Squeeze / Paper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: T2019.040
Other Object Numbers: Squeeze No. 29 (Bruehl Number)
Object Name: Squeeze
Object Category: Inscription
Object Type: Squeezes
Full Artifact Description: Incised decoration: Depicts rectangular, gabled stela with triangular, double-outlined symbol of Tanit below crescent moon with down-turned horns; inscription beneath symbol. Tanit double outlined with compass point etched into center of disk. Inscription legible and well spaced. Overall condition of stela apparently quite good, with few small fragments missing from left gable and horn of moon on right side.; Inscription: 3 lines
Cultures: Carthaginian
Materials: Paper
Technique: Mold
Language: Punic

Measurements

Width: 13.1 cm; 12.2 cm
Height: 45.3 cm; 33.5 cm
Measurement Notes: Height and width of squeeze; Height and width of iconography

Date

Earliest Date: 600 BCE
Latest Date: 200 BCE

Provenance

Nearest Named Place: Tunis, Tunisia
Geography: North Africa
Nearest Named Place: Carthage

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum, Vol. III (Tabulae). Académie des inscriptions et belles lettres. Paris: Reipublicae Typographeo, 1926.

The University of Michigan Museums of Art and Archaeology Bulletin - v. 12, 1997-2000. Bruehl, Eric. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 2000.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: T2019.040
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-t2019.040/1

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Full citation: "Squeeze; Paper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-t2019.040/1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 30, 2025.