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