Makthar Museum

The Roman-era items are quite diverse, including funerary furniture as well as life-related artifacts, particularly the daily life, of the small city.

Among the objects of daily life, a showcase presents a collection of oil lamps from various periods, coins, ceramics, and also a display of ancient glassware.

Another mosaic depicts Venus bathing, the deity undressing, leaning against a tree, and surrounded by two cherubs bringing her flowers.

A lion, dating back to the 1st century and belonging to an older Numidian-Punic tradition, is visible, although a better-preserved specimen is located in the Bardo National Museum.

[7] More generally, the texts provided by the site are very interesting for the knowledge of ancient Africa: the onomastics appearing in the exhibited works concern names of individuals belonging to a local population undergoing Romanization.The finds on display in this department of the museum bear witness to the Christianity establishment in the region.

The Paleochristian and Byzantine period is represented by marble fragments from gravestones of Christian tombs, some of which feature delicate incised decorations.

Libyan-Punic stele with naive sculpture bust and inscription.
Detail of animal mosaic (leaping hare).