Archaeological and epigraphical survey of the Coptic Monastery at Qubbet el-Hawa (Aswan)

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2020
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Barba Colmenero, Vicente
Torallas Tovar, Sofía
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Excavation carried out at Qubbet el-Hawa demonstrates that the site offers and archaeological sequence spanning from the 6th Dynasty to the Middle Ages, including the existence of a large necropolis that almost completely occupies the hill across different Egyptian periods and phases. This article presents the most recent archaeological achievements and offers the edition of two Coptic ostraca and one inscription.
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Barba Colmenero, Vicente and Sofía Torallas Tovar, "Archaeological and epigraphical survey of the Coptic Monastery at Qubbet el-Hawa (Aswan)," in P. Buzi (ed.), Coptic Literature in Context (4th-14th cent.): Cultural Landscape, Literary Production and Manuscript Archaeology. Proceedings of the third conference of the ERC project “Tracking Papyrus and Parchment Paths: An Archaeological Atlas of Coptic Literature. Literary Texts in their Geographical Context, Roma 2020, 149-160.
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Barba Colmenero, Vicente and Sofía Torallas Tovar, "Archaeological and epigraphical survey of the Coptic Monastery at Qubbet el-Hawa (Aswan)," Roma 2020, 149-160.
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