site 16-J-6, house IV, magazine 8, fill near the entrance
Excavation no.
16-J-6/28
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (fragment (1) lost)
Museum no.
SNM 23045
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
liturgical: hymn
Language
Old Nubian
Content
hymn on Archangel Michael
Date
700–1099
Notes
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
(1): H: 15; W: 10 (2): H: 15; W: 10
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
black with the name of Michael in red
Lines
(1): hair: 17; flesh: 21 (2): hair: 19; flesh: 20
Height of letters
Description
two folios of a parchment codex with a text written in black and red; pagination at the top of the pages: (1) 64–65, (2) 87–88;Old Nubian majuscules by an experienced hand
Decorative elements
State of preservation
two folios in different state of preservation; (1) preserves part of upper margin with one corner and fragment of lower margin; (2) preserves almost complete upper margin with one corner and small fragments of one side margin; lower part destroyed