# 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…

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# Bark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs

PhotographCC BY-SA 2.0Reign of Natakamani and Amanitore, about AD 1 to 20; from the Isis temple at Wad ban Naga

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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

**Drawing** Lepsius, Denkmäler (reproduced by Griffith 1909) · archive.org · Public domainPrimary source: [Meroitic Inscriptions (Chapter IX of Randall-MacIver and Woolley, Areika)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CVTZP4821DT/meroitic-inscriptions-chapter-ix-of-randall-maciver-and)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://archive.org/details/areika00rand)

**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's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aegyptisches_Museum_Berlin_InvNr7261_20080313_Barkenuntersatz_Natakamani_Amanitore_aus_Wad_Ban_Naga_1.jpg)

**Document** Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin · smb.museum-digital.de · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (museum record)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://smb.museum-digital.de/object/461)

**Photo** Sven-Steffen Arndt · commons.wikimedia.org · 2008-03-13 · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aegyptisches_Museum_Berlin_InvNr7261_20080313_Barkenuntersatz_Natakamani_Amanitore_aus_Wad_Ban_Naga_1.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/6a79709a95deacd035553a57d845d43f7227b5a12b9da272599138d57a8dcefe)

**Photo** Sven-Steffen Arndt · commons.wikimedia.org · 2008-03-13 · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aegyptisches_Museum_Berlin_InvNr7261_20080313_Barkenuntersatz_Natakamani_Amanitore_aus_Wad_Ban_Naga_2.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/64ef2df6d5e5ede6167288a3c3724d0333f1eeb03bec48c188e7f802f907ba0e)

**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's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aegyptisches_Museum_Berlin_InvNr7261_20080313_Barkenuntersatz_Natakamani_Amanitore_aus_Wad_Ban_Naga_2.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Wad ban Naga](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CVTZVQY6T8A/wad-ban-naga) · Archaeological site

## Sources 1

- [Meroitic Inscriptions (Chapter IX of Randall-MacIver and Woolley, Areika)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CVTZP4821DT/meroitic-inscriptions-chapter-ix-of-randall-maciver-and)_SRC_

## Cite it

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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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**ART** 0CVV077476MT

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Object

Held by

Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin (ÄM 7261)

Dated

reign of Natakamani and Amanitore, about AD 1 to 20; from the Isis temple at Wad ban Naga; royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs; published in Lepsius, Denkmäler V, 55a

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CC BY-SA 2.0

Place

[Wad ban Naga](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CVTZVQY6T8A/wad-ban-naga)

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[Meroitic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic)

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