Baalat Gebal

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Baalat Gebal, literally "Lady of Byblos", was the tutelary goddess of the city of Byblos. She was the main goddess in the local pantheon of Byblos, and a temple dedicated to her remained in use from the third millennium BCE to the Roman period. She was venerated by the kings of Byblos, with a large number of references to her found in letters sent by Rib-Addi as a part of the Amarna correspondence.

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When

First attested: 3000 BCE
Attested period: -3000 – 200
Historical notes: Temple in use from the third millennium BCE to the Roman period.

Relationships

co occurs with: Lord of Byblos, Hatmehit, Henet, Pelican, Iabet, Iat, Meret, Nehbet-anet, Ay, Nebtuwi, Ahmose-Nefertari, Ahti, Amathaunta, Amn, Anet, Anhefta, Anit, Anuke, Aperet-Isis, Bairthy, Besna, Esna, Hedetet, Heptet, Heret-Kau, Hert-ketit-s, Hert-Nemmat-Set, Hert-sefu-s, Heru-pa-kaut, Heset, Hetepes-Sekhus, Iaret, Ipy, Iw, Ken, Khefthernebes, Matit, Nakith, Perit, Pesi, Qerhet, Rekhit, Anubis, Astarte, Horus, Kronos, Rhea, Nephthys, Ouranos, Serket, Amesemi, Mehit, Qetesh, Ammit, Meretseger, Mehet-Weret, Khensit, Mafdet, Meskhenet, Iunit, Raet-tawy, Beset, Anat, Kebechet, Nebethetepet, Iusaaset, Qed-her, Nehmetawy, Abaset, Khereduankh, Ištar
syncretized with: Isis, Aphrodite, Hathor, Dione, Baaltis
manifested by: Dione, Byblian Aphrodite
allied with: Amun

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Sources

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Source passages

“A reference to Baalat Gebal has been identified in the satirical Egyptian text known as Letter of Hori, possibly originally composed during the reign of Ramesses II, in which the eponymous figure discusses her cult center: “I will tell you of another mysterious city. Byblos is its name; what is it like?”
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“Baalat Gebal – A Canaanite goddess, tutelary deity of the city of Byblos, adopted into ancient Egyptian religion”
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