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Almaqah, Ilumquh, Ilmuqah, Almouqah

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A moon-god and tutelary god of the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Saba, Yemen...

 

The members of the tribe of Saba called themselves 'the children of Almaqah.'

 

He is symbolised by a cluster of lightning flashes and a weapon which looks similar to the letter S...

 

However, on Almaqah being the sun god scholar Jacques Ryckmans states; "Almaqah was until recently considered a moon god, but Garbini and Pirenne have shown that the bull's head and the vine motif associated with him are solar and dionysiac attributes.

 

He was therefore a sun god, the male counterpart of the sun goddess Šams, who was also venerated in Saba, but as a tutelary goddess of the royal dynasty."

 

 

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Bronze plaque dedicated to the god Almaqah

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