"Melqart was the tutelary god of the Phoenician city of Tyre. Melqart was often titled the "Lord of Tyre" (Ba‘al Ṣūr) and was considered to be ...
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the progenitor of the Tyrian royal family.[citation needed] As Tyrian trade and colonization expanded, Melqart became venerated in Phoenician and Punic cultures from Lebanon to Spain." - (en.wikipedia.org 30.12.2019)