Stelae , 24 BCE
236.5 x 101.5 cm (h x w)
Stone

Although we cannot decipher the language of Meroë, we can infer from this tablet that it may be describing the Kushite victory of Queen Amanirenas and Prince Akinidad against the Romans during the first century BCE.
Thorsten Opper, The Meroë Head of Augustus, 27-29.

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