The Meroitic Temple Complex at Qasr Ibrim

by Pamela J. Rose and contributions by Gillian Pyke, David Edwards and Penelope Wilson

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Extent: 178 pages

Publisher: Egypt Exploration Society

Subjects: Ancient Egypt

Series: Excavation Memoir

Series volume number: 84

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2007)

ISBN: 9780856981845

Price: $57.00

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This book consolidates records from the 1970s excavations at Qasr Ibrim’s Meroitic temple complex, the only major site in Lower Nubia explored in modern times. It covers the excavation details, painted decorations, graffiti, fixtures, and monumental stelae, emphasizing the temple’s role linking Roman Egypt and Meroitic Sudan.


This book draws together the records from the excavations in the area of the Meroitic temple complex at Qasr Ibrim that took place mainly in the 1970s. This is the only major temple complex in Lower Nubia excavated in modern times. This volume provides an account of the excavations, as well as studies of the temple’s painted decoration, the numerous graffiti on its walls and floors, and its fixtures and fittings, including several monumental Meroitic stelae. It highlights the role of the temple as a point of contact between Roman Egypt and the Meroitic Sudanese state.

  • By (author) Pamela J Rose
  • Contributions by David Edwards
  • Contributions by Gillian Pyke
  • Contributions by Penelope Wilson