A god in the garden. Notes on the cult of Yarhibol in Apulum

Cercetări Arheologice 31.2, 2024, 431-442
https://doi.org/10.46535/ca.31.2.09



A god in the garden. Notes on the cult of Yarhibol in Apulum

Authors: Csaba Szabó Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider Miruna Libiță-Partică

Keywords:

Apulum, Yarhibol, Palmyrene religion, Roman religion, public archaeology

Abstract:

The study presents an inscription discovered in the 1970s and published shortly in the literature (IDR III/5, 102), dedicated to the Palmyrene sun god of Yarhibol. The altar was rediscovered by the authors in a private garden in Alba Iulia. The current state of the monument needs a revision of the inscription and a detailed contextualisation of the cult of Yarhibol in Apulum and Dacia, as well as the role of private collections in public archaeology.

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How to cite: Csaba Szabó, Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider, Miruna Libiță-Partică, A god in the garden. Notes on the cult of Yarhibol in Apulum, Cercetări Arheologice, Vol. 31.2, pag. 431-442, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.46535/ca.31.2.09

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