Baal with Thunderbolt

Baal with Vegetation Spear
The stele of Baal with Vegetation Spear
Material	Limestone
Height	142 centimetres (56 in)
Width	50 centimetres (20 in)
Depth	28 centimetres (11 in)
Created	c. 15th century BC
Period/culture	Late Bronze Age
Discovered	1932
Place	Temple of Baal, Ugarit, Syria
Present location	Musée du Louvre, Paris
Identification	AO 15775

Baal with Thunderbolt or the Baal stele is a white limestone bas-relief stele from the ancient kingdom of Ugarit in northwestern Syria. The stele was discovered in 1932, about 20 metres (66 ft) from the Temple of Baal in the acropolis of Ugarit, during excavations directed by French archaeologist Claude F. A. Schaeffer. The stele depicts Baal (or Hadad), the Aramean god of storm and rain, and is considered the most important of the Ugaritic stelae. The stele is on display at the Musée du Louvre in Paris.^[1]