Cherchell Neopunic inscriptions

[1] Both were acquired by the Louvre from Achille Schmitter, collector of customs in Cherchell, with assistance from Antoine Héron de Villefosse.

[2][3] The second stele mentions Micipsa, son of Masinissa, and is dated to 118 BCE.

[4] A prior Neopunic inscription was discovered in Cherchell in 1847, published in 1859, on a copper alloy cymbal.

[5] This inscription was discovered in February 1875 in a field, on the road to Tenès.

[8][9] The inscription reads:[6] The Micipsa was acquired by the Louvre in 1882 from Schmitter; it is thought to have originated in the Porte de Tenez, where Schmitter reported making other discoveries.