ʿAmm
Sabaean · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
National moon- and weather-god of Qataban, 'Paternal Uncle'; familial guardian of the 'sons of ʿAmm', bearing lunar and lightning attributes.
Domains
- moon
- weather
Powers
- Guard the Qatabanians as kindred paternal uncle
- Wax and revolve through the lunar phases
Epithets
- ryʿn w-shrm He who waxes and revolves (through the lunar phases)Qatabanian inscriptions; Robin, 'Le pantheon des Arabes du Sud' (secondary)
- Amm Nabay Amm (served by the oracle-god Anbay)Qatabanian oracular formula pairing Amm with Anbay (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Qatabanian inscriptions, capital Timnaʿ (primary)