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Temple of Nebu in Palmyra (1)

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Nabû (Scribe)
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
01.04.03.05.08 Ninurta (Victory)
01.04.03.05.08.01 Nabû (Scribe)
Palmyra
12 Assyrian Identity
12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era
12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity
12.03.02.07 Palmyra

Keywords
dedications

Period
2nd century CE

Channel
Aramaic culture

Text
PAT 0009:
This is the statue of Moqeimu, son of Nebuzabad, son of Bariki Obeisi, which his sons set up for him in his honour. And Moqeimu [ … ] made this column, its entablature and its roofing for Nebu, the good and rewarding god, for his life and the lives of his sons, in the month Nisan, the year 457 (= April 146 CE).

Bibliography

Kaizer 2002, 92

Kaizer, Ted. The Religious Life of Palmyra. A Study of the Social Patterns of Worship in the Roman Period. Oriens et occidens 4. Stuttgart: Steiner 2002.

Amar Annus

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