Hamadab Stela | |
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Hamadab Stela | |
Material | Sandstone |
Size | 236.5 cm high, 101.5 cm wide |
Writing | Meroitic |
Created | 24 BC |
Discovered | 1914 |
Present location | British Museum, London |
Registration | EA1650 |
The Hamadab Stela is a colossal sandstone stela found at Hamadab just south of the ancient site of Meroƫ 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]