Baal with Thunderbolt

Baal with Vegetation Spear
The stele of Baal with Vegetation Spear
MaterialLimestone
Height142 centimetres (56 in)
Width50 centimetres (20 in)
Depth28 centimetres (11 in)
Createdc. 15th century BC
Period/cultureLate Bronze Age
Discovered1932
PlaceTemple of Baal, Ugarit, Syria
Present locationMusée du Louvre, Paris
IdentificationAO 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]

  1. ^ Caubet, Annie. "Stela Depicting the Storm God Baal". Musée du Louvre. Retrieved 27 October 2012.