#meroitic

[doubtspirit]

Finger ring in the form of a rearing cobra (Nubian, Meroitic Period, 100–320 / Sudan)

[bolaneno]

Meroitic inscription from the ancient kingdom of Kush (modern-day Sudan)

[dian-and-the-gods]

Introduction

Hello all and welcome!

My name is Dian, I'm 21 y/o, I am Latino and a pagan.

This is a sideblog for my journey with my deities. I currently worship deities from different pantheons: my own conpantheon, the kushite pantheon (especially the one in worshipped in the meroitic period of Kush), and the etruscan pantheon (aka Rasenna polytheism). Currently like this:

Devoted to:

Danéh & Darukus (Conpantheon)

Worshipping:

Apedemak (Kushite)

Aman (Kushite)

Amesemi (Kushite)

Considering:

Sutekh (Kemetic)

Djehuty (Kemetic-Kushite)

Atari (Kemetic-Kushite)

Sobek (Kemetic)

Inpu (Kemetic-Kushite)

Sekhmet (Kemetic-Kushite)

Dedun (Kushite)

Menerva (Etruscan)

Turan (Etruscan)

Turms (Etruscan)

Uni (Etruscan)

Artumes (Etruscan)

Fufluns (Etruscan)

Atunis (Etruscan)

Iao Sabaoth (Christopagan)

Péh₂usōn (Proto Indo-European)

This might expand and move around in the future of course!

Happy to have you all here :3

[spiritsdancinginthenight]

gold and enamel earring with hathor and rosette meroitic period, nubia, meroe, c. 90 b.c. –50 a.d. boston museum of fine arts. 23.341

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #FroggyFriday:

polychrome clay jar with seated frogs

Egypt, Ballana, Cemetery B, Tomb 208

Meroitic period, Phase IVA (250-270 CE); excavated in 1963-64

Spotted on display at Oriental Institute - University of Chicago.

[ancientstuff]

How do we decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics and other ancient languages?

It took more than 20 years to translate the Rosetta stone.

Another problem with some scripts is that they are used in many different languages. Cuneiform was used for different languages, in the way the Roman alphabet is used for almost all European languages. Oh, and it's 'hieroglyphs', not 'hieroglyphics'. Common mistake. Drives Egyptologists wild.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Lid.

Culture: Meroitic

Place of origin: Nubia, Karanog Cemetery

Date: A.D. 1-50

Medium: Ceramic, paint

[didanawisgi]

“An engraving on a Meroitic temple taken in 2013, not part of the current archaeological dig in Sudan. Meroitic writing is the oldest-known written language of sub-Saharan Africa.”