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Provenance
Gebel Adda
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 2, tomb 1039
Excavation no.
65:12:8
Present location
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.
ROM acc. no. 973.24.2708
Medium
textile
Technique
painted
Type of text
subliterary
Language
Old Nubian
Content
probably apotropaic or magical text
Date
1100–1399
Notes
 
Material
linen
Object dimensions
fr. A: H: 20; W: 9
fr. B+C: H: 9.1; W: 6.5
fr. D: H: 4.8; W: 3.9
fr. E: H: 6.5; W: 13
fr. F: H: 8; W: 4
fr. G: H: 8; W: 4.8
fr. H: H: 8.5; W: 3.5
fr. I: H: 5.7; W: 2.1
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
brown
Text colour
black
Lines
fr. A: 19
fr. B+C: 7
fr. D: 4
fr. E: 6
fr. F: 7
fr. G: 8
fr. H: 6
fr. I: 5
Height of letters
0.4–0.9
Description
numerous non-joining fragment of one burial shroud; inscription painted on one side
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; fragment B+C preserves fragment of right-hand margin
Date
1100–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar 2014c, p. 954, pl. 8 (fr. A)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Łajtar 2014e, p. 193, fig. 4 (fr. A)
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