Sardus Pater
Sardus Pater was a Phoenician - Punic god who was brought to Sardinia by the Carthaginians . He was one of those state or city gods that the peoples of the Levant knew and installed among subjugated peoples. This implantation was accepted by the south-western Sardinians because the god survived the decline of the Punians and retained it during the Roman occupation from 241 BC. Continued validity. Thus, under Augustus, around 38 BC. Built and restored under Caracalla (211–217 AD) Temple of Antas is dedicated to Sardus Pater.
According to literary tradition, Sardus Pater came from Libya and became the lord of the island that got his name. Pausanias (X, 17) wrote that the barbarian inhabitants of western Sardinia sent a bronze statue of their god Sardus to Delphi to make an offering to the sanctuary.
These statues are not identical to those known as bronze figures of the Nuragic culture . They were found in Gesturi and Genoni . The head of Sardus Pater is depicted on Roman coins that were discovered in Sardinia, especially in the area that was once ruled by the Carthaginians. The mint was probably in Sulcis . The iconography of Sardus Father, both on the Genoni specimen and on the coins, is more of a Greek or, as far as the feather crown is concerned, of a Philistine nature. The bearded god wears a long tunic and a club or lance.
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