Church/Monastery name:
ʻAnab el-Kabir (Khirbet ʻAnab) - Church
Inscription number:
9
Selected bibliography:
391, no. 9 (dr.) (ed. pr.) |
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?
Date:
6th cent.
Summary:
Signature of Job (?), carved on the bottom of a small marble column.
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.