Anchorite's Grotto, S part of W wall; right of panel no. 26 (DBMNT 1645)
Excavation no.
no. 27a
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
subliterary: catalogue of names
Language
Coptic
Content
list of Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
Date
circa 738
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
reddish/brownish
Lines
22
Height of letters
Description
panel belonging to decoration of hermit's cell; enclosed within painted frame; apart from ll. 1–2, the list is arranged in 2 columns, 20 names in each one
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete; only first 6 names of right column preserved