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AXUM.
had done, I felt immediately assured that they were Ethiopic. In consequence I passed carefully over every character I could trace, a fac-simile of which is here given.
Part of an Inscription at Axum much defaced by the weather.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Characters_in_the_fifth_line.png/500px-Characters_in_the_fifth_line.png)
Characters in the fifth line.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/In_the_middle_of_the_inscription.png/500px-In_the_middle_of_the_inscription.png)
In the middle of the inscription.
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separate word. | End of the last line but one. |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Last_line_entire.png/500px-Last_line_entire.png)
Last line entire.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Unconnected_characters_from_various_parts_of_the_stone.png/500px-Unconnected_characters_from_various_parts_of_the_stone.png)
Unconnected characters from various parts of the stone.
- ↑ The bars are inserted to mark where a want of connection occurs.