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Woman in the cloister of Mor Awgin monastery, 1909

Place: Tur Abdin · today Türkiye
Date: 1909

A woman stands in the northeast corner of the cloister of the monastery of Mor Awgin near Nusaybin, beneath arches built with a re-used column and Corinthian capital. 19 May 1909.

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Woman in the cloister of Mor Awgin monastery, 1909

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