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Image for Sin (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Sin (Prudence) 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 01.04.03.05.03 Sin (Prudence)	Keywords dedications
Period Roman Empire	Channel Aramaic culture

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Aramaic Inscription from Sumatar Harabesi:
Sila son of Sila has made the image for the god Sin for the life of Tiridates son of Adona and for the life of his brothers.

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Aramaic Inscription from Sumatar Harabesi

Bibliography

Dijkstra 1995, 255	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.
Drijvers 1980, 123	Drijvers, Han J. W. Cults and Beliefs at Edessa. Études Préliminaires aux Religions Orientales dans l'Empire Romain 82. Leiden: E. J. Brill 1980.

Amar Annus

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