"Mortuary practices and social organisation of the #Meroitic State: Kedurma, Third Cataract region of the Nile" #Sudan
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2026
Author: Mohamed Bashir
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#Meroitic
𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡
(kdke /kandakə/): 'queen, queen-mother'
#Nobiin ⲕⲁⲛⲇⲁⲕⲉ (kandake)
#Greek: κανδάκη (kandákē)
plural: κανδάκες (kandákes) >
#Latin : Candacē > #English : Candace
Also, #Meroitic pqr:
/bakʷara/ or /bakʷora/ and in #OldNubian it's ⲡⲟⲩⲣ: "prince"
#Nobiin ŭ́ru, #OldNubian ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ (ourou): 'king'
Ultimately derived from #Meroitic
𐦳𐦣𐦫𐦡
> qore/qurə: 'ruler, sovereign'
Cf. #Nuer kuäär 'king, chief'
Pic: ⲙⲱⲩ̄ⲥⲏ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲱⲥⲓ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ
Moses George, King of Dotawo (Makuria)
Old #Nubian is to #Coptic, as #Meroitic is to #Egyptian.
The former is derived from the latter.
The Old Nubian alphabet is mostly identical to Coptic, save for some local innovations.
Full page: matuww.github.io/script_info/...
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#art
#matuww
Some examples of #Meroitic writing
Left: Meroitic Hieroglyphs
Right: Meroitic Cursive
Sources:
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-stat...
Meroitische Inschrift, Meroe, 1. Jh. n. Chr., Sandstein (München, ÄS 2624; REM 1195). Staatliches Museum Ägyptisch Kunst, Munich, Germany.
#history #archaeology 🏺 #matuww
To the south of #Egypt, the Kingdom of Kush used #Meroitic scripts, derived alphasyllabic scripts from hieroglyphs and demotic
As one of the first scripts derived from Egypt, their resemblance is similar
Full page: matuww.github.io/script_info/...
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#art
#matuww
"The #inscriptions are written in the obscure '#Meroitic' language, the oldest known written language south of the #Sahara, which has been only partly deciphered."
"#Nubian Stone Tablets Unearthed in African 'City of the Dead'" -...
The #Meroitic Queen and her consort on blocks now in the @GarstangMuseun and @ihab966 in photo… https://www.instagram.com/p/BKTpuyxguBV/
