MAKE A MEME View Large Image Syrian - Male Votive Figure of Baal - Walters 54788.jpg 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 ...
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Keywords: Syrian - Male Votive Figure of Baal - Walters 54788.jpg 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 early 2nd millennium BC Middle Bronze Age MB I/II A bronze cm 23 3 6 7 4 8 accession number 54 788 18537 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters 1928 Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me The Jewish Museum New York 1964 The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Cyclades Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Metalwork from Syria Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Baal
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