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Weeping for Tammuz (1)

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12 Assyrian Identity
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices



 		Keywords
Tammuz
weeping
Period
Abbasid Empire 		Channel
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Text
Wahb ibn Ibrahim says that in the month of Tammuz, the women weep for the god Ta-Uz [= Tammuz].

Bibliography

Dodge 1970, 745-773Dodge, Bayard. The Fihrist of al-Nadim. A tenth-century survey of Muslim culture. New York, London: Columbia University Press 1970.
Flügel 1871-1872, 318-327Flügel, Gustave (ed.). Ibn al-Nadim, Kitab al-Fihrist. 2 Vols. Leipzig: F. C. W. Vogel 1871-1872.
Green 1992, 152Green, Tamara. The City of the Moon God, Religious Traditions of Harran. Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 114. Leiden, New York, Cologne: E. J. Brill 1992.

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