All six Carian inscriptions from Buhen were found at the so-called South Temple (aka Temple of Hatsephut) located in the eastern corner of the citadel of the Buhen Fortress. All inscriptions are graffiti almost certainly left by Carian mercenaries. While E.Bu 1 was discovered in 1962-1963 during the work of Egypt Exploration Society, the other five were found and copied in 1893 by A. Sayce. Although Buhen Fortress submerged under the waters of Aswan Dam, the South Temple was dismantled, transported, and reconstructed at Khartoum.
E.Bu 1
The five-line graffito was on a block of sandstone (39 x 64.5 x 15 cm) found reused in the right jamb of the late gateway giving access from the south to the entrance of the South Temple. The block is in the Khartoum Museum(?) (Inv. 1616).
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1 [..]msal
1-2 ar[ĺ]iš
2-3 psmaśkś
3 urmś
3- ankβuš
4 τrel
5 kδouś
E.Bu 2
The five-line graffito is on a panel of pilaster facing north, in the lower left corner, over the legs of the goddess. Inscribed surface area is 36 cm high and 42 cm wide. It is in the reconstructed temple in Khartoum.
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1-2 euml?bnasal
2 arĺiš
3 pdtomś
4 uromś
4-5 ankβuš
E.Bu 3
Short and damaged graffito is on a block of the south doorjamb, incised along the right-hand margin. Inscription length is about 23 cm. In Khartoum(?).
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1 [.]tmaiś[..]
E.Bu 4
Per Sayce, the two-line graffito was written on a broken block, but it was not found again during the dismantlement of the temple.
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1 psmaśk
2 iβrsiś
E.Bu 5
Per Sayce, the graffito was written on an isolated block, but it was not found again during the dismantlement of the temple.
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1 psmaśk
E.Bu 6
The three-line graffito is incised from right to left on column 31, to the left of a vertically arranged hieroglyphic text. Inscribed surface area is 27 cm high and 48 cm wide. It is at the Khartoum Museum(?) (Inv. 491).
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1 eypsal
2 puorś aorś
3 urseak̑k k̑i
References:
Adiego, I.- J. 2007. The Carian Language, Leiden/Boston. (E.Bu 1–E.Bu 6)
Masson, O. 1978. Carian Inscriptions from North Saqqâra and Buhen, London. (Nos. 50–55)
Sayce, A. H. 1895. “The Karian and Lydian inscriptions,” Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 17, 39–43. (Nos. 1–5)
Images:
A. H. Sayce, 1895
O. Masson, 1978