Baalshamin
Baalshamin is a deity mentioned on a monument from Jebel al-Abiad (153AD) together with other deities.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 1400 BCE
- Attested period
- -1400 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned on a monument from 153 AD.
Relationships
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“A monument from Jebel al-Abiad (153AD) mentions him together with the deities Bel, Baalshamin, Aglibol, Malakbel, Astarte, Nemesis, and Arsu, though according to Teixidor 1979 he was a god of nomads, and usually mentioned in association with nomadic gods such as Azizos, Maan, Ashar, or Shalman.”
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“Malakbel (Palmyrene Aramaic 𐡬𐡫𐡪𐡡𐡫 mlkbl) was a sun god worshipped in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, frequently associated and worshipped with the moon god Aglibol as a party of a trinity involving the sky god Baalshamin.”
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“Although the Baalshamin triad was worshiped at Palmyra, this apparently did not prevent the same veneration of both supreme gods”
#17634 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Baal (Hadad) is not specifically attributed the traits of rain and thunder and is instead perceived as a god of the sky generically, which is what is embodied by his form "Baal Zaphon" as the chief deity who resides on the mountain (for example a 14th-century letter from the king of Ugarit to the Egyptian pharaoh places Baʿal Zaphon as equivalent to Amun also), in that case he's more similar to the Egyptian Horus in that capacity (comparable to Baalshamin as well).”
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