Ēl through the eyes of sculptors, painters, and craftsmen across the ages
Gilded bronze statuette of the seated Canaanite god El, from Ugarit (Ras Shamra), Syria; Late Bronze Age, c. 14th–13th century BCE.
Late Bronze Age bronze statuette of El covered with gold foil, discovered in Ugarit; National Museum of Damascus, inv. S 3573.
Bronze statuette of El covered with gold leaf, from the fortress temple at Megiddo, Stratum VII, Late Bronze II, c. 1400–1200 BCE; Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (Oriental Institute), University of Chicago. Photo by Daderot.
Ugaritic tablet "The Birth of the Gods, Gracious and Beautiful" (AO 17189), alphabetic cuneiform from Ras Shamra, c. 14th–13th century BCE; Louvre Museum. Photo by Rama.
Ugaritic cuneiform abecedarium tablet (AO 19992) from Ras Shamra, c. 14th–13th century BCE; Louvre Museum. Photo by Rama.
