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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Myra Wysinger: [QB] [b]Sheath for a Staff[/b] From Gebel Barkal, Temple B 500, north gate in B 502 Harvard University—MFA Boston Expedition, April 1919 Meroitic, 110-90 B.C. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts [IMG]http://wysinger.homestead.com/cup.jpg[/IMG] This bronze fitting was found in the vicinity of the northern side entrance leading into the hypostyle hall of the great Amun Temple at Gebel Barkal. It was set onto a staff-like object and fastened with a split pin. The decoration reproduces the motif of "unification of the Two Lands"—two Nile gods bind the emblematic plants of Upper and Lower Egypt together. On the opposite side are the royal epithets "King of Upper and Lower Egypt" and "Son of Ra," each above a cartouche. Despite the different spellings, the name is probably the same in both cartouches: [i]Try-kmn[/i]. The right cartouche uses a striding lion sign for the second half of the name. A column of cursive Meroitic text occurs on each side, and four more columns surround the two Nile gods. Among the words present is the name of Amun. The beginning of the inscription contains the name of King Taneyidamani, who erected an inscribed, four-lined stela in front of the first pylon of the Amun temple. Taneyidamani is most likely the name inside the cartouches; the sign used, however, were apparently not incorporated into final, standardized alphabet of Meroitic writing. -- Karl-Heinz Priese [/QB][/QUOTE]
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