 Phoenician and Aramaic inscriptions describe "Bʿl Krntryš", "Baʿal of the Lebanon" ("Bʿl Lbnn"), "Baʿal of Sidon" ("Bʿl Ṣdn"), "Bʿl Ṣmd", "Baʿal of the Heavens" ("Baʿal Shamem" or "Shamayin"), Baʿal ʾAddir ("Bʿl ʾdr"), Baʿal Hammon ("Baʿal Ḥamon"), "Bʿl Mgnm".Baʿal Hammon was worshipped in the Tyrian colony of Carthage as their supreme god.It is believed that this position developed in the 5th century BCE following the severing of its ties to Tyre following the 480 BCE Battle of Himera.