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stela
Object Type
stela
Museum number
125244
Description
Upper part of a well-gabled limestone stele with decoration in low relief. No inscription. In the apex is a Tanit symbol on a narrow pedestal with an eight-petalled rosette in the triangle. Below a moulded lintel which separates the pediment from the body of the stele is an ostrich passant to the left, eating from an upright bundle, possibly a wheatsheaf.
Cultures/periods
Phoenician/Punic
Production date
4thC BC-2ndC BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Nathan Davis
Excavated by:
Sir Thomas Reade
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Carthage
Materials
limestone
Dimensions
Height:
27.60 centimetres
((of joined objects))
Width:
16.60 centimetres
((of joined objects))
Depth:
9.50 centimetres
((of joined objects))
Curator's comments
Attached to 1857,1218.82 (BM.125245).
Bibliographic references
Mendelson C 1999 / Manuscript catalogue of Punic stelae in the BM
(P5)
Mendleson C 1995a / Punic stelae in the British Museum
(pp.261-62, fig.6)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Incomplete; upper part of object only.
Subjects
bird
religious building
flower
Associated names
Representation of:
Tanit
Funder name
Funded by:
Government of United Kingdom
Acquisition date
1857
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
125244
Registration number
1857,1218.77
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
482
(old exhibition number)
Miscellaneous number:
99
(old exhibition number)