Aglibol
Aglibol is a deity mentioned on a monument from Jebel al-Abiad (153AD) together with other deities.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 300 BCE
- Attested period
- -300 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned on a monument from 153 AD.
Relationships
- serves
- Bel, Baalshamin
Sources
Source passages
“A monument from Jebel al-Abiad (153AD) mentions him together with the deities Bel, Baalshamin, Aglibol, Malakbel, Astarte, Nemesis, and Arsu, though according to Teixidor 1979 he was a god of nomads, and usually mentioned in association with nomadic gods such as Azizos, Maan, Ashar, or Shalman.”
#3618 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Several second century AD inscriptions from the city attest that Aglibol was venerated with Malakbel in a sanctuary known as the "Holy Garden" which was one of the four principle sanctuaries of the city.”
#16823 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“temple tesserae, on which Yarhibol is featured, for example, with Aglibol and in the Bela triad...the cult of the Palmyrene triad in the Roman era was maintained there at least during the 2nd century AD”
#17640 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Aglibol (Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡰𐡢𐡫𐡡𐡥𐡫 ʿGLBWL; عجل بعل) is a god from Palmyra, originating from a north Syrian immigrant community. He is a moon god who was worshiped in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra as part of a triad alongside Bel and Yarhibol, and associated with the sun god Malakbel.”
#19067 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“A god named Bel was the chief-god of Palmyra, Syria in pre-Hellenistic times; the deity was worshipped alongside the gods Aglibol and Yarhibol.”
#25857 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001