In Muweis, a town in Meroe Empire, located 50 km south of the capital along the Nile River, pedestrian surveys revealed the presence of iron slags on the surface of a mound. Two trial excavations were carried out. Over 6 tons of smelting slags were collected, and smithing evidence was discovered both in the smelting area and in the settlement area. The analysis carried out make it possible to clarify the technical characteristics of the metallurgical activity in the 2nd–4th centuries AD. ICP-MS analysis of smelting slags and multivariate statistical treatments led to the determination of the chemical signature of the slags produced in Muweis. The discovery of two smithing areas, refining and smithing iron, emphasises the importance of smithing in the town and shows that a large part of the inhabitants of Muweis may have been involved in the smelting and smithing activities.

在位于首都以南 50 公里、尼罗河沿岸的梅罗帝国的一个小镇穆韦斯，行人勘察发现土丘表面存在铁渣。进行了两次试挖。收集到6吨以上的冶炼渣，在冶炼区和聚落区都发现了锻造证据。所进行的分析可以阐明公元 2 至 4 世纪冶金活动的技术特征。熔炼炉渣的 ICP-MS 分析和多变量统计处理确定了 Muweis 生产的炉渣的化学特征。发现了两个锻造区，提炼和锻造铁，