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Amm

deity sky Qataban single tradition · 3

Amm is a moon deity to whom Anbay was in attendance.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
900 BCE
Attested period
-900 – 622
Historical notes
Pre-Islamic deity worshipped in Qataban.

Relationships

co occurs with
Haukim, Atarsamain, Nuha, Yam, Ruḍāʾ
syncretized with
Sin, Wadd
allied with
Astarte, Yam
sibling of
Sin, Wadd
served by
Anbay

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (3)
  1. Anbay
  2. Ruda (deity)
  3. Nuha (deity)

Source passages

“He was regarded as a deity of justice and an oracle, in attendance to the moon deity Amm.”

#3658 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“A trinity of gods representing the sun, moon and Venus is also found among the peoples of the South Arabian kingdoms of Awsan, Ma'in, Qataban and Hadramawt between the 9th and 4th centuries BC...moon deity was variously called Wadd, Amm and Sin.”

#3786 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“There, the deity associated with Venus was Astarte, the sun deity was Yam, and moon deity was variously called Wadd, Amm and Sin.”

#16018 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001