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Chief god in ancient Carthagian religion
Baʿal Ḥammon |
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![Terracotta statue of Baal-Hammon on a throne AvL.JPG](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Terracotta_statue_of_Baal-Hammon_on_a_throne_AvL.JPG/220px-Terracotta_statue_of_Baal-Hammon_on_a_throne_AvL.JPG) Statue of Baʿal Hammon on his throne with a crown and flanked by sphinges, 1st century. |
Consort | Tanit |
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Greek equivalent | Cronus |
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Roman equivalent | Saturn |
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Canaanite equivalent | El |
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Baal Hammon, properly Baʿal Ḥammon or English: “Lord Hammon” Ḥamon (Phoenician: