The cult of the storm god in the Syro-Anatolian region: Regional continuity and local innovation in figurative representations between the Late Bronze and Iron Ages

This paper presents the preliminary results of a diachronic analysis of geographically and politically grouped monumental representations of the Storm God. It contributes a chronological, geographical, and political analysis of the corpus of monuments and inscriptions associated with the Storm God and elucidates several developments in the conception and depiction of the Storm God and the specific regional and local contexts of these developments. It aims not to interrogate the meaning and significance of the vast corpus of iconography or even the various changes noted in this paper, but rather to provide a broad survey of the material over the longue durée in order to identify a number of notable developments and innovations in the traditions of monumental representations of the Storm God.