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Helios = Šamaš in Palmyra (1)

Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
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
Syncretism
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.04 Concept of god (1)
01.04.03 Plurality of god (polytheism)
01.04.03.04 Syncretism
Šamaš (Sun)
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.04 Concept of god (1)
01.04.03 Plurality of god (polytheism)
01.04.03.06 Seven planetary gods
01.04.03.06.02 Šamaš (Sun)

Keywords
identifications

Period
Roman Empire

Channel
Aramaic culture
Helleno-Roman inscriptions

Text
PAT 0325:
(Greek:) To Helios, the ancestral and listening god.
(Palmyrene:) [ … ...] to Šamaš, the good god.

Source (list of abbreviations)
PAT 0325

Bibliography

Kaizer 2002, 156

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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