El-Hobagi
El-Hobagi is a village in what is now Sudan , near which there is a post-Meroitic cemetery . El-Hobagi is about 50 kilometers upstream from Meroe on the west side of the Nile , near the 6th cataract .
A number of large tumulus graves were found near el-Hobagi, dating back to the time after the fall of the Meroitic Empire but before the Christianization of Nubia .
The burial mounds that were excavated by a French team still contained rich additions, including many weapons such as swords , lances , arrows and bows . The dead lay on a bed and were surrounded by numerous vessels. A bronze bowl was also found , which has one of the last Meroitic inscriptions and was decorated with agricultural scenes. The word qore - king - could be read. This and the size of the complex suggest that local kings who succeeded the Meroitic Empire were buried here. On the basis of the vessel additions it could be proven that one still followed the Meroitic belief.
Based on the findings at this place it was assumed that after the abandonment of Meroe in the fourth century AD, the king's court moved to the area of el-Hobagi.
literature
- Derek A. Welsby: The Medieval Kingdoms of Nubia . London 2002, p. 41, ISBN 0-7141-1947-4
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Coordinates: 16 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ N , 33 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ E