| 词条 | Ezana Stone |
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| name = Ezana Stone | native_name = | image = EzanaGreekTablet.jpg | caption = The Ezana Stone | location = Kingdom of Aksum | type = stele | material = | length = | width = | height = | begin = | complete = | dedicated_to = King Ezana | map_image = | map_text = | map_width = | coordinates = | website = }} The Ezana Stone is a stele from the ancient Kingdom of Aksum. The stone monument documents the conversion of King Ezana to Christianity and his conquest of various neighboring areas, including Meroë. From AD 330 to 356, King Ezana ruled the ancient Kingdom of Aksum centered in the Horn of Africa. He fought against the Nubians, and commemorated his victories on stone tablets in praise of God. These liturgical epigraphs were written in various ancient languages, including the Ethiopian Semitic Ge'ez, the South Arabian Sabaean, and Greek. The king's engravings in stone provided a trilingual monument in different languages, similar to the Rosetta stone. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church had its beginnings during this period. Rufinus's Ecclesiastical History narrates that Saint Frumentius, a slave and tutor for the very young King, converted him to Christianity. Towards the end of his reign, King Ezana launched a campaign against the Kushites around 350 which brought down the Kingdom of Kush. Various stone inscriptions written in Ge'ez (using the Ge'ez script) have been found at Meroë, the central city of the Kushites. See also
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6 : 4th-century artefacts|Texts in Ge'ez|Greek inscriptions|Multilingual texts|Axumite steles|Axum (city) |
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