Hubal
c. 100 BCE – 630 CEattested
Mecca
- Pre-Islamic Arabian
Chief idol of the Kaaba before Islam, a red agate figure with a broken hand replaced in gold, consulted by casting divination arrows in front of it. Removed with the other idols in 630.
Known for
- the divination arrows
- the gold hand
- chief idol of the Kaaba
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.