Libyco-Punic Mausoleum of Dougga

Libyco-Punic Mausoleum of Dougga
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36°25′13″N 9°13′12″E / 36.420162°N 9.220131°E / 36.420162; 9.220131
LocationDougga, Tunisia
TypeRoyal Numidian Architecture[1]
Completion date2nd century BC
Dedicated toAtban, son of Iepmatah son of Palu

The Libyco-Punic Mausoleum of Dougga (Mausoleum of Atban) is an ancient mausoleum located in Dougga, Tunisia. It is one of three examples of the royal architecture of Numidia, which is in a good state of preservation and dates to the second century BC. It was restored by the government of French Tunisia between 1908 and 1910.[2]

As part of the site of Dougga, the mausoleum is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. On 17 January 2012, the Tunisian government proposed it be included in a future classification of the royal mausoleums of Numidia and Mauretania and other pre-Islamic funerary monuments.[3]

  1. ^ Quinn, J. (2013). Monumental power: 'Numidian Royal Architecture' in context. In J. Prag & J. Quinn (Eds.), The Hellenistic West: Rethinking the Ancient Mediterranean (pp. 179-215). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139505987.008
  2. ^ Poinssot Louis. La restauration du mausolée de Dougga. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 54e année, N. 9, 1910. pp. 780-787. DOI : https://doi.org/10.3406/crai.1910.72733
  3. ^ (in French) Dossier des mausolées royaux de Numidie, de la Maurétanie et des monuments funéraires pré-islamiques (Unesco)

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