Lioness of Gobedra

It is a representation of a crouching lioness around three metres long, which was carved into a relief on a large phonolite[1] rock outcropping situated two kilometers west of Axum.

The reason for this isolated stone carving is unknown, but the subject of much speculation.

A local story, according to Philip Briggs, is that Archangel Michael was attacked by a lion here, and "he repelled the lion with such force it left an outline in the rock."

Not far away is a quarry, where the stelae that adorn Axum are thought to have been carved, and there is a partially-carved example of one.

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