Evidence from around the Great Sea
From a dolphin mural in the Palace of Knossos, on the island of Crete.
An Etruscan mural border.
An Etruscan illustration from the wall of a tomb.
An Islamic glass dolphin, very early.
Unknown provenance.
Tanit, Supreme Goddess from Carthage
whose worship was spread from one end of the Great Sea to the other.
For at least 400 years, the dolphin was her symbol.
ca. 200 BC
Tanit as found in an excavated house
which was heavily decorated in a dolphin theme.
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