it ic ▁p ant he on . ▁Despite ▁her ▁association ▁with ▁Y ah we h ▁in ▁extra - bib lic al ▁sources , ▁De uter onomy ▁ 1 2 ▁has ▁Y ah we h ▁command ing ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁her ▁shr ines ▁so ▁as ▁to ▁maintain ▁pur ity ▁of ▁his ▁worship . ▁The ▁name ▁D ione , ▁which ▁like ▁ ʾ E lat ▁means ▁' god dess ', ▁is ▁clearly ▁associated ▁with ▁Ash er ah ▁in ▁the ▁Pho en ician ▁History ▁of ▁San ch uni athon , ▁because ▁the ▁same ▁common ▁ep ith et ▁( ʾ E lat ) ▁of ▁" the ▁God dess ▁par ▁excell ence " ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁describe ▁her ▁at ▁U gar it . ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁Jer em iah , ▁written ▁circa ▁ 6 2 8 ▁BC , ▁possibly ▁refers ▁to ▁Ash er ah ▁when ▁it ▁uses ▁the ▁title ▁" que en ▁of ▁heaven " ▁in ▁Jer em iah ▁ 7 : 1 6 – 1 8 ▁and ▁Jer em iah ▁ 4 4 : 1 7 – 1 9 , ▁ 2 5 . ▁ ▁In ▁U gar it ic ▁texts ▁S ources ▁from ▁before ▁ 1 2 0 0 ▁BC ▁almost ▁always ▁credit ▁Ath irat ▁with ▁her ▁full ▁title ▁r bt ▁ ʾ a ṯ rt ▁y m ▁( or ▁r bt ▁ ʾ a ṯ rt ). ▁The ▁phrase ▁occurs ▁ 1 2 ▁times ▁in ▁the ▁Ba ʿ al ▁Ep ic ▁alone . ▁The ▁title ▁r bt ▁is ▁most ▁often ▁vocal ised ▁as ▁ra b