ʾAbun Bet
Francesca Panini
Names
አቡን፡ ቤት፡↗ normalized: ʾAbun Bet↗ House of the ? ↗ Gondar↗ ʾAbbā ʾƎnṭonǝs↗ Gābrǝʾel↗ Dabra Ḍaḥay Śǝllāse↗ Gābrǝʾel↗
አቡን፡ ቤት፡gez
General information
description: ʾAbun Bet is a quarter north-west of the castles in Gondar↗ . It was the residence of the Metropolitan (?) and a place of asylum. Its location changed over the centuries: it was first located near ʾAbbā ʾƎnṭonǝs↗ church; then, in the second half of the 18th century, it was moved near Gābrǝʾel↗ church; finally, during the Italian occupation, it was briefly moved near Dabra Ḍaḥay Śǝllāse↗ before the site near Gābrǝʾel↗ church was restored following the Italians' expulsion in 1941.
Secondary Bibliography
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Berry, L. B., J. Quirin, and D. Crummey 2005. ‘Gondär’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 838a–848a.
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Mulatu Wubneh 2003. ‘Abun Bet’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, I (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003), 55b–56a.
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t:country | ኢትዮጵያ |
regional state | ʾAmharā kǝllǝl |
province | በጌምድር |
zone | Samen Gondar |
town | Gondar |
Coordinates | 12.6000 37.4666 |
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Francesca Panini, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻʾAbun Betʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 22.9.2016) https://betamasaheft.eu/places/LOC1058AbunBe [Accessed: 2024-04-26+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Francesca Panini Francesca Panini: made corrections to place name structure and info required as per Eugenia's email dated 24/08/2016 on 22.9.2016
- Francesca Panini Francesca Panini: corrections on 18.8.2016
- Francesca Panini Francesca Panini: added info to record on 11.8.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: harmonized typology based on Eugenia indication in Issue 48. on 27.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: CREATED: place on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor