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'''Anbay''' ([[Qatabanian language|Qatabanian]]: {{lang|xqt|{{script|Sarb|𐩱𐩬𐩨𐩺}}}}, <small>romanized:</small> {{Transliteration|xqt|{{sc|ʾnby}}}}, {{Transliteration|xqt|ʾAnbāy}}) is a pre-[[Islamic]] deity who was originally worshipped in [[Qataban]], in what is now [[Yemen]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aqDC5bwx4_wC&dq=Anbay+deity&pg=PA20|title=Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses|last=Jordan|first=Michael|date=2014-05-14|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=9781438109855|language=en}}</ref> He was regarded as a deity of justice and an oracle, in attendance to the moon deity [[Amm (god)|Amm]]. Anbay's name was invoked in a range of legal matters, from filing paperwork for the legal title of a building to the royal regulation of water supplies.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XaiGAgAAQBAJ&dq=Anbay&pg=PA141|title=Arabia and the Arabs: From the Bronze Age to the Coming of Islam|last=Hoyland|first=Robert G.|date=2002-09-11|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134646340|pages=127, 141|language=en}}</ref>
He is often mentioned together with [[Haukim]], another god of justice.

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[[Category:Arabian gods]]
[[Category:Justice gods]]
[[Category:Oracular gods]]


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