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Carthage, Tombstone with votive relief of a male, raising a hand Relief, Tomb
Date: BCE_0300c-BCE_0200c
Category: Punic
Institution: Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Tombstone with Punic inscription Inscription (Punic)
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Relief of a woman and a cow Relief, Tomb
Date: BCE_0200c-BCE_0100c
Category: Punic
Institution: Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Tombstone with relief of a male Relief, Tomb
Date: BCE_0200c-BCE_0100c
Category: Punic
Institution: Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Tombstone with Punic inscription Inscription (Punic), Tomb
Date: BCE_0200c-BCE_0100c
Category: Punic
Institution: Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Christian tombstone of Peregrinus with inscription and birds Animal, Inscription (Latin), Tomb
Date:
Category: Christianity
Institution: Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Sundial Utensil
Date: CE_0001c-CE_0200c
Category: Punic
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Stele with inscription and elephant Inscription (Punic), Tomb
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Sphinx-shaped vase Pottery, Sculpture
Date: BCE_0650c-BCE_0600c
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Sphinx-shaped vase Pottery, Sculpture
Date: BCE_0650c-BCE_0600c
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Slingstone Military equipment
Date: BCE_0146c
Category: Punic
Institution: Amsterdam, Allard Piersonmuseum
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Sleeping Eros Deity, Sculpture
Date: CE_0200c-CE_0300c
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Tunis, Musée national de Bardo
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Punic inscription Inscription (Punic)
Date: BCE_0200c-BCE_0100c
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Head of Serapis Deity, Sculpture
Date: CE_0100c-CE_0200c
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Head of Serapis Deity, Sculpture
Date:
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Head of Serapis Deity, Sculpture
Date:
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Tombstone with votive relief of a male, raising a hand Relief, Tomb
Date: BCE_0300c-BCE_0200c
Category: Punic
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Head of Lucius Verus Emperor, Portrait, Sculpture
Date: CE_0165c
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, remains of temple of Tanit Deity, Sanctary
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution:
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, remains of Antonine baths Baths
Date:
Category: Roman Empire
Institution:
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, remains of Antonine baths Baths
Date:
Category: Roman Empire
Institution:
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, remains of Antonine baths Baths
Date:
Category: Roman Empire
Institution:
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Douimes mask Portrait
Date: BCE_0600c-BCE_0500c
Category: Punic
Institution: Tunis, Musée national de Bardo
Place of discovery: Carthage, Douimes
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Ste Monique pendant Jewelry
Date: BCE_0400c-BCE_0200c
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Ste Monique Funerary Sculpture Tomb
Date: BCE_0400c-BCE_0200c
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Necropole Ste Monique sarcophagus of a priest, detail Tomb
Date: BCE_0300c-BCE_0200c
Category: Punic
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Necropole Ste Monique sarcophagus of a priest Tomb
Date: BCE_0300c-BCE_0200c
Category: Punic
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Necropole Ste Monique sarcophagus of a priest Tomb
Date: BCE_0300c-BCE_0200c
Category: Punic
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Necropole Ste Monique sarcophagus of a lady Tomb
Date: BCE_0300c-BCE_0200c
Category: Punic
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Necropole Ste Monique sarcophagus of a lady Tomb
Date: BCE_0300c-BCE_0200c
Category: Punic
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Baal-Hammon incense burner Deity, Utensil
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Mask Portrait
Date: BCE_0300c-BCE_0100c
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, remains of Punic Quarter House
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution:
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, remains of Punic Quarter House
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution:
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, remains of temple with statue of bull Animal, Sanctuary
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution:
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Satyr with maenad Mythology, Sculpture
Date:
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Sarcophagus with a mixed Greek, Etruscan, and Egyptian influences Tomb
Date: BCE_0450c-BCE_0350c
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Sarcophagus with a mixed Greek, Etruscan, and Egyptian influences Tomb
Date: BCE_0450c-BCE_0350c
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Incense burner, woman's head Pottery, Utensil
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Urinating Hercules Mythology, Sculpture
Date:
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Tunis, Musée national de Bardo
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Urinating Hercules Mythology, Sculpture
Date:
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Tunis, Musée national de Bardo
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Dedication to Baal Hammon and Tanit Altar, inscription (Punic)
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Mosaic with Christian inscription Inscription (Latin), Mosaic
Date:
Category: Christianity
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Jar with Christian symbols Pottery
Date:
Category: Christianity
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Jar with Christian symbols Pottery
Date:
Category: Christianity
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Statue of carioteer and wife Sculpture
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Statue of Abundance Sculpture
Date: CE_0200c-CE_300c
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Womens head, Egyptian(?) Sculpture
Date: BCE_0600c-BCE_0500c
Category: Punic
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Statue of lion-goddess Deity, Sculpture
Date:
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Tunis, Musée national de Bardo
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Statue of lion-goddess Deity, Sculpture
Date:
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Tunis, Musée national de Bardo
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Head of lion-goddess Deity, Sculpture
Date:
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Tunis, Musée national de Bardo
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Head of lion-goddess Deity, Sculpture
Date:
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Tunis, Musée national de Bardo
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Statue of Baal-Hammon Deity, Sculpture
Date: CE_0001-CE_0100c
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Tunis, Musée national de Bardo
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Statue of Baal-Hammon Deity, Sculpture
Date: CE_0001-CE_0100c
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Tunis, Musée national de Bardo
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Ivory sphinx Jewelry, Mythology, Relief
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: London, British Museum
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Mosaic with female saint Mosaic
Date:
Category: Christianity
Institution: Tunis, Musée national de Bardo
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Roman Victory Deity, Sculpture
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Roman lady Sculpture
Date: CE_0200c-CE_0220c
Category: Punic
Institution: Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Roman relief of abundance Relief
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Stele dedicated to Tanit by Abdelmelqart Inscription (Punic), Tomb
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Stele dedicated to Tanit by Abdesmoun Inscription (Punic), Tomb
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Stele dedicated to Tanit by Gerastart Inscription (Punic), Tomb
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Offer servant, marble Relief
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Oil lamp with organ Musical instrument, Oil lamp
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Oenochoae (wine jug) Pottery
Date: BCE_0300c-BCE_0200c
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Dove-shaped vase for necropolis Animal, Pottery
Date: BCE_0400c-BCE_0200c
Category: Punic
Institution: Tunis, Musée national de Bardo
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Mosaic with horse training Animal, Mosaic
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Mosaic with female dancer Mosaic
Date:
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Mask of a male Relief
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Tunis, Musée national de Bardo
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Head of an Egyptian (?) male Sculpture
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Mask of a woman Relief
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Head of a bearded man Relief
Date:
Category: Punic
Institution: Carthage, Musée national de Carthage
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Carthage, Dioscure, Castor or Pollux? Mythology, Sculpture
Date:
Category: Roman Empire
Institution: Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Place of discovery: Carthage
Collection: Livius

Surroundings:

Roman Aqueduct

Carthage, War harbor

Carthage, War harbor, quay

Carthage, War harbor

Carthage, War harbor

Carthage, War harbor, remains of harbor facilities

Carthage, War harbor

Carthage, War harbor, remains of harbor facilities

Carthage, War harbor, model of harbor facilities

Carthage, War harbor, model of harbor facilities

Carthage War Harbor

Carthage, War harbor

Carthage War Harbor

Roman cisterns of Malga

Antonine Baths Carthage

Antonine Baths Carthage

Antonine Baths Carthage

Carthage, Mercantile harbor

Carthage, Harbors

Tophet

Tophet

Carthage, Tophet (Sacred precinct with children's tombs)

Carthage, Tophet (Sacred precinct with children's tombs)

Carthage, Tophet (Sacred precinct with children's tombs)

City

Location:

Tunisia, Carthage
geo:36.852558,10.323461
Exact location

Period or year:

-814 / unknown

Class:

City
visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Carthage (Phoenician Kart hadašt, "new city"): important ancient city, close to modern Tunis. http://www.livius.org/cao-caz/carthage/carthage.html

Voormalig hoofdstad van het Carthaagse Rijk, vernietigd en herbouwd door de Romeinen. Zie http://www.livius.org/place/carthage/

Relevant museums

National Museum von Carthago

National Museum von Carthago

Bardo Museum - Tunis

Bardo Museum - Tunis

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre

Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

The national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, located in Leiden

Allard Pierson Museum

Het Allard Pierson Museum is het archeologisch museum van de Universiteit van Amsterdam.

The British Museum

The British Museum has one of the world's largest collections of antiquities from the Classical world.

Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark

Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark

Nearby

Byrsa

Phoencian citadel above the harbour in ancient Carthage.

National Museum von Carthago

National Museum von Carthago

Bir Messaouda

Christian transept basilica which dates to the 6th century AD.