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Dura Europos Synagogue: The Failure of the Sacrifice to Baal

Artist name: Unknown artist

The prophets of Baal stand motionless around their fireless altar. A snake approaches the base of the altar where Hiel the Bethelite stands in an opening.

Source: I Kings 18

Technique: Fresco

Location: National Museum of Syria, Damascus

Date: 244