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English: Coptic inscriptions from the temple of Kalabsha, commemorating the conversion of the temple into a church, probably mid-6th century.

First inscription: "I, Paul, the priest, prayed here for the first time" Second inscription: "I, Paul, the priest, set up the Cross here for the first time"

For more see Jacques van der Vliet: "Contested Frontiers: Southern Egypt and Northern Nubia, AD 300-1500" in "Christianity and Monasticism in Aswan and Nubia"
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Source "Le temple de Kalabchah", pl. XCVIIa (97a)
Author Henri Gauthier

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