>>15320295

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The 4th theme is the Antelope one which includes a stag and a deer.

Anons shouldn’t be surprised to see this, the Antelope Clan was originally a good Sebetti Clan, just like the rest of them. I’m not surprised at all to see there were some traces and signs of them left. I haven’t found much ivories with this theme though. It’s the entire animal that is represented as you can see and not in a humanoid shape. Should I consider these Antelopes as a symbolic representation of the Antelope Clan warriors? Or are they just scene from the fauna of Phoenicia?

We do have some hunting scenes with felines or griffins hunting other animals. See, in Ancient Phoenicia, there were loads of wild cats, deer, hare and boar for hunting. We only see the Antelope represented on the Ivories, no hare or boar. Sure, there is the Feline….but that is also a Sebetti clan heraldic Symbol. We also know that the Phoenicians used some exotic materials like ivory which comes from the elephant’s tusks but no elephans depicted on the ivories. We also know the Armenian furs were sold in the Phoenician City-States, so they must have an idea how these animals (like bears and wolves etc.) looked like; but strangely, we don’t see any of these animals carved on the ivory decorative plates.

Also, we know Phoenicia was in close contact with the sea, and some sea creatures like the Dolphin for example, was the heraldic symbol of Tyre = Phoenician City-State, but we don’t see it on the ivories. We’ve also seen the Murex shell represented on the coins but not the ivories. We also have that strange creature with a horse head and fish tail on the coins (pages 1 740- 1 741) with the even stranger Fish man. But we don’t see any of them on the ivory plates. This is why I’m in the mindset for the Antelopes being the Sebetti warriors, as in I’m inclined to this explanation more than them being from the Phoenician Fauna or it’s a hunting scene.

Just as a side note: I’ve looked around and I haven’t found a single Phoenician Ivory with Serpent design on it. And I don’t remember seen myself one either in catalogues or in real life. If anyone reading can find one with a serpent design, please share.

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>>15325802

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The 5th theme is the Bull/Cow theme, which I prefer calling as the Lamassu:

All of the Lamassu iconograrphy is in an animal form, no humanoid form. The Lamassu representation can be divided into 2 subgroups: female and male. As in we have cows and bulls depicted on the ivories.

The cow design consists of the majority of the pieces with this theme as anons can see. The design is standard, stereotyped and UNIQUE = there is mostly one type of design where the cow is nursing her calf. This is projecting the image of motherhood and this is what is important and highlighted here = MOTHERHOOD.

The way I interpret this scene = this is a projection of Neith and the Crown Prince. It’s also an echo of Isis/Hathor with baby Horus. This also connects to Dea Gravida.

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>>15325810

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One piece of Cow with calf design Phoenician ivory was found in modern day Turkey, in a place called Arslan Tash. This is not the first time we see Phoenician artifacts coming from that region. I don’t know about you anons, but for me this indicates 4 possible things:

1 - Phoenician territory extended all the way up there and didn’t stop in Syria as we always thought it had.

2 – That territory was in close trade contact with the Phoenician City-States of Northern Syria.

3 – That territory was under the Phoenician sphere of influence.

4 – All the above.

It’s getting interesting, isn’t it anons?

There aren’t many Bull = male Lamassu representations as there are of the Cow = female Lamassu. The Bull is depicted in a way projecting strength.

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