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AXUM.

had done, I felt immediately assured that they were Ethiopic. In consequence I passed carefully over every character I could trace, a fac-simile of which is here given.

Part of an Inscription at Axum much defaced by the weather.



Characters in the fifth line.

In the middle of the inscription.

separate word. End of the last line but one.

Last line entire.

Unconnected characters from various parts of the stone.



The same in modern characters, so far as can be determined.

[1]
  1. The bars are inserted to mark where a want of connection occurs.