objectBaetylObjects · RitualsA named sacred stone of later Greek and Near Eastern talk, often aniconic. Not Omphalos, not Benben, not the Black Stone, and not a generic stone.Also known as BaetylusHellenic religionBaetyl appears in Hellenic religion.Ovid’s metamorphic and cult speech seats sacred stones (baetyls) among divine marks. A named baetyl in that poem’s reception, not omphalos as Delphi’s navel-stone and not every meteorite dump.from Ovid · Metamorphoses, 8 CEappears in · sourced · documentedsourcesMetamorphoses · OvidOvid, Metamorphoses.