Mysteries Department
Sign inRequest access
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: photo
CPY0CVV086C02H8·Copy · object

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

PhotographCC BY-SA 2.0Reign 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
Bark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs: photo
Bark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs: photo

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 1

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

Where it was made

KhartoumKassalaAtbarahAgordat1Wad ban Naga200 kmKhartoumKassalaMedaniAtbarah1200 km
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: photo [Copy CPY0CVV086C02H8]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0CVV086C02H8
Private beta Downloads are for beta members

We're in a private beta while we get things right. Everything here is free to read; downloading datasets, sources and code is open to members for now.

It takes a couple of minutes. We'll reply by email.