Melilla has a mass of 12.3 km2.
The Meroitic script is an alphabetic script , used to write the Meroitic language of the Kingdom of Meroe in Sudan .. Meroitic. Meroitic language. alphabetic. alphabetic. Meroitic language. Meroitic language. Meroe. Meroe. Sudan. Sudan. It was developed in the Napatan Period -LRB- about 700 -- 300 BCE -RRB- , and first appears in the 2nd century BCE .. Napatan. Napatan. BCE. BCE. For a time , it was also possibly used to write the Nubian language of the successor Nubian kingdoms .. Nubian language. Old Nubian language. Its use was described by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus -LRB- about 50 BCE -RRB- .. Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus Siculus. BCE. BCE. Although the Meroitic alphabet continued to be used by the Nubian kingdoms that succeeded the Kingdom of Meroe , it was replaced by the Greek alphabet with the Christianization of Nubia , in the sixth century .. Meroitic. Meroitic language. Meroe. Meroe. Greek alphabet. Greek alphabet. Christianization. Christianization. The Nubian form of the Greek alphabet retained three Meroitic letters .. Meroitic. Meroitic language. Greek alphabet. Greek alphabet. The script was deciphered in 1909 by Francis Llewellyn Griffith , a British Egyptologist , based on the Meroitic spellings of Egyptian names .. Meroitic. Meroitic language. Francis Llewellyn Griffith. Francis Llewellyn Griffith. However , the Meroitic language itself has yet to be translated .. Meroitic. Meroitic language. Meroitic language. Meroitic language. In late 2008 , the first complete royal dedication was found , which may help confirm or refute some of the current hypotheses .. The longest inscription found is in the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston .