There was a cover article on this in the July/August 2024 issue of Smithsonian magazine. It mentions both the statue and the inscription, with photographs.
Using the link below, I seemed to be able to access the full text of the article along with at least some of the photos, without triggering the paywall for their subscribers’ archive. I assume the physical copy would be widely available at libraries in any case.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hidden-ancient-egyptian-port-reveals-180984485/
Enjoy!! Mike B. Jones
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2022, at 10:15 AM, Richard G. Salomon via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: Thanks to Charlie and all the others who responded to my query about the Sanskrit inscription from Egypt. I don't have time right now to look closely at it, but this does seem to be the real deal. Very interesting!
Rich Salomon On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 12:30 AM Charles DiSimone via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: Dear Rich,
The talk alluded to in the Facebook post Madhav appears to be here in session 5 of the Gandharan Art in its Buddhist Context: international workshop: Dr Shailendra Bhandare (Ashmolean Museum), and Martina Stoye (Museum für Asiatische Kunst Berlin, SMB, SPK)Indian Dedications at Berenike on the Red Sea. There's a video available but I have always found the Gandhāra Connections website to be very finicky and have not been able to get it to play on my computer but only on my phone. Hopefully you have more luck!
All my best, Charlie Dr. Charles DiSimone Department of Languages and Cultures Ghent University
Excavations have been carried out at Berenike from the early 1990s under Steven Sidebotham, who in 2011 published the following book: Sidebotham, Steven E., 2011. Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route. (The California World History Library 18.) Berkeley: University of California Press. xviii, 434 pp., ill.
Best regards, Asko
Dear Rich,
I see a March 29 message on FaceBook by Shailen Bhandare:
"The recording of our presentation on interesting "transcultural" findings from the excavations at Berenike is now on-line. I present an exciting discovery - the first ever Sanskrit inscription found in Egypt, dated in the reign of Roman Emperor Philip 'the Arab'! It is a dedicatory inscription left by a Kshatriya named Vasula, and undoubtedly of a Buddhist nature as indicated by its colophon. Thanks again to Steve Sidebotham and Team Berenike!"
Shailen Bhandare will be the best source of information on this topic.
Madhav
Madhav M. Deshpande Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India
[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 1:13 PM Richard G. Salomon via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: Dear colleagues,
Some weeks ago I saw a reference on Facebook to the recent discovery of a Sanskrit inscription in Egypt, said to be dated to the reign of the Roman emperor Philip "the Arab" (244-249 CE). But I haven't been able to find any further information about this. Has anyone heard any more about this?
Rich Salomon
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