# Funerary formulae, names, titles, places and a few dozen words are understood; long royal and narrative texts…

> Most likely: Funerary formulae, names, titles, places and a few dozen words are understood; long royal and narrative texts are not.

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# Funerary formulae, names, titles, places and a few dozen words are understood; long royal and narrative texts…

Funerary formulae, names, titles, places and a few dozen words are understood; long royal and narrative texts are not.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Translations of epitaphs agree between scholars; translations of royal texts diverge.

## What would rule it out

- An agreed translation of a long royal text exists.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Griffith's understood vocabulary was limited to names of people and gods, titles and places; later progress…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/evidence/EVD0CVV03HY09PX/griffiths-understood-vocabulary-was-limited-to-names-of)

Established

FOR

[Nominal syntax is well understood; verbal morphology is in its infancy.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/evidence/EVD0CVV03SR1WAP/nominal-syntax-is-well-understood-verbal-morphology-is-in)

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## The questions it answers

[How much of Meroitic can be translated?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/questions/QST0CVV00CC73S4/how-much-of-meroitic-can-be-translated)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Funerary formulae, names, titles, places and a few dozen words are understood; long royal and narrative texts… [Answer ANS0CVV03A426N5]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CVV03A426N5
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**ANS** 0CVV03A426N5

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