# Griffith 1911: Karanòg: The Meroitic Inscriptions of Shablûl and Karanòg

> Francis Llewellyn Griffith, 1911. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The primary statement of the phonetic decipherment and the first corpus…

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# Karanòg: The Meroitic Inscriptions of Shablûl and Karanòg

Francis Llewellyn Griffith, 1911. _Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia, vol. 6. University Museum, Philadelphia_.

The edition of over a hundred funerary inscriptions from the cemeteries of Shablul and Karanog, with the systematic comparison of their recurring formulae that completed the reading of the signs and established the structure of the epitaph.

**Meroitic** BookCopy of **[Funerary stelae and offering tables from Karanog and Shablul](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/artifacts/ART0CVV08P03KEM/funerary-stelae-and-offering-tables-from-karanog-and-shablul)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The primary statement of the phonetic decipherment and the first corpus edition.

## The document 260 pages

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## Cited by on this site 7 records

[The values are correct, with refinements to the syllabic signs and the e sign.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/answers/ANS0CVV04H609X4/the-values-are-correct-with-refinements-to-the-syllabic)

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[Funerary stelae and offering tables from Karanog and Shablul](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/artifacts/ART0CVV08P03KEM/funerary-stelae-and-offering-tables-from-karanog-and-shablul)

ART

[Funerary stelae and offering tables from Karanog and Shablul: scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/copies/CPY0CVV08XT4BSC/funerary-stelae-and-offering-tables-from-karanog-and-shablul)

CPY

[Griffith publishes the Meroitic inscriptions of Shablul and Karanog](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/events/EVT0CVTZYXG6NJP/griffith-publishes-the-meroitic-inscriptions-of-shablul-and)

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[Francis Llewellyn Griffith](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/people/FIG0CVTZWZ013DG/francis-llewellyn-griffith)

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[Are Griffith's sign values correct?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/questions/QST0CVV00M647FT/are-griffiths-sign-values-correct)

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QST

## Cite it

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Griffith, F. L. (1911). Karanòg: The Meroitic Inscriptions of Shablûl and Karanòg. Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia, vol. 6. University Museum, Philadelphia. https://archive.org/details/karanogmeroitici00grif
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