Amm

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Amm is an ancient South Arabian god, particularly revered in the Qataban kingdom as a principal deity associated with protection and tribal identity.

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Label Occurrences
Amm canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient South Arabian god ⓘ
deity ⓘ
associatedWith kinship ⓘ
protection ⓘ
tribal identity ⓘ
attestedIn Qatabanite inscriptions ⓘ
South Arabian epigraphy ⓘ
category South Arabian gods ⓘ
protection deities ⓘ
tribal deities ⓘ
culture South Arabian ⓘ
epithet “our paternal uncle” ⓘ
function protector of community ⓘ
protector of tribe ⓘ
gender male deity ⓘ
hasConsort Asherah (in some interpretations) ⓘ
linked to: Asherah
linkedTo oaths and covenants ⓘ
royal ideology of Qataban ⓘ
mainCultCenter Qataban ⓘ
nameMeaning paternal uncle ⓘ
pantheon Qatabanite pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Sabaean religion
region South Arabian highlands ⓘ
linked to: Yemeni Highlands

Yemen ⓘ
religion ancient South Arabian religion ⓘ
role principal deity of Qataban ⓘ
typeOfCult tribal god ⓘ
worshipedIn Qataban kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Qataban

ancient South Arabia ⓘ
worshipForm inscribed dedications ⓘ
temple cult ⓘ
votive offerings ⓘ
worshipPeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
early centuries CE ⓘ

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