Ta'lab
Ta'lab ( Sabaian tʾlb ) was an ancient South Arabic god who had lived since the 5th century BC. Was worshiped in Sum'ay in western Saba and replaced the god Sama . He became the tribal god of the Sama 'and the patron of the Hamdanid family, who temporarily held the Sabaean royal throne. With their rise it gained additional importance and was now treated in the inscriptions in a similar way to Almaqah . A particularly important sanctuary was in Riyam , where Ta'lab was also consulted in the oracle. Little is known about Ta'lab's role, but there is evidence that he may have been a moon god. His name "Capricorn" and his surname Zabyan "means gazelle. The surnames" who let him be kind "," Lord of the fresh pasture "and" Lord of the young gazelles "point in this direction.
literature
- Hartmut Gese , Maria Höfner , Kurt Rudolph : The religions of Old Syria, Altarabia and the Mandaeans (= The religions of mankind . Volume 10.2). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 1970.