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Temple of Nergal in Hatra (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
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
Nergal (Power, Destruction)
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
01.04.03.05.09 Nergal (Power, Destruction)

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, 189

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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