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Floor of a house in the Punic city or Kerkouane (modern-day Tunisia) decorated with primitive mosaic pavements, one of which figures the Punic goddess Tanit. Kerkouane was founded during the Punic period, perhaps in the 5th century BCE. The remains constitute the only example of a Phoenicio-Punic city to have survived.
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Original image by Carole Raddato. Uploaded by Carole Raddato, published on 11 May 2016 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
Raddato, C. (2016, May 11). Tanit Mosaic. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5054/tanit-mosaic/
Raddato, Carole. "Tanit Mosaic." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 11, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5054/tanit-mosaic/.
Raddato, Carole. "Tanit Mosaic." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 11 May 2016. Web. 17 Apr 2021.
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