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Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Plaque or Tablet
Object Material(s): stone, wood
Provenience Nation: Ethiopia
Provenience Location: Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Year Removed from Findspot: 1868

Provenance
Start Year: 1868
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Acquired during the Battle of Maqdala by Captain George Arbuthnot and donated to Westminster Abbey
Nation: United Kingdom
Location: Westminster Abbey

Ethiopian Tabot


Description:
The object, known as a tabot, is a tablet that symbolically represents the Ark of the Covenant and the Ten Commandments. It is made of wood or stone. The claim for repatriating the tabot was initiated in 2007 by the head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Paulos, and later supported by the Ethiopian Government.

Case Status: Unresolved
Year Claim Initiated: 2007
Year Claim Resolved:
Means of Resolution:

Complainant Name: Government of Ethiopia
Complainant Nation: Ethiopia
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Westminster Abbey
Respondent Nation: United Kingdom
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Institution

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Editor's Notes:
(Status: Ready for review) Edited by Keli Fisher Clarification Notes: . Tabots can only be seen by priests, so there is not an image of this tabot. As a result, the pictured image is not of this specific tabot but rather a covered tabot carried by an Orthodox priest in a ceremony.