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ID: 901000432
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000432
Record Type: Character/Person

Bol (Aramaean deity)

Note: The principal deity of the Aramaeans; probably a counterpart to Baal.

Names:
Bol (Aramaean deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Bel (Aramaean deity) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography> (P)
........<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters> (P)
............Bol (Aramaean deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
counterpart is .... Baal
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Baal (Canaanite deity)) [901001895]

Other Relationships:
culture/religion is .... Aramaean (style or culture)
.....(Ancient Syrian, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Bol (Aramaean deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Bel (Aramaean deity)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-) Palmyra online exhibition, accessed 1 June 2017
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel_(mythology)#/media/File:Relief_Bel_Baalshamin_Yarhibol_Aglibol_MBA_Lyon_1992-13.jpg

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