Identità nella Battriana ellenistica: le dediche al dio Oxus

This paper aims to examine the epigraphical evidences found in Hellenistic Bactria, crossroad of people and cultures, which has been a meeting place between cultures and population of different origin from pre-Achaemenid time, with respect to the cult of the local deity of the waters, the Oxus God, who is named after the river which crosses Bactria, the modern Amu-darya. The Oxus God is one of the most important deities of Bactria and can be compared to the deity of water, rain and fertility of the Iranian pantheon Arəduuıˉ Suˉraˉ Anaˉhitaˉ. The evidences object to analysis are three Greek inscriptions, which consist of dedications to the Oxus God, found at Takht‑i Sangin, in Tajikistan, during the excavations at the Temple of the Oxus.