Baal Hammon, properly Baʿal Ḥamon (Phoenician and Punic: 𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤇𐤌𐤍, romanized: Baʿl Ḥamōn), meaning "Lord Hammon", was the chief god of Carthage. He...
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(Bʿl Lbnn), "Baʿal of Sidon" (Bʿl Ṣdn), Bʿl Ṣmd, "Baʿal of the Heavens" (Baʿal Shamem or Shamayin), Baʿal ʾAddir (Bʿl ʾdr), Baʿal Hammon (Baʿal Ḥamon), Bʿl...
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supreme divine couple, Baal Ḥammon and Tanit. Baal Hammon had been the most prominent aspect of the chief Phoenician god Baal, but after Carthage's independence...
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BʿL WLʾDN LBʿL ḤMN = "To the lady - to Tinnit the face of Baal, and to the lord - to Baal Hammon"). After the dedication, the statement of the vow (ʾŠ NDR...
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Beelzebub (redirect from Baal-zebub)
Flies" as the Hebrew way of calling Baʿal a pile of excrement, and comparing Ba'al followers to flies. Baal Hammon Baal-zephon Lord of the Flies (1954 novel)...
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Astarte (section As consort of Baal)
(Tinnit panē Baʿl, lit. 'Tanit-Face-of-Baal'), who was often paired with the supreme Carthaginian god Baal Hammon. Although the goddess ʿAštart held lesser...
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Carthage dedicated to Tinnit and Baal Hammon with a carved open right hand, as well as sign of Tinnit, sign of Baal Hammon above, Caduceus and naval symbols...
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goddess, and the chief deity of Ancient Carthage, alongside her consort Baal Hammon. The name appears to have originated in Carthage (modern day Tunisia)...
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Tanit begins to be mentioned before Baal Hammon in inscriptions and bears the title "Face of Baal" (pene Baal), perhaps indicating that she was seen...
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Saturn and Ops was the focus of an important cult, subsuming that of Baal Hammon and Tanit, two deities of Punic origin.[citation needed] The Ancient...
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lotus flower. Ba'al here seems to be depicted largely the same way. Baʿal Baʿal Hammon This location is usually associated with the modern Jebel Aqra on...
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polytheistic ancient Canaanite religion. At Carthage, the chief gods were Baal Hammon (purportedly "Lord of the Brazier"). and his consort Tanit, but other...
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architect Thomas Hammon, English MP Hammon, Oklahoma Umm al-Amad, Lebanon (ancient Hammon) Baʿal Hammon, the chief god of Carthage Hammon, an alternative...
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Hadad (redirect from Baal Hadad)
Babylonian Bel.[citation needed] The Baal Cycle or Epic of Baal is a collection of stories about the Canaanite Baal, also referred to as Hadad. It was composed...
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names Aamon and Amon come from the god Amun or from the Canaanite god Baal Hammon of Carthage. Nahum means "who induces to eagerness."[citation needed]...
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stories that link Melkart with Tyre, Yahweh with Jerusalem, and Tanit and Baal Hammon with Carthage. El Elyon is mentioned (as God Most High) in Genesis 14...
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ΦΑΝΗΒΑΛΟΣ (the Phoenician title of the goddess, meaning "the face of Baal (Hammon)") was found in Ashkelon. The first report about the representations...
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An electrum Carthaginian shekel, c. 310–290 BC, bearing the image of Tanit, consort of Baal Hammon...
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African Carthaginians are said to have performed in honour of the gods Baal Hammon and Tanit. The earliest writer, Cleitarchus, is among the most explicit...
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Hermon. Baal Hammon, god of vegetative fertility and renewer of all energies of Ancient Carthage Baalshamin also called Baal Shamem and Baal Shamaim,...
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Moloch (category Baal)
biblical Moloch with depictions of Carthaginian sacrifice to Cronus (Baal Hammon) found in sources such as Diodorus, with George Foot Moore suggesting...
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Lilybaeum stele (category Baal)
and CIS I 138. It is a standard Punic votive inscription, dedicated to Baal Hammon by Hanno, son of Adonbaal: The stele shows some important Phoenician...
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Elder and Rufus Festus Avienus, there was once a temple dedicated to Baal Hammon on the promontory of the cape, which later became associated with the...
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Kothar-wa-Khasis (section Baal Cycle)
Baal Cycle, he uses his skills on behalf of other deities. In the beginning, El enlists his help with building a temple for Yam. Later he helps Baal in...
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five-sixths of the army of Gog and Magog that are struck down by God. Baal Hammon Ezekiel 39 Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for HAMON-GOG...
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religious rituals were conducted there, and the deity in question was Baal Hammon, who was represented with two horns. The massif is part of Boukornine...
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Baʿal Berith (Hebrew: בעל ברית, lit. 'Baʿal of the Covenant') and El Berith (Hebrew: אל ברית, lit. 'God of the Covenant') are titles of a god or gods...
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Close up view of a Punic statue depicting the god Baal Hammon, from the era of Roman Carthage, 1st century BC, Bardo National Museum of Tunis...
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accepted, Hamilcar made him swear an oath on the sacrificial altar of Baal Hammon to never befriend Rome. Hannibal would accompany his father and brother-in-law...
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Romans perceived as severe; he was equated with the Carthaginian god Baal Hammon, to whom children were sacrificed, and to Yahweh, whose Sabbath was referred...
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