DAGAN (Dagān) was a West Semitic god, well known in ancient Syria and ancient Palestine. He is mentioned in texts from Ebla (Tell Mardīḫ, in Northern Syria) dating to the mid-third millennium BCE, in which his name occurs as part of theophoric anthroponyms with the element Da-gan or Da-ga-an. The logographic abbreviation BE (for bēlum/ba˓alum; lord) also occurs in texts from Ebla—both as part of personal names and independently as a deity present in diverse Syrian and Northern Mesopotamian towns. This BE has frequently been identified with Dagan. However, BE is most likely a divine epithet, which refers to Dagan only in some specific cases, primarily the BE of Tuttul (i.e., "the Lord of Tuttul" refers to Dagan), modern Tell Bī˓a, on the Balīḫ River. Outside Ebla, and also during the second half of the third millennium, Dagan is attested in...