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Title
Base of Jabal al-Ṭārif
Date Created and/or Issued
1975
Publication Information
Claremont Graduate University. Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, School of Religion
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Nag Hammadi Archive
Rights Information
Physical rights are retained by the institution. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. Copyright laws.
Description
Caves are almost hidden by talus and rubble at the base of Jabal al-Ṭārif, a large cliff on the Nile River near Naj' Ḥammādī. The Nag Hammadi codices were discovered buried in talus, a collection of sediment blown by the wind.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
nha01128.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nha/id/908
Subject
Cliffs
Desert soils
Deserts - Egypt
Formations (Geology)
Landscapes
Nature
Photography of rocks
Rocks
Talus (Geology)
Stratigraphic correlation
Mountains
Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt)
Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt)
Strata
Desert vegetation
Source
Black and white photograph, 5.5 x 3.5 inches: Institute for Antiquity and Christianity; 1.3.1.2. Non-codices photographs 2. Persons, places, things:35mm…1975 I #6 to 75 XII 7; Inscribed 75 I 7 - 7
Relation
Nag Hammadi Archive - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/nha

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