Khirbet Suweikeh ‎ - St. Varus (?)

Inscription number: 
1
Selected bibliography: 
579n2, pl. XXXII.c (ph.) (ed. pr.)
136, no. 719
25 (ph.)
129, no. 187
Abbreviation for Journals and Series
Epigraphical corpora: 

CIIP IV.2 (2018): 3975 (ph.)

SEG 64 (2014): 1694

Location: 

said to have been found in the vicinity of Hebron at the time of purchase by Milik, now in Paris (Musée Bible et Terre Sainte)

On a moveable object: 
chancel screen
Physical description : 

Marble fragment from chancel screen or altar

Text: 

[- ? - τ]οῦ ἁγίου Οὐάρου

Translation: 

[ - - - ] of saint Varus

Date: 
Byzantine period
Summary: 

Chancel screen of ghost church

Contents
Saints names: 
Varus
Epithets of saints: 
hagios/hagia