ABSTRACT
In the Sabaean and Ethiopic versions of this inscription the last paragraph, dealing with the dedication of the statues, is longer, and it is stated that they were dedicated to the gods ‘Astar OM*G* and Beher 'flrh.C*, or Madara and to Mahram aoihC9° s, i.e. Ares. Then comes another paragraph containing a curse on the man who shall destroy, injure or overthrow what the king has set up there: he shall die and his offspring and posterity shall be rooted up out of the land. On the other hand the man who shall pay them honour shall be blessed. And the king prays that men shall tell the story of what he has done, and recount the glory of his city [Aksum] for ever. He concludes by saying that he has brought to Mahram (i.e. endowed him with) a large piece of ground and an estate(P), ÄIDisflj(l£rh*-
Another important campaign of ‘Ezänä is made known to us by an inscription discovered by Littmann (No. 9). The king marched into districts to the east and south-east of Aksüm, and soon after he set up ’A ba’alke‘0 Afl?iA Vl/, s the king of the ’Aguezat and his men came to meet him and brought him gifts. Marching on into ’Atägau h ß 'la h s , he collected camels and beasts of burden and men and women and food for a march of 20 days. On the third day ‘Ezänä discovered treachery in ’Aba'alke^, and he stripped him naked All * and had him bound in fetters with those Who carried his throne. ‘Ezänä went to several places, or sent his troops to them, and imposed his will on the peoples everywhere. The end of the inscription is mutilated, but it seems that the king was satisfied with his campaign.
