Authentic Ancient Ancient Canaanite "Demon God" Baal Votive - Iron Age Levant For Sale
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Authentic Ancient Ancient Canaanite "Demon God" Baal Votive - Iron Age Levant: $419.75
Ancient Canaanite "Smiting God" Baal Votive - Iron Age Levant - 28mm
Item Specifics:
Culture: Canaanite / Phoenician (Levant)
Era: c. 1200–800 BC (Late Bronze Age II / Iron Age I)
Condition: Choice Archaeological State; heavy, authentic "desert" mineral patina with distinct cultic silhouette.
Description:This 28mm bronze figurine is a rare and evocative artifact of the ancient Levant, depicting the "Smiting God"—the primary iconographic form of the Canaanite deity Baal. As the master of the storm and a central figure in the Canaanite pantheon, Baal was worshipped as the bringer of life-giving rain and a fierce protector against the forces of chaos.
The figure is captured in the classic "stalking" or "smiting" posture, originally designed to hold a mace or thunderbolt. Small-scale bronzes like this were central to private ritual worship, serving as focal points in domestic shrines or carried as powerful talismans to secure divine favor. The artifact is completely encased in a thick, stable mineral patina, featuring the characteristic sandy-colored encrustation typical of the arid, limestone-rich soils of the Holy Land and Syria. This piece represents a direct physical link to the pre-biblical religious world of the Levant.
Comparable Examples:
The British Museum: Registration Number 1991,1022.1 (Bronze 'smiting' figures from the Levant).
The Met Museum: Accession Number 1989.281.10 (Levantine/Canaanite copper alloy figures).
Israel Museum, Jerusalem: Bronze Votive Collection (Comparative anthropomorphic amulets from the Tel Hazor and Megiddo excavations).
Academic References:
Cornelius, I., The Iconography of the Canaanite Gods Reshef and Ba'al, Paragraph 3.5 (Detailed study of the smiting posture and cultic usage).
Mazar, A., Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Paragraph 7.22 (On the prevalence of small-scale bronze deities in Canaanite cultic practices).
Keel, O., The Symbolism of the Biblical World, Paragraph 2.14 (Analysis of the role of Baal in Iron Age Near Eastern religion).
