Hadad Statue

The Hadad Statue is an 8th-century BC stele of King , from the Kingdom of Bit-Gabbari (Samʾal). It is currently occupies a prominent position in the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin. The statue depicts the god Hadad.

The inscription was discovered in 1890 in a village north east of Samʾal, during the period of the 1888-1902 German Oriental Society expeditions led by Felix von Luschan and Robert Koldewey. The 34 line inscription is written in the Samalian language, considered to be on a dialect intermediate between Phoenician and Aramaic.