The article is best described as a form of salvage archaeology on paper. The first part consists of Peter Grossmann’s notes on the medieval church of Sinnuris (Fayum), elements of which were still visible in 1977, although much changed and overbuilt. In the second part, Tomasz Derda and Jacques van der Vliet republish the late antique votive relief of Phib and Phoibammon, which they recorded in September 2003, adding a brief iconographical commentary by van der Vliet. In an appendix, van der Vliet briefly presents the Coptic and Arabic inscriptions on a carelessly discarded altar screen.

First published in: ECA 8 (2011), 29–48.