Yarhibol

deity sky Aramean single tradition · 3

Yarhibol is an Aramean god who was worshiped mainly in ancient Palmyra, a city in central Syria. He was depicted with a solar nimbus and styled "lord of the spring". He normally appears alongside Bel and Aglibol, who were among the top Palmyrene gods.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
300 BCE
Attested period
-300 – 2020
Historical notes
Worshiped in ancient Palmyra, appearing in the city's religious pantheon alongside Bel and Aglibol.

Relationships

co occurs with
Jarih, Bel-Marduk, Malakbel
serves
Bel, Baalshamin
allied with
Bel, Aglibol, Arsu, Belti, Atargatis, Semia
syncretized with
Apollo, Hibil Ziwa

Expand to full subgraph →

Sources

Source passages

“Nasoraia (2022) and van Rompaey (2011) note many resemblances regarding the names and artistic depictions of Yarhibol and the Mandaean uthra Hibil Ziwa”

#17642 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“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.”

#19069 · 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.”

#25858 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001