This is E. A. Wallis Budge's 1922 English translation of the Kebra Nagast, The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son Menyelek, published by the Medici Society, rendering the Ge'ez text that sets out Ethiopia's foundational account of Solomon, Sheba and the Ark of the Covenant's journey to Aksum. As a complete scholarly translation of the primary text it is the correct source for the narrative's own content and sequence. Its limit is that Budge was working within the philological standards of his own period and his translations have since been revisited by later Ge'ez scholarship, so a claim resting on a fine point of translation should be checked against more recent critical work on the text.
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Published by the Medici Society in 1922, E. A. Wallis Budge's complete scholarly translation of the Kebra Nagast, treated at the top tier as a full scholarly rendering of the primary text. NotesComplete English translation from the Ge'ez, published February 1922 and reprinted the same year; public domain.
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AuthorE. A. Wallis Budge (trans.)
PublisherThe Medici Society
Publication Year1922
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source names Solomon directly: "out Ethiopia's foundational account of Solomon, Sheba and the Ark of the Covenant's journey to Aksum."
This source names The Queen of Sheba directly: "Wallis Budge's 1922 English translation of the Kebra Nagast, The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son Menyelek, published by the Medici Society, rendering the Ge'ez text that sets out Ethiopia's..."
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This source backs 25 claims across the atlas. As facts: 18 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Scriptures & Texts, 11 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Myths & Sacred Narratives, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
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18Myths & Sacred Narratives
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2Myths & Sacred Narratives
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