Jul 25, 2023
Atarata (Atargatis/Astarte) & (Baal) Hadad
Shamash (Sun God) & Syn (Moon God)
Unknown Deities. Goddess Second-from-left may be Kubaba?
Aramaic names of deities:
a) HDD “Hadad”
b) ’TRT “’Attar‘ata”
c) Ṣ(YN)? “Sîn”
d) MK[N]-’BW[’] R[’]Š TŠḤ[N] “Mukīn-abūa the head (re’š) of Tušhan”
The Başbük Rock Wall Panel
Başbük, Türkiye
c. 750 BCE?
Wall picture of several Syro-Anatolian deities.
Drawings by Selim Ferruh Adalı
Source:
ANE Today (News Article)
Cambridge Core (Original Article from Cambridge University Press)
