anabebhken = ascended.
Mary did not ascend, of her own will into heaven.
She was carried up, “assumed” by the power of God into heaven. This is a crucial point to remember.
“I can find nothing prior to the 4th century of anything on the Assumption of Mary.”
Well, there’s apparently a shrune at her tomb that is older than the one in present use, and that one dates back to the 5th century. So it seems to me that one was built, and later destroyed.
And she wore a uniform with a big M on the front of it while her cape waved in the wind...
And she sprinkled Mary-dust upon the little Portuguese children as she ascended...
Well, the Bible didn't say it didn't happen like that...