Thanet, Tanit & the Phoenicians: Names, Archaeology & Pre-Roman Trading Settlements in Kent? http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/04/thanet-tanit-and-the-phoenicians.html …pic.twitter.com/Npezp0bx9f
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One of several names that recent work suggests could derive from Proto-Semitic/Punic roots--another is Rame Head, IA fort by Plymouth Sound.
As map shows, signif no. of Carthaginian coins from Thanet area; also Poole, where 'oldest constructed port in NW Europe' (3rdC BC) found!
Poole harbour piers v interesting: two piers, 8-10m wide, 170m+55m long w/ gap between, stone paved,and dating to 3rdC BC!
Added extra ref re: Poole IA harbour to post; paved w/ Purbeck marble+Wilkes suggests design can be compared to harbours in Mediterranean...
Limestone stela w/ images of the goddess Tanit, from Carthage (Tunisia), North Africa, 1stC AD http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/l/stela_with_images_of_tanit.aspx …pic.twitter.com/U2g36VZo5U
Another limestone votive stela from Carthage showing 2 images of Tanit, 2nd-1stC BC: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=282700&partId=1&page=2 …pic.twitter.com/Ack04Jl86m
An interesting book chapter on Phoenician religion and the worship of Tanit at grottos nr the sea etc:https://www.academia.edu/3810702/Further_Evidence_of_the_Specialized_Religion_of_Phoenician_Seafarers …
Re: LRTs, Uist/Uibhist=interesting--poss another Proto-Semitic island-name, either same root as Ibiza (Ebussus) or transferred, cf Thanet...
@caitlinrgreen interesting and potentially very cool.
@peter_petefloyd absolutely, esp as the name Hebrides is also either Porto-Semitic or inexplicable...!
A Carthaginian coin with the head of Tanit, found Kent but minted in the 3rdC BC in Sardinia https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/266577 …pic.twitter.com/0YbftvsLb1
A coin struck at the Phoenician colony of Ebusus (Ibiza), c.210-190 BC, found nr Canterbury, Kent: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/787709 …pic.twitter.com/l3NaV2yUWO
Punic coins not only concentrated in Kent, but also Dorset, which is interesting given the Iron Age port at Poole...https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/745360371377119234 …
Reading your tweets is like being on an excellent free postgrad course in Ancient History, which I hope is a compliment.
Very kind of you to say :)
@caitlinrgreen Question, please: how much do you agree with theory that word Espana / Spain came from phrase w/ Carthaginian word for hyrax?
@Gurdur Well, it's definitely one theory, but there are others...!
now I am wondering about linguistic connections to Scandinavian ö / ey / oy etc for island. Curious! :)
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