Majmuna Tombstone. Marble slab from a 12th-century tomb. It was the grave of a girl called Majmuna, who died on 21 March 1174. Inscription in Arabic kufic script. On the back there are fragments of sculpted decoration from the Roman period, indicating that the slab may have been reused in the 12th century for carving the funerary inscription that appears on the front. It is believed that the slab was found at Ta' Majmuna, between Ta' Sannat and Xewkija (island of Gozo, Malta). Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadela of Victoria in Gozo. Malta.

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