Baaltars (combination of " Baal" and " Tarsus"; Aramaic: בעלתרז B‘LTRZ) was the tutelary deity of the city of Tarsus in the Persian Empire. [1] His depiction appears on coins of the Persian governors ( satraps) of Cilicia at Tarsus before the conquests of Alexander the Great, in the 5th and 4th century BCE, such as Datames, Pharnabazes, [2] and Mazaios, [3] and also on coins of the early Seleucid Empire. [1] The equivalent of Baaltars for the Greeks was Zeus.
Notes
- ^ a b Hastings, p.686
- ^ Cabinet des Médailles, Paris
- ^ Sayles, p.43
References
- Wayne G. Sayles, Ancient Coin Collecting VI: Non-Classical Cultures Krause Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-87341-753-2
- James Hastings, S R Driver, A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume IV, Part II (Shimrath - Zuzim) The Minerva Group, Inc., 2004 ISBN 978-1-4102-1729-5
See also
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Baaltars (combination of " Baal" and " Tarsus"; Aramaic: בעלתרז B‘LTRZ) was the tutelary deity of the city of Tarsus in the Persian Empire. [1] His depiction appears on coins of the Persian governors ( satraps) of Cilicia at Tarsus before the conquests of Alexander the Great, in the 5th and 4th century BCE, such as Datames, Pharnabazes, [2] and Mazaios, [3] and also on coins of the early Seleucid Empire. [1] The equivalent of Baaltars for the Greeks was Zeus.
Notes
- ^ a b Hastings, p.686
- ^ Cabinet des Médailles, Paris
- ^ Sayles, p.43
References
- Wayne G. Sayles, Ancient Coin Collecting VI: Non-Classical Cultures Krause Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-87341-753-2
- James Hastings, S R Driver, A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume IV, Part II (Shimrath - Zuzim) The Minerva Group, Inc., 2004 ISBN 978-1-4102-1729-5
See also
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