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An inscription to Šamaš in Palmyra (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Palmyra 12 Assyrian Identity 12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era 12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity 12.03.02.07 Palmyra Šamaš (Justice) 01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery 01.04 Concept of god (1) 01.04.03 Plurality of god (polytheism) 01.04.03.05 Great gods 01.04.03.05.04 Šamaš (Justice)	Keywords dedications
Period 1st century CE Roman Empire	Channel Aramaic culture

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CIS 2.3978:
In the month Elul of the year 396 (= September 85 CE) Lishamsh and Zebaida sons of Malku son of Yedibel son of Nesha who is also known as Bar-Abdibel who belong to the tribe of the Beni Migrat have made and offered for Šamaš the god of the house of their fathers this temple and this altar for the life of themselves and the life of their brothers and sons.

Source (list of abbreviations)
CIS 2.3978

Bibliography

Dijkstra 1995, 103

Dijkstra, Klaas. Life and Loyalty. A Study in the Socio-Religious Culture of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Graeco-Roman Period Based on Epigraphical Evidence. Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 128. Leiden, New York, Cologne: E. J. Brill 1995.

Amar Annus

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