Throughout its long history, Qasr Ibrim was the most important
settlement in Egyptian Nubia. During the Middle Ages, it was both an
administrative capital and a centre of Christian worship. As an
archaeological site it has produced an unprecedented wealth of material,
including objects of wood, leather and textile that are rarely preserved
archaeologically. Also preserved are hundreds of specimens of written
material in many different languages. This volume describes and
illustrates in detail the finds from the immediate pre-Christian period,
from about AD 350 to 600.