"Battle of Segale", Ethiopia 1916, Translation Help

Autor/Urheber:

ethnic painting, not signed. it is a commissional work.

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https://dewiki.de/b/1aaa7d

Quelle:

Wikimedia Commons

Größe:

1873 x 1200 Pixel (605576 Bytes)

Beschreibung:

Picture description:

The historic tableau originated in the ethnic tradition of Ethiopian artists and was painted with natural colours on canvas around 1920 by an unknown artist in Addis Ababa. The painting is 83x124cm and was made as a commisioned work for Hermann Neitzel, a German born journalist and farmer who runs a cotton plantation cooperative in Meta Hara, Eritrea. The picture is titled the “Battle of Segale”, which took place in 1916. This battle was between Rasta Fari, the future Emperor Haile Selassi and Emperor Lij Iyasu who was supported by his father King Michael. Even if it was merely an internal struggle this battle together with the battle of Adwa 1896 strengthened Ethiopias image as a defender of African independence. You can find a similar tableau of the Battle of Adwa made about 1940, coloured in tempera, in the British Museeum in London. Even though the battles happened at different places both paintings use the same pictural figuration in the same landscape. Both paintings could be regarded as an inspiration for Africans around the world and could be seen as a symbol for freedom, not only for Rastas.

Translation of the Amharic and Ge´ez words on the painting: 1. “Battle of Segale” (Amharic) 2. “St. George” of “Garden Flower” (Gannata Sege) (Ge´ez) 3. Abbreviations “Ras Tafari” later emperor Haile Selassie 4. “Fitawrari” (generalissimo) “Habta-Giorgis” 5. ? 6. “Abana Petros” “Our Father”, father Petros 7. “Tabota Maryam”,(Ark), tabernakel, (Geéz) 8. “Negus” (King) “Michael” 9. “Fitawrari” (generalissimo) “Your-Work is much” Sera Bezu (Ge´ez)

References: 1.) “The Battle of Adwa”, ca. 1940, British Museum, London, Ethno 1974 AF 11.34, Given by H.I. Littler 2.) “The Battle of Segale”, ca. 1920, private collection, Hamburg, Germany 3.) Translation of the “Battle of Segale” with the help from Orin Gensler, Professor of Linguistics and Philology, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

4.) Picture description by W. Neitzel

Lizenz:

Public domain

Credit:

my privat property. Its a quotation: The numbers are leading through the translation.

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