Funerary stelae and offering tables from Karanog and Shablul: picture

PhotographPublic domainExcavated by the Coxe Expedition to Nubia; published 1911Copy of Funerary stelae and offering tables from Karanog and Shablul

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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

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

Where it's published

Where it was made

Karanog, Lower Nubia · Archaeological site (now under Lake Nasser)

Sources 1

Karanòg: The Meroitic Inscriptions of Shablûl and KaranògSRC

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Funerary stelae and offering tables from Karanog and Shablul: picture [Copy CPY0CVV0AWA77F9]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0CVV0AWA77F9

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  title     = {Funerary stelae and offering tables from Karanog and Shablul: picture},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Artifact, catalog key CPY0CVV0AWA77F9},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0CVV0AWA77F9}
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