Sabazius
Sign in to save200px|right|thumb|Bronze hand used in the worship of Sabazios (British Museum). Roman 1st–2nd century CE. Hands decorated with religious symbols were designed to stand in sanctuaries or, like this one, were attached to poles for processional use. Another similar bronze hand found in the 16th/17th century in [[Tournai, Belgium, is also in the British Museum.]]
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10 sectionsContents
- Epigraphic evidence
- Thracian/Phrygian Sabazios
- God on horseback
- Iconography, depictions, and Hellenistic associations
- Sabazios in Athens
- Transformation to ''Sabazius''
- Judean connection
- References
- Further reading
- External links
200px|right|thumb|Bronze hand used in the worship of Sabazios (British Museum). Roman 1st–2nd century CE. Hands decorated with religious symbols were designed to stand in sanctuaries or, like this one, were attached to poles for processional use. Another similar bronze hand found in the 16th/17th century in [[Tournai, Belgium, is also in the British Museum.]]
Sabazios (, Savázios; alternatively, Sabadios) is a deity originating in Asia Minor. He is the horseman and sky father god of the Phrygians and Thracians.