SHEIKH ABD EL-GURNA (HERMITAGE IN TOMB 1152). PRELIMINARY REPORT, 2005 WITH APPENDIX: ENKOMION OF ST. PISENTHIOS FROM SHEIKH ABD EL-GURNA
SHEIKH ABD EL-GURNA (HERMITAGE IN TOMB 1152). PRELIMINARY REPORT, 2005 WITH APPENDIX: ENKOMION OF ST. PISENTHIOS FROM SHEIKH ABD EL-GURNA
Author(s): Wincenty Myszor, Tomasz GóreckiSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Egypt; Sheikh Abd el-Gurna; Pharaonic tomb; Coptic hermitage; pottery; ostraca; manuscripts; codices
Summary/Abstract: The third season of excavations carried out at Sheikh Abd el-Gurna by a team from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology concentrated on exploring the inside of a Pharaonic tomb inhabited by monks in the Coptic period and a rubbish dump that had accumulated during the functioning of the hermitage on a rock slope to the south and east of Tower B, now sealed under a thin layer of eroded rock debris. In the rubbish dump three Coptic codices were discovered.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 2007
- Issue No: XVII
- Page Range: 263-274
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English