entities: ENT_SAB_ALMAQAH

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_SAB_ALMAQAH Almaqah   South Arabian Moon deity / State god High Deity moon; state patron; Sabaean national deity; temple of Marib; divine sovereignty       A           Chief deity of the Sabaean kingdom; lunar deity (the moon is the supreme deity in South Arabian religion, not the sun); patron of the capital Marib and the great Awam temple; depicted with the crescent moon and the bull's head (the bull is sacred to the moon); attested in hundreds of dedicatory inscriptions from c. 800 BCE onward; associated with irrigation, fertility, military victory, and the protection of the tribe; the most prominent South Arabian deity in the epigraphic record; also spelled Ilmuqah, Almaqah, Almaqa deity

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