Figure
About this object
History of use
Canaanite, or Syro-Palestinian figure from the Levant area of the eastern Mediterranean.
Narrative
Originally would have held a lightning bolt in left hand.
Physical description
A cast bronze sculpture of the Canaanite god, Baal Hadad, wearing a crown with the symbol of Hadad (cross/star in circle). The figure is wearing a short loin cloth decorated with radiating lines and held by a thick belt. His eyes are large and almond-shaped. Each earlobe is pierced at the top and bottom. The figure's right arm is raised and bent at the elbow, and its hand is clenched around a tubular object. The figure's left arm is also bent at the elbow, and the arm is reaching forward with a closed hand. The small opening in the left hand suggests that it may have been holding something at some point.
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Materials
Date Made
Late Bronze Age (2000 B.C.E.-1200 B.C.E.)
Date Acquired
21 Oct 2010
How Acquired
Transferred
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 14.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 4.2 cm
Object Number
2827/55