Phoenician / Carthage – Sign of Tanit / Ba'al Hammon / Murex Purple / Tophet Stele / Moon Crescent – Mandala
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Phoenician Carthage mandala: innermost central Sign of Tanit characteristic abstract symbolic trapezoidal triangular lower body form horizontal bar-like outstretched-arm form circular disc head-form upward-raising arm-positions single sometimes-pendant crescent moon above Tanit head framed circular interlocked-crescent medallion border — first concentric ring alternating Murex shell medallions characteristic spiral prominently-spiny rough irregular Murex brandaris trunculus sea-snail shell Tyrian purple dye alternating Phoenician palm tree capital medallions — second concentric ring characteristic Phoenician Carthaginian lotus-and-palmette border alternating upright lotus bud and full-open palmette closed upright pointed narrowly-tapering lotus bud large spread fan-like symmetrical multi-frond palmette fan running continuously — third concentric ring alternating Tophet votive stele panels characteristic triangular-topped simple symbolic carved Tophet stele prominent incised Sign of Tanit votive symbol alternating Phoenician bireme galley ship medallions — outermost border ring continuous alternating scarab-beetle medallions Phoenician rope-twist cable-pattern border.
