Ashar
Ashar is a deity whose active worship at Kirbet-Semrin dates to between 154 and 270 AD. He is usually mentioned in association with nomadic gods such as Azizos, Maan, Abgal, or Shalman. Representations of such deities (also Arsu, Asar, and Azizu) as armed and mounted men in statuary in a pair together was common across the desert regions of Syria/Mesopotamia.
When
- First attested
- 154 CE
- Attested period
- 154 – 270
- Historical notes
- Worship attested between 154 and 270 AD.
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“A stele with imagery of Abgal and Ashar, and earlier inscriptions at Kirbet-Semrin dates the active 'worship' of this jinn to between 154 and 270 AD – references to the deity appear in the Palmyrene Empire but none have been found at Palmyra itself. 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 ”
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