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| ⚫ | '''Ba{{ayin}}alat Gebal''', 'Lady of Byblos', was the goddess of the city of [[Byblos]], [[Phoenicia]] in ancient times. She was sometimes known to the Greeks as '''Baaltis''' or [[Atargatis]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Role of the Temple of Ba'alat Gebal as Intermediary between Egypt and Byblos during the Old Kingdom|jstor=25152861|last1=Espinel|first1=Andrés Diego|journal=Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur|year=2002|volume=30|pages=103–119}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bronze figure of Ba'alat Gebal|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/b/bronze_figure_of_baalat_gebal.aspx|publisher=The British Museum|accessdate=1 September 2014}}</ref> |
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'''Ba{{ayin}}alat Gebal''', 'Lady of Byblos', was the goddess of the city of [[Byblos]], [[Phoenicia]] in ancient times. She |
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| ⚫ | was sometimes known to the Greeks as '''Baaltis''' or [[Atargatis]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Role of the Temple of Ba'alat Gebal as Intermediary between Egypt and Byblos during the Old Kingdom|jstor=25152861|last1=Espinel|first1=Andrés Diego|journal=Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur|year=2002|volume=30|pages=103–119}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bronze figure of Ba'alat Gebal|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/b/bronze_figure_of_baalat_gebal.aspx|publisher=The British Museum|accessdate=1 September 2014}}</ref> |
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Ba{{ayin}}alat Gebal was generally identified with the pan-[[Ancient Semitic religion|Semitic]] goddess {{ayin}}Ashtart ([[Astarte]]) and, like {{ayin}}Ashtart, equated with the Greek goddess [[Aphrodite]]. However, [[Sanchuniathon]] presents Ba{{ayin}}alat Gebal as a sister of {{ayin}}Ashtart and [[Asherah]], and calls Ba{{ayin}}alat Gebal by the name ''Dione'', meaning that he identified her either with Asherah or with the mother of Greek Aphrodite, the Titan goddess [[Dione (Titaness)|Dione]]. According to [[Sanchuniathon]], Baaltis/Dione, like Asherah and {{ayin}}Ashtart, was the sister of [[El (god)|'El]] and they had daughters together. He states that it was El who gave the city of Byblos to her. |
Ba{{ayin}}alat Gebal was generally identified with the pan-[[Ancient Semitic religion|Semitic]] goddess {{ayin}}Ashtart ([[Astarte]]) and, like {{ayin}}Ashtart, equated with the Greek goddess [[Aphrodite]]. However, [[Sanchuniathon]] presents Ba{{ayin}}alat Gebal as a sister of {{ayin}}Ashtart and [[Asherah]], and calls Ba{{ayin}}alat Gebal by the name ''Dione'', meaning that he identified her either with Asherah or with the mother of Greek Aphrodite, the Titan goddess [[Dione (Titaness)|Dione]]. According to [[Sanchuniathon]], Baaltis/Dione, like Asherah and {{ayin}}Ashtart, was the sister of [[El (god)|'El]] and they had daughters together. He states that it was El who gave the city of Byblos to her. |
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Baʽalat Gebal, 'Lady of Byblos', was the goddess of the city of Byblos, Phoenicia in ancient times. She was sometimes known to the Greeks as Baaltis or Atargatis.[1][2]
Baʽalat Gebal was generally identified with the pan-Semitic goddess ʽAshtart (Astarte) and, like ʽAshtart, equated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite. However, Sanchuniathon presents Baʽalat Gebal as a sister of ʽAshtart and Asherah, and calls Baʽalat Gebal by the name Dione, meaning that he identified her either with Asherah or with the mother of Greek Aphrodite, the Titan goddess Dione. According to Sanchuniathon, Baaltis/Dione, like Asherah and ʽAshtart, was the sister of 'El and they had daughters together. He states that it was El who gave the city of Byblos to her.
Baʽalat Gebal was distinguished in iconography from ʽAshtart or other aspects of ʽAshtart or similar goddesses by two, tall, upright feathers in her headdress.
The temple of Baʽalat Gebal in Byblos was built around 2700 BC. Dedications from Egyptians begin appearing from the second to the 6th Egyptian dynasties. Two of these inscriptions equate Baʽalat Gebal with the Egyptian goddess Hathor. Frank Moore Cross writes that at Sinai Baʽalat seems to have referred to Hathor and possibly to Qudšu (see Qetesh), who is Asherah.[3]
Bibliography
- Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Je m'appelle Byblos (My name is Byblos), H & D, 2005. ISBN 2 914 266 04 9
References
- ^ Espinel, Andrés Diego (2002). "The Role of the Temple of Ba'alat Gebal as Intermediary between Egypt and Byblos during the Old Kingdom". Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur. 30: 103–119. JSTOR 25152861.
- ^ "Bronze figure of Ba'alat Gebal". The British Museum. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ Frank Moore Cross (30 June 2009). Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel. Harvard University Press. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-0-674-03008-4. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
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