ʻO kahi akua ʻike ʻole ʻia i wehewehe ʻia ma nā palapala mai ke kūlanakauhale kahiko ʻo Palmyra, aia ma Suria hou, ua lōʻihi ka pīhoihoi i nā ʻepekema. Akā i kēia manawa ua ʻōlelo kahi mea noiʻi ua haki ʻo ia i ka hihia, hōʻike ʻo Live Science. Ua ola ʻo Palmyra no nā millennia, a ua ulu ke kūlanakauhale ma kahi o 2,000 mau makahiki i hala ma ke ʻano he kikowaena kālepa e hoʻopili ai i ka Emepera Roma me nā ala kalepa ma Asia, e like me ke Alanui Silk. Ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia ke akua inoa ʻole ma nā palapala Aramaic he nui ma Palmyra. ʻO ka nui o kēia mau palapala ma kahi o 2000 mau makahiki. Ua kapa ʻia ke akua ʻike ʻole ʻia ʻo "He Whose Name is Blessed Forever," "Lord of the Universe," a me "The Merciful," e like me ka puke ʻepekema ʻepekema ma Polani. Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻo Alexandra Kubiak-Schneider, he mea noiʻi ma ke Kulanui o Wroclaw ma Polani, i nā palapala Palmyra me nā palapala i loaʻa ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe o Mesopotamia mai ka millennium mua BC. Ua ʻike ʻo ia ua kapa ʻia nā akua i hoʻomana ʻia ma Mesopotamia ma ke ʻano like me ke akua inoa ʻole o Palmyra. Eia kekahi laʻana,ʻo Bel-Marduk - ke akua kiʻekiʻe o Babulona - ua kapaʻiaʻo "The Merciful". ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "Lord of the World," like "Lord of the Universe," i kekahi manawa e hoʻohana ʻia e kuhikuhi iā Baala-Shamin, ke akua o ka lani. Manaʻo ʻo Kubiak-Schneider, ʻo ke akua ʻike ʻole ʻia i ʻōlelo ʻia ma nā palapala ʻo Palmyra, ʻaʻole ia he akua hoʻokahi, akā he nui nā akua, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Bel-Marduk a me Baal-Shamin. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ia ʻaʻole i haʻi ka poʻe i ka inoa o nā akua i hōʻailona mahalo iā lākou.
Eia kekahi, i ka wā i kākau ai nā kānaka i nā palapala e kāhea ana i ke kōkua akua, ʻaʻole lākou e kamaʻilio mau i kahi akua, akā i kekahi akua hiki ke lohe i kā lākou pule. "ʻAʻohe akua inoa ʻole, ʻo kekahi akua i hoʻolohe i ka pule a hōʻike i ka lokomaikaʻi i ka mea i huli iā ia e pono ke hoʻomaikaʻi mau ʻia," wahi a Kubiak-Schneider.
Ua hoʻopuka nā mea hoʻoponopono o Live Science i nā ʻepekema ʻaʻole i komo i ka noiʻi e kiʻi i ko lākou ʻike. Ua makaʻala nā mea noiʻi pane i kēia manaʻo. "Ua hōʻike aku ʻo Kubiak-Schneider i kāna kuhiakau i ke kaiāulu ʻepekema, nāna e kūkākūkā iā ia, a e hoʻoholo kēlā me kēia ʻepekema e ʻae a hōʻole paha, e hōʻike ana i nā counterarguments i ka hihia hope," wahi a Leonardo Gregorati, he archaeologist a me ka mea kākau o nā haʻawina ma ka mōʻaukala o Palmyra. ʻO kekahi mea noiʻi ʻē aʻe, ka mea i makemake e noho inoa ʻole, ua ʻae ʻo ia he mau akua he nui paha ke akua i kapa ʻole ʻia, akā ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka hopohopo no kekahi o nā kikokikona Babulonia i haʻi ʻia e Kubiak-Schneider e like me nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma mua o nā palapala ʻo Palmyra i nā kenekulia.
