Yarhibol

[6] The oldest image on the local relief from the 1st century BC shows him in a Greek chiton and himation, with a palm branch in his hand—in a pacifist form.

A different iconography is reflected in the canon of representations from the 1st–3rd century AD, when both group and individual images show him with armament and Roman military outfit.

[8] In addition, Yarhibol also had his own triad, in which he is shown with various deities: above all with Aglibol (always standing at his right hand) and with the goddess Arsu, thus creating the symbolic Sun-Moon-Earth cosmic group.

[11] The material confirmation of the local cult were found in form of olive votive lamps with his representations and relevant inscriptions, as well as temple tesserae, on which Yarhibol is featured, for example, with Aglibol and in the Bela triad.

[13] The caravan route contributed to a certain spread, or at least to transfer, of his cult further east, as evidenced by its finding in the sanctuary in Dura Europos discovered by JH Breasted and F. Cumont.

[14] Nasoraia (2022)[17]: 34  and van Rompaey (2011)[18] note many resemblances regarding the names and artistic depictions of Yarhibol and the Mandaean uthra Hibil Ziwa (also known as Yawar-Hibil when combined with the epithet Yawar).