Salman
deity pre-Islamic South Arabia single tradition · 1
A god worshiped in pre-Islamic South Arabia. Salman may have been the same as a West Semitic god called Shalman/Shalaman. The deity is also attested in texts from Ugarit, Palmyra, Hatra, and North and South Arabia.
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 622
- Historical notes
- Pre-Islamic deity attested in multiple ancient Near Eastern sites; evidence period ends with the Islamic period (c. 622 CE).
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Yathaʾ
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“A god worshiped in pre-Islamic South Arabia. Salman may have been the same as a West Semitic god called Shalman/Shalaman, which some scholars believe survives as a theophoric element in the names Solomon and Shalmaneser.”
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