Image of a very worn votive tablet found blocking the door of tomb 362, depicting two libating vases pouring onto an altar, flanked by lotus plants. There is a cursive Meroitic inscription around the edge. '362' is written on the negative. Handwritten note with negative states 'Album V76 Meroë 362 M10'.
Meroë tomb 362: offering tablet
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- ReferenceGB 3431 JG/M/V/76
- Former ReferenceGB 3431 V.76GB 3431 M.536
- Dates of Creation1910
- Physical Description1 silver gelatine dry plate glass negative (101mm x 126mm)
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JG/M/V/76 - Meroë tomb 362: offering tablet
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The digital image is upside down to true aspect so the relief can be seen.
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Bibliography
Published in Garstang, (1911), Meroë: City of the Ethiopians, pl.LIX.1, labelled 'Altar with inscription (No. 47) from tomb 362'.