Ba'al-Ḥammon

deity Carthaginian single tradition · 11

Ba'al-Ḥammon was one of the two major gods of Carthage. The deity received votive offerings and child sacrifices from Carthaginian worshippers. Ba'al-Ḥammon is mentioned alongside Tinnīt-Phanebal in the KNMY inscription recording a molk sacrifice.

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Relationships

allied with
Tinnīt-Phanebal, Tanit, Tanit
aspect of
Baʿal
consort of
Tanit, Tanit
syncretized with
Cronus, Saturn, Dagon, Amunus, Saturnus
manifested by
Baʿal Qarnaim, Baal

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Sources

Source passages

“he 'vowed' (nador) 'his flesh' (BŠRY, cf. Hebrew beśarō) to the two major gods of Carthage, Tinnīt-Phanebal and Ba'al-Ḥammon”

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