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(archaeology) A Carthaginian monument associated with a cemetery for ritually sacrificed children.

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tophet

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(archaeology) A Carthaginian monument associated with a cemetery for ritually sacrificed children.

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カルタゴの文化において、儀式的に生け贄にされた子供たちの墓地に関連する記念碑

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Researchers argued that the newly excavated tophet contained urns and stelae indicating ritual infant sacrifice in Carthaginian times.

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研究者たちは、新たに発掘された、カルタゴにおける儀礼的に生贄とされた子どもたちの墓地に関係する記念碑から、壺や碑が出土し、乳児の生贄の儀礼を示していると主張した。

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(archaeology) A Carthaginian monument associated with a cemetery for ritually sacrificed children.

They are an important factor indicating a corpus of beliefs common to the important central colonies (Carthage, Sousse, Motya, Sulcis, Nora, Tharros), where tophets and accompanying grave stelae have been found.

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