MysteriesMeroiticArtifactsBark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs
ART0CVV077476MT·Artifact · object
Bark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs
One of the few bilingual records: the same royal names in both scripts, which let Griffith fix the sign values in 1909. Lepsius brought it to Berlin from the Prussian expedition of the 1840s.
Sven-Steffen Arndt. CC BY-SA 2.0
Copies 6
DrawingLepsius, Denkmäler (reproduced by Griffith 1909) · archive.org · Public domainPrimary source: Meroitic Inscriptions (Chapter IX of Randall-MacIver and Woolley, Areika)2 steps from the original
Bark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs:…Sven-Steffen Arndt · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original
DocumentÄgyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin · smb.museum-digital.de · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (museum record)1 step from the original
PhotoSven-Steffen Arndt · commons.wikimedia.org · 2008-03-13 · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original
PhotoSven-Steffen Arndt · commons.wikimedia.org · 2008-03-13 · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original
Bark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs:…Sven-Steffen Arndt · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original
Where it was made
Wad ban Naga · Archaeological site
Sources 1
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Bark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs [Artifact ART0CVV077476MT]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CVV077476MT
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title = {Bark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Artifact, catalog key ART0CVV077476MT},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CVV077476MT}
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