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01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
Keywords
Aramaic language
gods
Period
5th century BCE
Channel
Aramaic culture
Text
An Aramaic inscription from Daskyleion in Anatolia invokes Bel and Nebo.
1. These are the reliefs of ˀElnap son of ˀŠY. 2. It was he who made (them) for his funerary monument. I adjure thee 3. By Bel and Nabû, Who(ever) passes by this way. 4. Let no one do harm (to my tomb).
Bibliography
Cross 1966, 7-10
Cross, F. M. “An Aramaic Inscription from Daskyleion.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 184 (1966) 7-10. [JSTOR (requires subscription)]
Drijvers 1980, 55
Drijvers, Han J. W. Cults and Beliefs at Edessa. Études Préliminaires aux Religions Orientales dans l'Empire Romain 82. Leiden: E. J. Brill 1980.
