Warsakan
Warsakan (Numidian WRSKN) was a Numidian building craftsman. He was in the 2nd century BC. Active in Thugga .
Warsakan is mentioned along with several other artists and craftsmen on a Numidian - Punic bilingualism that was found on a pillar tomb in Thugga . A Bban , probably an architect, the stonecutters ʿAbdarisch , Zimer and Managai , their assistants Zazai and Tamôn - Warsakan was one of them -, the carpenters Ankan and Masidil and the ironworkers Papai and Schafot are also listed on the bilingual .
literature
- Christian Leschke: Warsakan. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 948.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Warsakan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | WRSKN (numidian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Numidian builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |