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SUMMARY:Rites of Transition and Ethnic Identity in Carthage: Childhood, Motherh
ood, and Votive Offerings in the tophet Precinct
DESCRIPTION:\nRituals performed at the open-air precinct dedicated to Ba
'l and Tinnit in Carthage (the so-called tophet) are among the most stud
ied yet least understood components of their society. This single precin
ct has produced more than 90 percent of the entire Phoenician-Punic epig
raphic corpus\, due to its trove of enigmatic votive inscriptions set ab
ove infant burials\, which some modern scholars have used to imagine a C
arthaginian identity based upon supposed rituals of infant sacrifice\, w
hile others clear them of all such allegations—an intractable and polari
zing debate.\n\nIn this presentation\, Garnand focuses instead on the ro
le that rituals related to motherhood and infancy play in the formation
of cultural identity and their relation to this precinct.\n\nFor more de
tails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/rites-of-transition-and-ethnic-id
entity-in-carthage/
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ed at the open-air precinct dedicated to Ba'l and Tinnit in Carthage (th
e so-called tophet) are among the most studied yet least unders
tood components of their society. This single precinct has produced more
than 90 percent of the entire Phoenician-Punic epigraphic corpus, due t
o its trove of enigmatic votive inscriptions set above infant burials, w
hich some modern scholars have used to imagine a Carthaginian identity b
ased upon supposed rituals of infant sacrifice, while others clear them
of all such allegations—an intractable and polarizing debate.
In t
his presentation, Garnand focuses instead on the role that rituals relat
ed to motherhood and infancy play in the formation of cultural identity
and their relation to this precinct.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/rites-of-transition-and-ethn
ic-identity-in-carthage/
LOCATION:Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library
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