Gadarat
Gadarat (also Gadurat , unvocalized Old Ethiopian gdr , old South Arabic gdrt ) was a king ( Negus ) of Aksum who ruled in the early 3rd century AD.
The oldest Aksumite king inscription comes from Gadarat, in which he is referred to as "gdr, Negus of Aksum". A dedicatory inscription from Arhab in present-day Yemen , which exists in several copies , also testifies that Gadarat allied with 'Alhan Nahfan and his son Sha'ir Awtar of Saba ; however, this alliance was dissolved a little later by Sha'ir Awtar. It is true that during his reign he sent a diplomatic mission to Gadarat, the outcome of which is unknown. But it came to a war against Gadarat's son and probably army leader BYGT (probably Beygat) and the Aksumites seem to have withdrawn from southern Arabia.
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- ↑ RIE no. 180
- ↑ Glaser Collection 1076, JM Solá Solé: Eduard Glaser IV Collection. Inscriptions from Riyam (meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna 243.4), Vienna 1964 (copies of the Glaser Collection); Norbert Nebes: Sabaean Texts , in: Texts from the Environment of the Old Testament , New Series, Volume 2. Munich 2005 (Complete, commented translation of the copy Gl 1076 on pp. 335–338)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gadarat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gadurate; gdr (unvocalized ge'ez); gdrt (Old South Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Aksumite king |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century |