with the coastal regions of Yemen in the early first millennium BC.…”

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“…Very few ceramics from Yeha are similar in style to South Arabian pottery (Anfray 1963b;Fattovich 1977Fattovich , 1990Robin and de Maigret 1998; see also Durrani 2005: 119-20). Those vessels which do show South Arabian affinities mostly occur in the strata and tombs of Yeha II.…”

Section: The Ceramics Of Yeha III Resemble Those From the Area Of Thementioning

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“…At present, the recorded archaeological evidence dating to the first millennium BC includes the Great Temple, a 'palace' at Grat Be'al Gebri, and a cemetery with shaft-tombs at Daro Mikael (Littmann et al 1913, II: 79-84;Anfray 1963aAnfray , 1971Anfray , 1972aAnfray ,b, 1973aAnfray , 1997Robin and de Maigret 1998;Michels 2005: 69-71). A settlement at Enda Gully, about 1 km to the north-east of Yeha, and two scatters of potsherds at Mai Ahu and Adi Haba, respectively c. 4 km north-west of Grat Be'al Gebri and c. 3 km west of the Great Temple, were also recorded (Michels 2005: 69; Fig.…”

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“…The occurrence of impressive ruins of a temple in a South Arabian style and inscriptions in a South Arabian script was long regarded as the best archaeological and epigraphic evidence of Sabean colonisation of northern Ethiopia and Eritrea in the first millennium BC (Bent 1893: 134-51, 231-9;Conti Rossini 1928: 109-14;Robin and de Maigret 1998;Phillipson 1998: 44), in conformity with the paradigm of a South Arabian origin for an Ethiopian-Semitic state and civilization which had Fig. 1 Map of the northern Horn, showing principal sites discussed in this issue (Luisa Sernicola) dominated Ethiopian studies since the seventeenth century (Ludolf 1682: 7-9;Bent 1893: 134-51;Glaser 1895;Conti Rossini 1928: 109-14;Cerulli 1960;Ullendorff 1973: 45-55;Ricci 1984).…”

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“…The site has been known to outsiders since the sixteenth century (Beckingham and Huntingford 1961: 140-2;Salt 1814: 429-34;Bent 1893: 134-51;Littmann et al 1913, II: 78-84). Extensive excavations were conducted in 1960 and 1971-1973 by the Ethiopian Institute of Archaeology under the direction of Francis Anfray (Anfray 1963b(Anfray , 1971(Anfray , 1972a(Anfray ,b, 1973a(Anfray ,b, 1997Fattovich , 1972a, and in 1998 by a French expedition under the direction of Christian J. Robin (Robin and de Maigret 1998). An archaeological survey of the area around Yeha was conducted by an American expedition under the direction of Joseph W. Michels (2005) in 1974.…”

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Reconsidering Yeha, c. 800–400 BC

Fattovich

2009

Afr Archaeol Rev

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Yeha, in Tigray, is the most impressive site with evidence for South Arabian influence dating to the first millennium BC in the northern Horn of Africa (Eritrea and northern Ethiopia). The evidence from this site was used to identify a 'Pre-Aksumite' or 'Ethiopian-Sabean' Period (mid-first millennium BC) when an early Afro-Arabian state apparently arose in the region. A 'Pre-Aksumite Culture', characterised by South Arabian elements, was also suggested as a distinctive archaeological culture in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea. However, recent fieldwork in these countries suggests that a Pre-Aksumite culture actually did not exist and South Arabian features were restricted to a few sites, which were scattered in a mosaic of different archaeological cultures in the first millennium BC. This hypothesis is tested through a comparison between the ceramics from Yeha and those from Matara and other sites of the first millennium BC in Tigray and Eritrea.Résumé Yeha (Tigray) est le site du premier millénaire av. J.-C. le plus remarquable du nord de la Corne de l'Afrique (Erythrée et Ethiopie du nord) en matière d'influences sud-arabiques. Les données de ce site ont été utilisées pour définir une période 'préaksoumite' ou 'éthiosabéenne' (datant du milieu du premier millénaire av. J.-C.), marquée par l'apparente émergence d'un état afro-arabique dans la région. On a aussi suggéré l'existence d'une culture archéologique 'pré-aksoumite' en Ethiopie du nord et en Erythrée, caracterisée par la présence d'éléments sud-arabiques. Cependant, des nouvelles recherches mettent maintenant en doute l'existence de cette 'culture pré-aksoumite' et suggèrent que les éléments sudarabiques se limitent à quelques sites du premier millénaire av. J.-C. répartis en une mosaïque de différentes cultures archéologiques. Cette hypothèse est ici confrontée aux résultats d'une comparaison systématique entre les poteries de Yeha, Matara, et d'autres sites du Tigray et d'Erythrée datant du premier millénaire av. J.-C.

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Section: The Ceramics Of Yeha III Resemble Those From the Area Of Thementioning

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Reconsidering Yeha, c. 800–400 BC

Fattovich

2009

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The First Millennium bc in the Highlands of Northern Ethiopia and South–Central Eritrea: A Reassessment of Cultural and Political Development

Phillipson

2009

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An overview is offered of the development of research-both archaeological and epigraphic-on the inhabitants of the northern Horn during the first millennium BC. Initially, reconstructions of this period placed considerable emphasis on links with southern Arabia and tended to group those into a single cultural category that was designated 'Pre-Aksumite'. It is now argued that long-distance contacts were much less pervasive, being largely restricted to the élite, and that other aspects of life-including much material culture and subsistence economydisplayed strong local continuity from earlier times. Similarly, it is argued that interpretation of the epigraphic evidence as indicating a single 'Pre-Aksumite' state called D'MT is unjustified.Résumé On fait une revue du développement de la recherche archéologique et epigraphique sur les habitants des régions septentrionales de la Corne de l'Afrique pendant le premier millénaire avant notre ère. Autrefois, les interprétations tendaient à mettre en exergue les relations avec l'Arabie du sud, et considérer toutes ces populations comme appartenant à un seul groupe culturel 'pré-aksoumite'. On préfère aujourd'hui soutenir que les contacts de longue distance étaient pour la plupart limités aux élites, et que les autres dimensions de la vie sociale -les outils lithiques, la culture matérielle, et les moyens de subsistance notamment -présentent des continuités appréciables avec les périodes antérieures. On considère de même qu' il n'y a pas de raison pour interpréter les textes épigraphiques comme indicatifs d'un seul état 'pré-aksoumite' nommé D'MT.

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Landscapes of State Formation: Geospatial Analysis of Aksumite Settlement Patterns (Ethiopia)

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D’Andrea

2014

Afr Archaeol Rev

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Le Grand Temple de Yéha (Tigray, Éthiopie), après la première campagne de fouilles de la Mission française (1998)

Cited by 26 publications

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Reconsidering Yeha, c. 800–400 BC

Reconsidering Yeha, c. 800–400 BC

The First Millennium bc in the Highlands of Northern Ethiopia and South–Central Eritrea: A Reassessment of Cultural and Political Development

Landscapes of State Formation: Geospatial Analysis of Aksumite Settlement Patterns (Ethiopia)

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