Onolatry
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Donkey
The donkey or ass, Equus africanus asinus, is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family. The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African Wild Ass, E...
: old Oriental and African worship attributed also to the Jewish people who travelled in the desert.
During the Imperial Rome, the charge of onolatry was used by the pagans to taunt the first Christians and Jews. A famous example of this is the Alexamenos graffito
Alexamenos graffito
The Alexamenos graffito is an inscription carved in plaster on a wall near the Palatine Hill in Rome, now in the Palatine Antiquarium Museum...
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