Tabot

An Ethiopian priest carries a tabot during a Timkat ceremony.

Tabot (Ge'ez: ታቦት, romanized: tābōt, sometimes spelled tabout) is a replica of the Ark of the Covenant, and represents the presence of God, in Ethiopian Orthodox and Eritrean Orthodox Churches.: 135  Tabot may variously refer to an inscribed altar tablet (tsellat or tsilit; Ge'ez: ጽላት tsallāt, modern ṣellāt), the chest in which this tablet is stored (menbere-tabot, or throne of the tabot), or to the tablet and chest together.

According to Edward Ullendorff, the Geʽez word tabot is derived from Aramaic תיבותא tēḇoṯā, like Hebrew תיבה tēḇā. Ullendorff stated that "The concept and function of the tabot represent one of the most remarkable areas of agreement with Old Testament forms of worship."

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