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Khaled Ben Slimane, ceramic plates (tabaq)
'The objects remind me of my faith (Islam) having Arabic wri…
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Nja Mahdaoui, a double membrane drum
This drum is decorated by Nja Mahdaoui (born 1937), one of T…
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White water-pot with inbuilt strainer
This vessel is painted in vegetable dye with geometric motif…
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Woman's tunic
In Mahdia, cotton tunics ( qmajja tawaliy ) are worn today a…
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Bowl with appliqué decoration
The bowl is made in a thin, fine clay, typical of central Tu…
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Limestone stela with a dedication to Baal
This stela comes from a religious precinct known as the toph…
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Bowl from the Carthage Treasure
The bowl is decorated with five pastoral scenes, four around…
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Woman's head shawl (ta'jira)
Many of the bright colours used on textiles in North Africa …
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Woman's shawl (bakhnuq)
The range of textiles produced throughout North Africa share…
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Byzantine solidus and its Islamic imitation
Small heavy solidi were struck in the early seventh century …
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Burial urn
This urn comes from a religious precinct in Carthage known a…
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Limestone stela with images of the goddess Tanit
This stela comes from a religious precinct in Carthage known…
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Stone stela
One morning in Spring 2000, while checking objects in the ba…
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Clay mask
This mask was found in a tomb and was designed to frighten a…
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Terracotta female figurine
This fired clay female figurine comes from a tomb in the ric…
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Silver bowl from the Carthage Treasure
This simple, elegant vessel has a hemispherical bowl on a hi…
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Woman's ceremonial garment (biskri)
Wedding ceremonies in North Africa are not simply celebratio…
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Nummus of Diocletian
Almost all Roman emperors left imperial office by dying. If …
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Silver double shekel of Carthage
The city of Carthage was founded by Phoenician settlers and …
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Head from a marble statue of Vespasian
This naturalistic portrait of the emperor Vespasian (reigned…
