Baal Hammon
Baal Hammon, properly Baʿal Ḥamon (Phoenician and Punic: 𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤇𐤌𐤍, romanized: Baʿl Ḥamōn), meaning "Lord Hammon", was the chief god of Carthage. He was a weather god considered responsible for the fertility of vegetation and esteemed as King of the Gods. He was depicted as a bearded older man with curling ram's horns. Baʿal Ḥammon's female cult partner was Tanit.
| Baʿal Ḥammon | |
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Weather and Vegetative Fertility King of the Gods | |
Statue of Baʿal Hammon on his throne with a crown and flanked by sphinges, 1st century. | |
| Consort | Tanit |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek equivalent | Cronus |
| Roman equivalent | Saturn |
| Canaanite equivalent | El |
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