ʻAnab el-Kabir (Khirbet ʻAnab) - Church

Church/Monastery name: 
ʻAnab el-Kabir (Khirbet ʻAnab) - Church
Inscription number: 
9
Selected bibliography: 
391, no. 9 (dr.) (ed. pr.)
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

CIIP IV.2 (2018): 3867 (drs.)

Inscription type: 
signature of worker
Location: 

On a the bottom of the plinth of a marble colonnette.

On a moveable object: 
altar base
Physical description : 

Short, two-line inscription carved at the bottom of the plinth (32 x 32 cm) of a small marble column. Letters vary in size.

Text: 

Αἰ-

ούβ ?

Translation: 

Job?

Commentary: 

The iota is not certain, and the letter might also be a broken lamda or upsilon. The name Job is thus uncertain. Cursive, v-shaped upsilon. Probably the signature of the marble carver or the name of his workshop.

Date: 
6th cent.
Summary: 

Signature of Job (?), carved on the bottom of a small marble column.

Contents
Personal names: 
Hiob (?)