El Msufiin
El Musfiin
أمسوفين El Musfiin, Emssoffeen | |
|---|---|
  El Musfiin Location in Libya | |
| Country |  Libya |
| Region | Tripolitania |
| District | Jabal al Gharbi |
El Musfiin or Emssoffeen (Arabic: أمسوفين) is a locality in the Jabal al Gharbi District of Libya, located in the Nafusa Mountains.
Geography
El Musfiin is located on a hilltop.[1]
Archaeology
About 500 meters southwest of el-Msufiin lies the ruin of Henscir Taglissi, on the right bank of the Wadi en-Nzasat.[1] This is the original findspot of the late-antique Christian inscriptions known as IRT 863. First recorded in 1773, when some blocks were still in situ, additional fragments were recovered in the 20th century through survey and limited excavation. The material consists of multiple inscribed stone blocks bearing Christian texts, including short invocations and praises to God, likely forming a continuous decorative program on a building, including lintels marked with the Chi-Rho monogram, in some cases flanked by Alpha and Omega; many were later lost or displaced, and one was reused in the outer wall of a small mosque at el-Msufiin.[1][2]
Bibliography
- 1 2 3 Welsby Sjöström, Isabella (2024). "In Search of the Romans in Jabal Nafusa and Surrounding Area". In Mugnai, Niccolò (ed.). Tripolitania in the Roman Empire and Beyond. British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies. pp. 176–178. doi:10.2307/jj.24081269.15. ISBN 978-1-915808-11-0.
- ↑ "Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania: 863". inslib.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-04-13.