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LOT 0707
Western Asiatic Canaanite Baal Statuette
2ND MILLENNIUM BC
8 3/4" (331 grams, 22cm including base).
A large bronze statuette of the god Baal, wearing a long tunic to the knees and an Egyptian style Hedjet crown; prominent ears to the side and mouth open; both hands held forward; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent.
Footnotes
Baal is an honorific title meaning 'Lord' that was applied to a number of deities, principally in the Levant, most notably the storm and fertility god Hadad. The title was also used in early Judaism as a name for Jehovah.
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