Abstract
The historical study of the religion of ancient Syria and Canaan (Syro-Canaanite, Syro-Palestinian, Northwest Semitic religion) is made difficult by the lack of documentary and material evidence from which to construct a clear and continuous image of religious ideas and practices. The textual evidence from the first three millennia bce gives a general idea of the main ideas and their development of Northwest Semitic religion.
The earliest substantial sources pertaining to Syro-Canaanite religion come from finds at the ancient site of Ebla (modern Tell Mardikh), located halfway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Euphrates River in Syria. It was a