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Limestone stela with images of the goddess Tanit. From Carthage (modern Tunisia), north Africa. 1st CE. This stela comes from a religious precinct in Carthage known as the tophet. Here such stelae were set up over burial urns containing the cremated bodies of babies, small children and animals which had been sacrificed to the goddess Tanit and her consort Baal Hammon. It belongs late in the series of such monuments and has two images of the goddess, one in female form, the other in the traditional form of a triangle, crescent moon and sun disc. In spite of the classical influence shown in the two caducei, or snake-entwined staffs, the stela retains essentially Canaanite iconography. H. 47.5 cm. Inv. AN 125078.

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART346625

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 2140px × 2310px

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