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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...

A priestess with open arms. Red terracotta figurine (5th BCE) from the necropolis of Saint Monica, Carthago. 27 x 26,5 cm Inv. AO 4426
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A priestess with open arms. Red terracotta figurine...

Incense burner. Terracotta (5th BCE) from Dermech, Carthago. 22 x 13 cm Inv. AO 3267
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Incense burner. Terracotta (5th BCE) from Dermech, Carthago....

Lion-headed Genius Terrae Africae. Terracotta statue (4th BCE) (reconstruction). Height 150 cm
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Lion-headed Genius Terrae Africae. Terracotta statue (4th B...

The sign of Tanit, chief goddess of the Phoenicians. Upper part of a votive stele with engraving of a bottle. White limestone (4th BCE), from a Tophet, the enclosed area for sacrifice, Carthago. Height 62 cm
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The sign of Tanit, chief goddess of the Phoenicians. Upper part of a votive s...

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

Date palm tree engraved on a votive stele with triangular gable (3rd BCE), top damaged, from the Tophet of Carthago. Height 91 cm
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Date palm tree engraved on a votive stele with triangular gable (3...