Baal Hammon

Phoenician · deity · mythic · deity

Supreme god of Carthage, 'Lord of the Brazier'; ram-horned, equated with Kronos/Saturn, head of the Tophet cult with Tanit.

Domains

supreme sky
fertility

Powers

Receive offerings at the burning incense-altar
Quicken the grain and ripen the crops

Epithets

bʿl ḥmn
qrn
𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤒𐤓𐤍𐤌

Relations

spouse: Tanit
interpretatio: Cronus
syncretism: Saturn

Sources

Punic dedicatory inscriptions, Tophet of Salammbô, Carthage
Philo of Byblos via Eusebius, Praeparatio Evangelica (Kronos)

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