Baꜥal through the eyes of sculptors, painters, and craftsmen across the ages
Limestone stele of Baal-Hadad brandishing a mace and thunderbolt/spear, from Ugarit (Ras Shamra), 15th–13th c. BCE; Louvre AO 15775.
Bronze figurine of Baʿal with raised arm, from Ugarit (Ras Shamra), 14th–12th c. BCE; Louvre AO 17329.
Bronze statuette of Baʿal brandishing a thunderbolt (AO 11598), from Minet el-Beida, the port of Ugarit, 14th–12th c. BCE; Louvre.
Steatite cylinder seal depicting the winged storm god Haddu/Baal-Hadad with mace and foliage-tipped spear, from Ugarit, 14th–13th c. BCE; Louvre AO 19408.
Bronze figurine of Baʿal as a smiting fertility/storm god, from Megiddo, Late Bronze Age, 1550–1200 BCE; Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago.
Clay tablet in Ugaritic cuneiform with a mythological poem from the Baʿal Cycle (“Baal and Death”), from Ugarit, 14th c. BCE; Louvre AO 16641 & AO 16642.
