SHEIKH ABD EL-GURNA (HERMITAGE IN TOMB 1152). PRELIMINARY REPORT, 2005 WITH APPENDIX: ENKOMION OF ST. PISENTHIOS FROM SHEIKH ABD EL-GURNA Cover Image

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 Górecki
Subject(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.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: XVII
  • Page Range: 263-274
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English
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