Hamadab Stela

Hamadab Stela
Hamadab Stela
MaterialSandstone
Size236.5 cm high, 101.5 cm wide
WritingMeroitic
Created24 BC
Discovered1914
Present locationBritish Museum, London
RegistrationEA1650

The Hamadab Stela is a colossal sandstone stela found at Hamadab just south of the ancient site of Meroë in Sudan. Now kept at the British Museum, the significance of the stela resides in the fact that it is inscribed with one of the longest known texts in the Meroitic script.[1][2]

  1. ^ "stela". British Museum. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  2. ^ British Museum Highlights