A lintel from the Fayoum in the British Museum

The lintel published here attests to the Christian culture of the Fayoum around a.d. 1000 and belongs to a small group of wooden lintels that display a sculpted cross flanked by Coptic texts on either side. Van der Vliet presents the editio princeps of the text and Adeline Jeudy discusses the decoration of the lintel.

First published as “Un linteau du Fayoum au British Museum”, ECA 3 (2006), 73–80.