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A great altar in the centre of Edessa (1)

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12 Assyrian Identity
12 Assyrian Identity
12 Assyrian Identity
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery





 		Keywords
Edessa
paganism
Period
4th century CE
Byzantine Empire 		Channel
Christian-Syriac philosophers and scholars

Text
Doctrina Addai 32:
[After the Christian missionaire Addai performed several miraculous healings in Edessa,] Shavida and Abednebo, chiefs of the priests of this city, with Piroz and Danqu, their companions, when they saw the signs which he did, ran and threw down the altars upon which they sacrificed before Nebo and Bel, their gods, except the great altar, which was in the midst of the city.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Doctrina Addai 32

Bibliography

Drijvers 1980, 34Drijvers, Han J. W. Cults and Beliefs at Edessa. Études Préliminaires aux Religions Orientales dans l'Empire Romain 82. Leiden: E. J. Brill 1980.

Amar Annus


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