# Griffith 1909: Meroitic Inscriptions (Chapter IX of Randall-MacIver and Woolley, Areika)

> Francis Llewellyn Griffith, 1909. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the start of the decipherment and the role of the Wad ban Naga…

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# Meroitic Inscriptions (Chapter IX of Randall-MacIver and Woolley, Areika)

Francis Llewellyn Griffith, 1909. _D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Woolley, Areika. Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia, vol. 1. Oxford_.

Griffith's first treatment of the cursive funerary texts found by the 1907 expedition. Surveys the earlier work and identifies the clue Lepsius had found: a bark stand from the temple of Wad ban Naga, taken to Berlin, on which a king and queen wrote their names in both Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs. From it and the cursive parallels he sets out sign values.

**Meroitic** ChapterCopy of **[Bark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/artifacts/ART0CVV077476MT/bark-stand-from-wad-ban-naga-with-royal-names-in-egyptian)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the start of the decipherment and the role of the Wad ban Naga bark stand.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[Bark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/artifacts/ART0CVV077476MT/bark-stand-from-wad-ban-naga-with-royal-names-in-egyptian)

ART

[Bark stand from Wad ban Naga with royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs: drawing](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/copies/CPY0CVV07EY236G/bark-stand-from-wad-ban-naga-with-royal-names-in-egyptian)

CPY

[The bark stand from Wad ban Naga gives the same royal names in Egyptian and Meroitic hieroglyphs.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/evidence/EVD0CVV04S01TDQ/the-bark-stand-from-wad-ban-naga-gives-the-same-royal-names)

Evidence

EVD

[Griffith publishes the first Meroitic sign values in Areika](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/events/EVT0CVTZYNP3GHJ/griffith-publishes-the-first-meroitic-sign-values-in-areika)

EVT

[Lepsius takes the bilingual-name bark stand from Wad ban Naga to Berlin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/events/EVT0CVTZYDW58P7/lepsius-takes-the-bilingual-name-bark-stand-from-wad-ban)

EVT

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## Cite it

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Griffith, F. L. (1909). Meroitic Inscriptions (Chapter IX of Randall-MacIver and Woolley, Areika). D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Woolley, Areika. Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia, vol. 1. Oxford. https://archive.org/details/areika00rand
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