The sacred city of the Ethiopians, being a record of travel and research in Abyssinia in 1893 (1896)
Bent, J. Theodore (James Theodore), 1852-1897, Müller, David Heinrich, 1846-1912, Garson, J. G. (John George) · London ; New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 218
186 THE SACRED CITY OF THE ETHIOPIANS Such altars as these were common in Mithraic worship, when victims were sacrificed to the great sun-god. We have them, too, in Greece, and their purport is clear. The altar before the great stand- ing monolith is flat, 11 ft. 5 in. by 13 ft. 10 in. in width. It… … ALTAR AT BASE OF TALL DECORATED MONOLITH, AKSUM British Museum. In the centre of this altar are three deep holes, 1 ft. 2^ in., for the reception of the blood. Undoubtedly excavation would reveal other altars, but for all practical purposes the two before us are suflicient to explain the object of…
