# Funerary stelae and offering tables from Karanog and Shablul

> Over a hundred short funerary texts whose repeated formulas (invocation, names, descent, blessings) gave the first grammar. The cemetery is now under…

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# Funerary stelae and offering tables from Karanog and Shablul

Document260 pagesPublic domainExcavated by the Coxe Expedition to Nubia; published 1911

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Over a hundred short funerary texts whose repeated formulas (invocation, names, descent, blessings) gave the first grammar. The cemetery is now under Lake Nasser.

F. Ll. Griffith, 1911. Public domain

## Copies 2

**Scan** F. Ll. Griffith · archive.org · 1911 · Public domain (published 1911)Primary source: [Karanòg: The Meroitic Inscriptions of Shablûl and Karanòg](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CVTZPC27N4F/karanog-the-meroitic-inscriptions-of-shablul-and-karanog)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://archive.org/details/karanogmeroitici00grif)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/bbad1e8881c264ac1a004ae3151a0a4ec78e38e97d5d12d2ea9c5d411cf3dd55)

**Picture** F. Ll. Griffith · archive.org · Public domain (published 1911)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://archive.org/details/karanogmeroitici00grif)

## Where it was made

[Karanog, Lower Nubia](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CVTZVZR7F64/karanog-lower-nubia) · Archaeological site (now under Lake Nasser)

## Sources 1

- [Karanòg: The Meroitic Inscriptions of Shablûl and Karanòg](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CVTZPC27N4F/karanog-the-meroitic-inscriptions-of-shablul-and-karanog)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Funerary stelae and offering tables from Karanog and Shablul [Artifact ART0CVV08P03KEM]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CVV08P03KEM
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Key

**ART** 0CVV08P03KEM

Kind

Document

Held by

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, and other collections (not confirmed in this session)

Dated

excavated by the Coxe Expedition to Nubia; published 1911

Licence

Public domain (published 1911)

Place

[Karanog, Lower Nubia](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CVTZVZR7F64/karanog-lower-nubia)

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

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