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Calendar of offerings of the Harranian Sabians (1)

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



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calendars
cults
Harran
Period
10th century CE 		Channel
Islamic philosophers and scholars

Text
al-Nadīm, Fihrist 9.1:
(On) Sunday, to the Sun, whose name is Aylīyūs (= Helios); (on) Monday, to the Moon, whose name is Sīn; (on) Tuesday, to Mars, whose name is Lārīs (= Ares); (on) Wednesday, to Mercury, whose name is Nābiq (= Nebo); (on) Thursday, to Jupiter, whose name is Bāl (= Bel); (on) Friday, to Venus, whose name is Balthā (= Bēltu); (on) Saturday, to Saturn, whose name is Qirqis (= Kronos).

Source (list of abbreviations)
al-Nadīm, Fihrist 9.1

Bibliography

Dodge 1970, 755Dodge, Bayard. The Fihrist of al-Nadim. A tenth-century survey of Muslim culture. New York, London: Columbia University Press 1970.

Amar Annus


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