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Beccut Cippus
The Beccut cippus is an Artifact (archaeology), archaeological artifact found in 1953 in Maktar, Makthar (Tunisia). It is preserved in the town's Makthar Museum, archaeological museum, opened in 1967. Along with the famous Makthar harvester inscription unearthed in the late 19th century and preserved in the Louvre, the cippus is one of the few Epigraphy, epigraphic documents found on this site to have been engraved with a Poetry, poetic text. This third century text evokes the memory of a deceased young woman. Despite the clumsiness of the wording, written in a provincial context, it provides information on the social and religious life of the town, and is a valuable insight into the Romanization (cultural), Romanization of this part of Roman Africa and the integration of populations of Numidian origin at the end of the . History Ancient history of Makthar up to the 3rd century The Beccut cippus is a funerary monument discovered in Makthar by site supervisor Herranz during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makthar Museum
The Makthar Museum is a small Tunisia, Tunisian museum, inaugurated in 1967, located on the Makthar Archaeological Site, Makthar archaeological site, the ancient ''Mactaris''. Initially a simple site museum using a building constructed to serve as a café on the site of a marabout, it comprises three rooms, some of which are displayed outside in a lapidary garden. Additionally, just behind the museum are the remains of a basilica. The collection, primarily consisting of items found during excavations conducted on the site or in its immediate vicinity, is representative of the history of Tunisia from the Ancient Carthage, Punic-Numidia, Numidian period to the end of the Ancient history, including traces of Christianity in the Exarchate of Africa, Byzantine era. Punic and Neo-punic items The site did not yield any remains from the earliest Phoenician settlement in North Africa. However, the Punic or Neo-Punic collections, representing Punic civilization but dating from a period a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
