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Tanit or Tinnit (Punic: 𐤕𐤍𐤕 Tīnnīt [3]) was a chief deity of Ancient Carthage; she derives from a local Berber deity and the consort of Baal Hammon. [a] [5] [6] As Ammon is a local Libyan deity, [7] so is Tannit, who represents the matriarchal aspect of Numidian society, [2] whom the Egyptians identify as Neith and the Greeks identify as Athena.
Schematic version of basic Tanit symbol. Date: 2006: Source: SVG equivalent of original PNG by User:AnonMoos, vectorised by Erin Silversmith. Author: Original uploads by Erin_Silversmith, recent by AnonMoos: Other versions: For an alternative version, revised to look more like certain specific archaeological examples, see Image:Tanit-Symbol ...
The sign of Tanit or sign of Tinnit is an anthropomorph symbol of the Punic goddess Tanit, present on many archaeological remains of the Carthaginian civilization.. The symbol has many variants, but the basic form consists of a disc on top of a triangle, separated by a horizontal line, like a schematic image of a person.
Articles relating to the goddess Tanit and her depictions. She was the chief deity of Carthage alongside her consort Baal-Hamon.She was equivalent to the war goddess Astarte, and later worshipped in Roman Carthage in her Romanized form as Dea Caelestis, Juno Caelestis, or simply Caelestis.
Photos show the various offerings given to a pair of ancient deities. Rare golden gifts — left at a sacrificial site 2,300 years ago — uncovered in Tunisia Skip to main content
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Adorned Statue of the Punic Goddess Tanit, 5th-3rd centuries BC, from the necropolis of Puig des Molins, Ibiza (Spain), now housed in the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia (Barcelona) The Punic religion , Carthaginian religion , or Western Phoenician religion in the western Mediterranean was a direct continuation of the Phoenician variety of the ...
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