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Offer a portion to the god (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
Ahiqar
04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry
04.03 Wisdom literature
04.03.06 Proverb collections
04.03.06.02 Ahiqar
Feeding god
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.03 Service of god
03.03.04 Feeding god
Statues of gods
06 Visual arts and architecture
06.03 Sculpture
06.03.06 Sculpture in round
06.03.06.02 Statues of gods

Keywords
dedications
sayings

Period
1st century CE
4th century CE

Channel
Iranian culture
Syriac texts

Text
Admonitions of Ādurbād 62 (Middle Persian):
For the good which came (to you) give thanks to the gods, and give a portion of it to the gods and good people.

Ahiqar (Syriac Version) 70:
My son, if you find something in front of a statue (of a god), offer him a portion of it.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Admonitions of Ādurbād 62 (Middle Persian)
Ahiqar (Syriac Version) 70

Bibliography

de Blois 1984, 50

de Blois, F. “The Admonitions of Adurbad and their Relationship to the Ahiqar Legend.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1984) 41-53.

Amar Annus

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