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MysteriesMeroiticArtifactsBark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphsBark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs: drawing
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Bark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs: drawing

ObjectPublic domainReign of Natakamani and Amanitore, about AD 1 to 20; from the Isis temple at Wad ban NagaCopy of Bark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs
Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

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.

Lepsius, Denkmäler (reproduced by Griffith 1909). Public domain

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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

Where it was made

KhartoumKassalaAtbarahAgordat1Wad ban Naga200 kmKhartoumKassalaMedaniAtbarah1200 km
Wad ban Naga · Archaeological site

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Bark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs: drawing [Copy CPY0CVV07EY236G]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0CVV07EY236G
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