BC – c. AD 350)發展出麥羅埃字母(Meroïtic),屬於元音附標文字,用來書寫古代努比亞的語言麥羅埃語(英语:Meroiticlanguage),分為聖書體(Meroitic Hieroglyphics)和手寫體( Meroitic Cursive)。 麥羅埃聖書體在Unicode的區段是
Press, 1978. Török, László. The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization. Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the Near and Middle