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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2705912, member: 2844"]It is lovely, carman. Definitely Ethiopian, but it may not be antique. </p><p>It looks like an Ethiopian king trampling someone with a halo. A Christian saint? I don't know if early Christians were ever persecuted in Ethiopia. It is an old Christian country. </p><p><br /></p><p>We used to have an Ethiopian shop in our town, and they sold carvings like this. I think they were made in Axum, which has a very long history of slate and other stone carving. </p><p>If you have an Ethiopian shop or restaurant near you, you could ask them to translate the text on the bottom.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2705912, member: 2844"]It is lovely, carman. Definitely Ethiopian, but it may not be antique. It looks like an Ethiopian king trampling someone with a halo. A Christian saint? I don't know if early Christians were ever persecuted in Ethiopia. It is an old Christian country. We used to have an Ethiopian shop in our town, and they sold carvings like this. I think they were made in Axum, which has a very long history of slate and other stone carving. If you have an Ethiopian shop or restaurant near you, you could ask them to translate the text on the bottom.[/QUOTE]
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