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Northern Stelae Field

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Apr 30, 2022 06:39 AM — History

An expansive area of funereal monuments at Aksum in Ethiopia, built between the third and fourth centuries A.D.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/794683793

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
14.1319259484, 38.7189877841

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Northern Stelae Field (AD 300 - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Northern Stelae Field makes connections with:

Northern Stelae Field located at A(u)xoume (unspecified date range)

Northern Stelae Field receives connections from:

None

Place type:
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis

References:

See Further:

Met Museum, The Monumental Stelae of Aksum (3rd–4th century)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Northern Stelae Field: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/794683793> [accessed: 11 October 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/794683793 |title=Places: 794683793 (Northern Stelae Field) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=October 11, 2024 2:46 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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