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Little information can be found about purity in the Phoenician (and Punic) sources, iconography or archaeology-even less than with regard to other aspects of religion in this cultural area. In the case of the Phoenician-Punic world, the main archaeological evidence includes the following data. In Kamid el-Loz, a courtyard lies in the south of each of the two sanctuaries and they contained, among other things, water tanks. Water plays a distinctive role in Bostan esh-Sheikh, the sanctuary of Eshmun located outside of Sidon. A sacred spring excavated at the foot of Tell Amrith, quarried out of the rock. Of special interest is Kition at Cyprus, where two sacral complexes have been excavated. It may be tentatively suggested that during the Achaemenid period, purity might also have taken extra significance in the Phoenician-Punic area. The inscription Cherchell 1 also shows that the language of purity summarizes an entire life. Keywords:Achaemenid period; Cherchell 1; Phoenician-Punic world; purity; water |
