Aglibol

Palmyrene deities: from left to right: the lunar god Aglibôl, the supreme god Beelshamên, the sun god Malakbêl, 1st century CE, found near Bir Wereb, Wadi Miyah, Syria, Louvre Museum.

Aglibôl was a lunar deity in Palmyra. His name means "Calf of Bel" ("Calf of the Lord"). He is depicted with a Lunar disk decorating his head, and sometimes his shoulders.

Myths of the Fertile Crescent
series

Mesopotamian mythology
Ancient Arabian mythology
Ancient Levantine mythology
Names of God in the Hebrew Bible
Babylonian and Assyrian religion
Yezidic religion
Pre-Islamic Arabian gods

Ēl, Ilāh "God"
Bēl, Baʕl, Bēl-Šamīn
Aglibol
al-Lāt, al-'Ilāhat
Astarte
Atargatis (Syrian)
Ištar, Athtar
Beltis?
Bes (Egypto-Arabic)
Manāt
Manaf
Nergal

Nabū, Nebo
Orotalt
Qawm
Sīn, Nanna-Suen
Shams, Samas
ʕUzzā
Wadd
Yaghūth
Yarhibol/Malakbel
astral & local deities
demons
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Myths of the Fertile Crescent series

Mesopotamian mythology
Ancient Arabian mythology
Ancient Levantine mythology
Names of God in the Hebrew Bible
Babylonian and Assyrian religion
Yezidic religion
Pre-Islamic Arabian gods
Ēl, Ilāh "God" Bēl, Baʕl, Bēl-Šamīn Aglibol al-Lāt, al-'Ilāhat Astarte Atargatis (Syrian) Ištar, Athtar Beltis? Bes (Egypto-Arabic) Manāt Manaf Nergal	Nabū, Nebo Orotalt Qawm Sīn, Nanna-Suen Shams, Samas ʕUzzā Wadd Yaghūth Yarhibol/Malakbel astral & local deities demons
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