EditorialGold-plated young bull represents the animal form of the warrior god Reshef, or Baal. The prophets of Israel condemned the idolization of the" golden calf" and the Baal-cult. From Byblos, Lebanon. See 08-02-04 / 56,57 Bronze and gold, H: 4 cm...
EditorialRuler: Caracalla, Roman Emperor, A.D. 188217, ruled A.D. 198217, Mint: Antioch, Tetradrachm of Caracalla, Roman Emperor from?Antioch, 21517, Silver, 12.84 g, 12:00, 24.7?mm, Made in Byblos, Phoenicia, Roman, 3rd century A.D., Numismatics.
EditorialPectoral, an Egyptian-style necklace; a falcon spreading his wings, in the claws the symbol of life and the" knot of Isis". From the royal tomb III, Byblos. Gold, chased and chiselled, 19th BCE L: 20,5 cm H: 6,3 cm AO 9093.
EditorialBull, gilded bronze votive offering (" the golden calf") from the temple of Baalat-Gebal, Byblos, Lebanon H: 4 cm Middle-Bronze, early 2nd mill. BCE AO 14680.
EditorialHead of a monkey from an ointment vessel, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, ca. 2323?2150 B.C., Probably from Levant; Said to be from Byblos, Serpentinite, H. 5 cm (1 15/16 in.).
EditorialGold-plated young bull represents the animal form of the warrior god Reshef, or Baal. The prophets of Israel condemned the idolization of the" golden calf" and the Baal-cult. From Byblos, Lebanon. See 08-02-04 / 56,57 Bronze and gold, H: 4 cm...
EditorialPectoral, an Egyptian-style necklace; a falcon spreading his wings, in the claws the symbol of life and the" knot of Isis". From the royal tomb III, Byblos. Gold, chased and chiselled, 19th BCE L: 20,5 cm H: 6,3 cm AO 9093.