Fig. 90. Coptic inscription in the central dome above the khurus of the main
church of Dayr al-Suryān, mentioning, ‘Papa Moses the hegoumenos’, who may
possibly be identified as Mushe of Nisibis. Photo: Karel Innemée. See
J. van der
Vliet, ‘History through inscriptions: Coptic epigraphy in the Wadi al-Natrun’, in
Christianity and monasticism in Wadi al-Natrun, ed. M. S. A. Mikhail and M. Moussa
(2009), 336–37
.
See entries:
Syriac contacts with Coptic Christianity,
Mushe of Nisibis, and
Dayr al-Suryān.