Ankan (carpenter)
Ankan (Numidian 'NKN), son of Aschai, was a Numidian carpenter. He was in the 2nd century BC. Active in Thugga .
Ankan is mentioned along with several other artists and craftsmen on a Numidian - Punic bilingual , which was found on a pillar tomb in Thugga . A Bban , probably an architect, the stonemasons ʿAbdarisch , Zimer and Managai , their assistants Zazai , Tamôn and Warsakan , the carpenter Masidil and the ironworkers Schafot and Papai are also listed on the bilingual .
literature
- Christian Leschke: Ankan. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 46.
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| SURNAME | Ankan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 'NKN (numeric) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Numidian carpenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |