DOI article:
Jakobielski, Stefan: Old Dongola 1993
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43746#0125
at least two other representations, the newly discovered paintir gs
include a large damaged representation of a decorative cross in 1 ed
set inside a shallow niche in the western wall.
Fig. 3. Monastery on Kom H. The inside of the crypt.
Phot, by Bogdan Zurawski.
The decoration of room 11, noted in the previous season, was
now uncovered completely. It is a narrative representation above a motif
of a maeander which runs all around the northern part of the room. The
two surviving scenes are on the jambs of the entrance to room 10 and
belong to the last part of the cycle. On the southern jamb there is a half
naked man resting on a bed among bustling figures of men and angels.
Above the bed there is a saint on horseback (as if appearing from
heaven). The parallel scene on the northern jamb depicts a body lying on
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include a large damaged representation of a decorative cross in 1 ed
set inside a shallow niche in the western wall.
Fig. 3. Monastery on Kom H. The inside of the crypt.
Phot, by Bogdan Zurawski.
The decoration of room 11, noted in the previous season, was
now uncovered completely. It is a narrative representation above a motif
of a maeander which runs all around the northern part of the room. The
two surviving scenes are on the jambs of the entrance to room 10 and
belong to the last part of the cycle. On the southern jamb there is a half
naked man resting on a bed among bustling figures of men and angels.
Above the bed there is a saint on horseback (as if appearing from
heaven). The parallel scene on the northern jamb depicts a body lying on
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