ʻAnab el-Kabir (Khirbet ʻAnab) - Church

Church/Monastery name:

Inscription number:

Selected bibliography:

Magen, Y., Peleg, Y. and Sarukh, I., 2003	51-52 (phs.) (L. Di Segni and M. Meerson) (in Hebrew)
Bar-Asher, M., 2003	615-620 (dr.) (in Hebrew) (ed. pr.)
Amir, R., 2012	451, fig. 9 (ph.)
Magen, Y., Peleg, Y. and Sharukh, I., 2012	348, fig. 22; 360, fig. 38 (ph., dr.)
Di Segni, L., 2012	385-386, no. 2 (dr.)
Bar-Asher, M., 2012	393-396 (dr.)
Madden, A. M., 2014	16, no. 12

Epigraphical corpora:

CIIP IV.2 (2018): 3864 b (ph., dr.)

Inscription type:

invocation/prayer

Location:

In a small frame attached to the western border of the bema's mosaic carpet.

Physical description :

Two-line mosaic inscription in Christian Palestinian Aramaic.

Meas.: h 27-28, w 102-103 cm (frame); letters 5-8 cm.

Text:

שמוע שי[לת] קש ☩

הנינה, קש [ - - ] גירגון.

Translation:

Hear the request of the priest Haninah [and the request of] the priest Girgun.

Date:

Early 6th cent.

Summary:

Syriac mosaic inscription containing invocations on behalf of the priests Haninah and Girgun, in the bema.

Contents

Personal names:

Girgun, Haninah