Maymūnah Stone

Maymūnah Stone
The Maymūnah Stone
MaterialMarble
WritingKufic Arabic script
Created1174 (marble reuse of Roman period)
DiscoveredUnknown, possibly near Xewkija and Sannat, Gozo, Malta
Present locationGozo Museum of Archaeology

The Maymūnah Stone (Maltese: il-Ġebla ta' Majmuna or il-Ħaġra ta' Majmuna, Arabic: شاهد قبر ميمونة) is a 12th-century marble tombstone (of Roman origins) which is believed to have been discovered in Xewkija, Gozo, Malta. According to judge and historian Giovanni Bonello, the Majmuna Stone is a "spectacular visual relic of the Islamic presence in Malta." It is now exhibited in the Gozo Museum of Archaeology at the Cittadella of Victoria, Gozo.