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Links: The Hawulti was toppled and damaged[5][6] by Ethiopian troops in the short occupation of southern Eritrea during the Eritrean-Ethiopian War. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawulti_(monument)#:~:text=The Hawulti was toppled and,the National Museum of Eritrea.
The Claims Commission of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague ruled on 28 April 2004 in favor of Eritrea's claim that Ethiopian soldiers or other persons encamped following cessation of hostilities on the land surrounding the excavated ruins of the Aksumite period city site of Matara (also known locally as Belew Kelew) blew up the hawulti, or stele, the most famous artifact from the Matara archaeological site, which contains probably the oldest extant inscription in the Ethiopic language and script, sometime during the night of 30-31 May 2000. The complete text of the ruling can be obtained in PDF format at the PCA website's listing of Recent and Pending Cases. Following is a summary of the ruling. https://web.archive.org/web/2006050..._a/atobrukh/archaeology/matara/matstatus.html