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Source Description
This solid cast bronze figurine served as a votive offering, and represents the Canaanite war god, Baal, bringer of the autumnal rains and suppressor of the destructive flood waters. He probably wore a gold skirt and may have carried a mace in one of his clenched fists.
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Document identity
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18537
label
Male Votive Figure of Baal
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Source metadata
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18537
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title
Male Votive Figure of Baal
description
This solid cast bronze figurine served as a votive offering, and represents the Canaanite war god, Baal, bringer of the autumnal rains and suppressor of the destructive flood waters. He probably wore a gold skirt and may have carried a mace in one of his clenched fists.
provenance
J. Gilbert, Paris, by 1903, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Collection de M. J. Gilbert, Antiquités recueillies en Syrie, Paris, 23-34 Jan. 1903; Dr. S. Pozzi, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Dr. S. Pozzi collection, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 26-27 June 1919, no. 379 [said to be from ""Chebaa, Judee""]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 2nd millennium BCE (Middle Bronze Age (MB I/II A))
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CC0
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en
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Metal
figurines
votive images
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import
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cm
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23.3
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6.7
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4.8
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9 3/16 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. (23.3 x 6.7 x 4.8 cm)
Source extras
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Canaanite
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Canaanite
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9863
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bronze
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3930
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