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Punic stele containing the sign of Tannit were uncovered in the hundreds in the site of El-Hofra in [[Cirta]] ([[Constantine, Algeria]]) and are showcased in the [[Louvre|Louvre Museum]]. <ref>{{Citation |title=stèle |date=0225 |url=https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010121308 |access-date=2024-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bertrandy |first=S. |date=1994-02-01 |title=Cirta |url=https://journals.openedition.org/encyclopedieberbere/2289 |journal=Encyclopédie berbère |language=fr |issue=13 |pages=1964–1977 |doi=10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.2289 |issn=1015-7344}}</ref>
 
A coin with the sign and a legend {{lang|grc|ΦΑΝΗΒΑΛΟΣ}} ''phanebalos'', presumably the Greek form of the [[Phoenician language|Phoenician]] title of the goddess, i.e. {{script|Phoenician|𐤕𐤍𐤕 𐤐𐤍 𐤁𐤏𐤋}} ''tnt '''pn bʿl''''', meaning "Tanit "''the face of [[Baal Hammon|Baal (Hammon)]]"'', was found in Ashkelon.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yadin |first=Y. |author-link=Yigael Yadin |date=1967 |title=Symbols of Deities at Zinjirli, Carthage and Hazor |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23734250 |journal=Yediot Bahaqirat Eretz-Israel Weatiqoteha |language=Hebrew |volume=31 |issue=1/4 |pages=53 |jstor=23734250 |issn=2312-0061}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hill |first=George Francis |title=Catalogue of the Greek coins of Palestine |year=1914 |location=London |page=LIX |author-link=George Francis Hill}}</ref>
 
The first report about the representations of the sign was in the beginning of the 19th century, on [[stele]] unearthed on the site of [[Archaeological Site of Carthage|Carthage]]. Archaeological excavations have subsequently uncovered representations on other supports, such as [[mosaic (art)|mosaics]] or even on [[ceramic]]s.