cathedral (church 293), haikal, in dust above pavement
Excavation no.
no number (found in 1963/4)
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA82963
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary
Language
Old Nubian
Content
unidentified literary text mentioning an archbishop and a king
Date
probably 1000–1199
Notes
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
H: 12.8; W: 10.3
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
i: 16; ii: 20
Height of letters
Description
fragment of parchment sheet; pagination on upper margin in centre (pp. 3–4)
Decorative elements
on side ii drawing of enthroned archbishop holding book
State of preservation
fragmentary; large portion of one side margin preserved and fragment of the other one; topmost lines preserved but no original upper margin; lower part lost
Frend 1969, p. 532, pl. 13b; Frend 1972, p. 228; Frend 1989, p. 89; Ruffini 2012a, pp. 221–223, fig. 8.1; Ruffini 2014a, p. 965 n. 33; Łajar 2020b, Appendix no. QI84