THE 101 MASTERPIECES
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Trilobed mosaic representing a rural farm: The Master’s House
A mosaic panel representing a villa located in the centre of a large g...
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Trilobed mosaic representing an agricultural holding: The stables
The pars rustica (stables and warehouses) of a Roman villa situated in...
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Dionysos punishing the pirates
Corresponding to this mosaic pavement, another panel depicts another H...
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Fresco: Dionysos on a panther
A fresco in a bad state of preservation in spite of the restoration of...
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Campanian armour in gilded bronze
Cuirass Armor made up of a drill plate and a backing decorated by the ...
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A lion and four millet stems
A mosaic panel representing a lion with a human-featured head
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Diane the Huntress
This magnificent mosaic panel represents Diane the Huntress in the mid...
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Empress Lucilla, Lucius Verus’ wife
A statue of a woman depicted en Ceres while holding ears of wheat
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Septimus Severus
A portrait of Septimus Severus, an Emperor of African origins (197-211...
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Sarcophagus of “the Erudite Child” and the Seasons
Occupying the front of a marble tomb, seven characters are divided on ...
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Emperor Gordien I
Gordien, Africa’s pre-consul, was crowned emperor in Carthage in 236 t...
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A votive stele with four registers
Votive stele with registers. The higher register is reserved for the s...
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Negroid grinning masks
Grinning mask.Between eyebrows, a disk in relief enclosed by the lunar...
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Avotive stele under the form of the so-called "Tanit" sign
Votive stele shaped in the sign of Tanit
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A votive stele with a triangular pediment
Obelisk-shaped stele depicting a priest carrying a child ready to be s...
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Water jug in terra sigillata
A water jug decorated with embossed appliqués and recessed ornaments
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Assembly of eight Libyc divinities
A flattened-relief plate representing eight busts including seven men’...
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A dual tomb representing a scribe or a banker and an orant
A funerary mosaic representing two characters
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Abraham’s Sacrifice
A Christian square tile in terracotta representing a theme borrowed fr...
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Adam and Eve in the earthly paradise
A Christian square tile in terracotta representing a biblical scene
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A Gallic legionnaire born in Lyon and deceased in Africa
A funerary stele of a Gallic legionnaire
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Portrait of a deceased man taken for Eleusinian Hercules
A heroised deceased man initiated to the cult of Hercules
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A colossal statue of seated Jupiter Capitolinus
Seated Jupiter Capitolinus. This is a replica of Olympian Zeus brandis...
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A character wearing military gear
A big terracotta statue representing a character (undoubtedly an emper...
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Chariot race in a circus
A circus game representation where chariot races, which thrill Roman-A...
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Poseidon’s Triumph and the four Seasons
Poseidon, god of the sea, on his chariot accompanied by a Triton and a...
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Bestiarii feasting in the arena
A banquet of gladiators talking to each other and feasting in the aren...
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Carthaginian coins
A Punic electrum monetary archetype representing a stopping horse on a...
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The crowning of Venus
During the games celebrated in honour of Venus
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A Numidian coin
A king's laurel-crowned head turned to the left
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Concorde Panthée
The head is veiled and crowned with wheat ears while the left hand is ...
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Relievo with Maenads
A fragment of bas-relief of neo-Attica style representing dancing Maen...
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Chemtou's Treasure
A treasure composed of 1648 golden coins found in a common pottery jug...
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A Roman empress
Impératrice romaine (peut-être Faustine II, femme de Marc-Aurèle)
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A Satyr getting ready to dash
A Satyr ready to dashtowards his opponent who is supposed to face him
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Dionysos' Hermes
Dionysos' Hermes under the form of a pillar. The god is in a motionles...
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Faiencetiles
A collection of wall-covering tiles forming a panel
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Two-handled jar
A jar with two handles
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Dedication of the HammamLif synagogue prayer room
A mosaic bearing the dedication of saint synagogue (sancta synagoga)
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A golden necklace with semi-precious stones
A golden necklace with semi-precious stones and coloured pastes and a ...
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L’empereur Lucius Verus
Tête de Lucius Verus, frère adoptif de Marc Aurèle et co- empereur.
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The so-called ‘Nanny’s Quran’
This Quran was written in a waqf (mortmain) for the Great Mosque of Ka...
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A votive stele dedicated to Saturn
Scenes of sacrifice and works in the rural domain of the dedicator, a ...
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The seven days of the week
A mosaic representing the seven days of the week and the signs of the ...
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The first Islamic coin in Ifriqiya
The first Islamic coin in Ifriqiya (obverse and reverse) minted toward...
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A flat or planispheric Astrolabe
This portable instrument was produced in Tunis by Ahmad Ibn Ibrahim Al...
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