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Temple of Nabû in Hatra (1)

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Hatra
12 Assyrian Identity
12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era
12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity
12.03.02.10 Hatra
Nabû (Scribe)
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
01.04.03.05.08 Ninurta (Victory)
01.04.03.05.08.01 Nabû (Scribe)

Keywords
dedications

Period
Roman Empire

Channel
Aramaic culture

Text
Hatra No. 403:
May Šamašaqab son of Hanina, the architect, be remembered for good, for he has built this temple for the god Nabû for the life of his sons [ … ] all of them.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Hatra No. 403

Bibliography

Dijkstra 1995, 196

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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