N° d'objet
4901.38
Description
A parchment scroll with five coloured drawn images depicting Christ and the apostles, an angel holding a knife in the right hand and a prayer object in the left. There is a decorative image with a face in the top section of the scroll and a Coptic cross at the other end. These images are separated by hand written writing in Amharic.
On the back of the scroll is written: "7990 Sapper John Abbotts. 10th Company Royal Engineers. Abyssinian Field Force. Abyssinia // 13th April 1868"
Date
1867 - 1868
Matériel
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