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Mirror handle depicting a female figure with an        
Egyptian wig. She wears a long robe with belt and      
holds her breasts with her hands, a gesture common     
to many oriental mother goddesses.                     
From the necropolis of Carthage, height 13 cm
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Mirror handle depicting a female figure with an Egyptian wig. She wears...

Baking bread. A woman shoves a loaf into the oven      
while a child looks on. From the necropolis            
of Carthago.                                           
Red terracotta (6th BCE).                              
Length 12 cm
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Baking bread. A woman shoves a loaf into the oven while a child looks on....

Tambourine player.                                     
Terracotta (6th BCE) from the Punic                    
necropolis at Dhar el Morali, Carthago.                
Height 33 cm
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Tambourine player. Terracotta (6th BCE) fro...

Female musician playing the double flute.              
Terracotta (4th BCE), from the Punic                   
necropolis of Borj Jdid, Carthago.                     
Height 23 cm                                           
Inv. 899.27
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Female musician playing the double flute. Terracotta (4th BCE), fr...

Sitting goddess wearing a heavy pectoral               
with globular pendants,                                
bust surrounded by a heavy veil.                       
Reddish ochre terracotta (4th BCE), from               
the Punic necropolis St. Louis, Carthago.
#11010410

Sitting goddess wearing a heavy pectoral with globular pendants,...

Funerary stele shaped like a woman, with a veil        
covering head and shoulders. Limestone (4th BCE),      
from the Punic necropolis of St. Monica, Carthago.     
Height 7.35 cm                                         
Inv. 03.19
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Funerary stele shaped like a woman, with a veil covering head and should...

Aphrodite carried by a swan.                           
Ivory plaque for a jewelry box (3rd CE),               
from the necropolis at Carthago.                       
10 x 6.5 cm
#11010412

Aphrodite carried by a swan. Ivory plaque for a jewel...

Head of a youth and four lines of inscription          
engraved on a votive stele. White limestone from       
the Tophet of Carthago (late 4th, early 3rd BCE).      
Height 75 cm                                           
Inv. 182
#11010413

Head of a youth and four lines of inscription engraved on a votive ste...

Sign of Tanit, chief goddess of the Phoenicians,       
and a sculptured ship's prow in the middle.            
Section of a votive stele with triangular gable.       
Whitish limestone from the Tophet of Carthago.         
3rd BCE. Height 47 cm
#11010415

Sign of Tanit, chief goddess of the Phoenicians, and a sculptured ship's...

Crouching figure wearing a tunic. Bas-relief           
on a grey limestone votive stele (3rd BCE) with        
triangular gable, from the Tophet of Carthago.         
Height 64 cm
#11010417

Crouching figure wearing a tunic. Bas-relief on a grey limestone voti...

A bull and a ram. Sacrificial scene on a votive stele  
consecrated to Saturn. White marble from               
the Sanctuary of Saturn at the western point of        
the Jebel Bou Kornein near Carthago (195 CE).          
26 x 38 x 2.3 cm
#11010422

A bull and a ram. Sacrificial scene on a votive stele consecrated to Saturn. W...

Votive stele consecrated to Saturn on Nov. 8, 323 CE.  
Saturn enthroned (top). Sacrifice of a ram (centre).   
Dedication (bottom).                                   
Sandstone (4th CE), from the region of ancient Vaga.   
115 x 50 x 14 cm. Depot of INAA
#11010424

Votive stele consecrated to Saturn on Nov. 8, 323 CE. Saturn enthroned (top)....