A god worshiped in pre-
Islamic South Arabia. Salman may have been the same as a West Semitic god called Shalman/Shalaman, which some scholars believe survives as a
theophoric element in the names
Solomon and
Shalmaneser Shalmaneser (''Salmānu-ašarēd'') was the name of five kings of Assyria:
* Shalmaneser I ( 1274–1245 BC)
* Shalmaneser II (1030–1019 BC)
* Shalmaneser III (859–824 BC)
* Shalmaneser IV (783–773 BC)
* Shalmaneser V (727–722 BC), who ...
. The deity is also attested in texts from
Ugarit
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, caption = Entrance to the Royal Palace of Ugarit
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, location = Latakia Governorate, Syria
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,
Palmyra,
Hatra, and North and South Arabia.
See also
*
Salman (name)
Salman or Salmaan (Arabic: سَلْمان ''salmān''), also spelt Selman, is an Arabic male given name meaning "obedient, disciplined, humble, loyal, devoted, faithful, observant, sincere, truthful", "submissive, yielding, compliant", "pure, genui ...
References
Arabian gods
South Arabia
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