Canaan symbol

Religious Artifacts: Found on pendants, amulets, and figurines in temple ruins (e.g., Hazor, Megiddo), often depicting fertility goddesses like Astarte.Burial Offerings: Canaanite symbols were placed in tombs to protect the dead or represent the afterlife.Proto-Canaanite Writing: The earliest alphabetic symbols (c. 18th–17th century BCE) were pictographic, featuring items like a house (bet), hand (kapp), or eye ('en).Royal Iconography: Used on seals and palettes, often depicting kings in scenes of conquest and power.Synonyms and Related TermsProto-Sinaitic Script: The early pictographic symbols that developed into the Canaanite alphabet.Phoenician Symbols: Frequently used interchangeably due to the shared cultural and linguistic heritage.Levantine Iconography: A broader term for the symbols from the coastal region of the Levant.