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Wall Painting with Holy Men and a Coptic Inscription
Not on view
This wall painting displays groups of holy men of the past. The central panel is an image inspired by the book of Daniel, and depicts Ananias, Misael, and Azarias. Their service as the wisest men of King Nebuchadnezzar’s court ended with their refusal to worship the king’s idol. Here, they are miraculously unbound and unharmed amid the flames. The inscriptions identify the sixty martyrs of Samalut as local Egyptian holy men and saints from the Eastern Roman Empire.
Damage to the painting was sustained upon its removal from the "Villa of Daniel," near the Monastery of Apa Thomas at Wadi Sarga in Egypt.
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