(CE:1418b-1419a)
KOM AL-RAHIB, village about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of SAMALUT. The ruins of a large monastery containing a garden of palm trees, a cistern, a church, and monks' cells have been discovered there (Johnson, 1910-1911, p. 13).
In the neighborhood, an ancient cemetery has yielded up a very fine funerary STELA (Arif, 1906, pp. 113-14).
M. Ramzi (1953-1954, 1963, Vol. 2, pt. 3, p. 236) identifies Kom al-Rahib with the ancient Pergoush and the Dayr Anba Bakhum, but there is nothing to support this identification.
RENÉ-GEORGES COQUIN
MAURICE MARTIN, S.J.
