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Atargatis 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 1st century CE Roman Empire	Channel Helleno-Roman inscriptions

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TEAD 3.61 (Greek inscription of Dura Europos):
On the third of the month Oloios of the year 404 (= 93 CE). Nikanor son of Dionysios has erected this room and the cult-bank (?) in it as an adornment of the shrine of the goddess Atargatis for the well-being of his wife and (his/their) children. Good fortune.

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TEAD 3.61 (Greek inscription of Dura Europos)

Bibliography

Dijkstra 1995, 269

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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