NAQLUN N. 76/93: CYRIL OF JERUSALEM, THE MARIAN DORMITION AND THE SAHIDIC ANTIPHONARY BY I BRAHIM S AWEROS AND J ACQUES VA N DER V LIET Abstract First edition of a tenth-eleventh century parchment sheet found during exca- vations in the Monastery of Naqlun (Dayr al-Malâk, Fayoum). The sheet contains informal copies of two hymns in Fayoumi-Sahidic. The longest of these is an acros- tic hymn on the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, which reflects the direct influence of the rich Coptic Dormition literature. Both hymns are interesting witnesses to the Sahidic Antiphonary. Description and edition The inscribed parchment leaf published here (pls. 1–2) was discovered in 1993, during Polish excavations at the Monastery of Naqlun (present- day Dayr al-Malâk, Fayoum), directed by Włodzimierz Godlewski. 1 At Kom D, the Polish excavations unearthed a couple of parallel monastic structures, dubbed I.DB and II.DB. Room 22, located to the west of II.DB, was the findspot of the present piece. Room 22 is connected with another room (numbered 19) by an arcade. Both rooms have a stone floor and are covered with finely polished, waterproof mortar. 2 Room 22 has a large container decorated with a cross in its northern corner. It is thought likely that room 22 together with its neighbour, room 19, was used for medical purposes. 3 1 We thank Professor Godlewski and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, for granting permission to publish the find here. The piece is men- tioned in Urbaniak-Walczak, “The Literary Texts” 102, and briefly discussed in van der Vliet, “Literature, Liturgy, Magic” 568–569. It will be included in the volume of P.NaqlunCopt., currently in preparation. 2 Godlewski and Parandowska, “Naqlun 1993” 57–58. 3 Godlewski and Parandowska, “Naqlun 1993” 57. Journal of Coptic Studies 22 (2020) 187–203 doi: 10.2143/JCS.22.0.3287553 © 2020 by Peeters. All rights reserved.