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Temple of Nergal in Hatra (1)

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12 Assyrian Identity




01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery




Keywords
dedications
Period
1st century CE
Roman Empire
Channel
Aramaic culture


Text
Hatra No. 214:
In the year 409 (= 98 CE) the Beni Taimu and the Beni Belaqab have erected the temple to Nergol for the life of themselves and the life of their fathers at their own expense.


Source (list of abbreviations)
Hatra No. 214

Bibliography

Dijkstra 1995, 189Dijkstra, 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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