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Bel in Dura Europos (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Dura Europos 12 Assyrian Identity 12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era 12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity 12.03.02.08 Dura Europos	Keywords dedications
Period Roman Empire	Channel Helleno-Roman inscriptions

Text
TEAD 7/8.320 (Greek inscription of Dura Europos):
[ … ] this shrine to the god Bel for the well-being of himself and (his) children and (his) brothers as a votive gift.

Source (list of abbreviations)
TEAD 7/8.320 (Greek inscription of Dura Europos)

Bibliography

Dijkstra 1995, 273

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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