The Libyco-Punic Mausoleum of Dougga, also called the Mausoleum of Atban, dates to the 2nd century BC. The text says the city's citizens built it for a Numidian prince, possibly as a tomb or cenotaph for Massinissa, while the infobox says it is dedicated to Atban. The infobox gives Royal Numidian architecture.
It is 69 feet (21 m) high, in three levels on a five-step pedestal. The levels carry Aeolic pilasters, an Ionic naiskos colonnade, and a pyramid cap with griffons and a quadriga.
A bilingual Numidian and Punic-Libyan inscription, now in the British Museum, helped decipher the Numidian alphabet. In 1842 the British consul Thomas Reade seriously damaged the monument while removing it. Louis Poinssot reconstructed it from scattered pieces from 1908 to 1910. It is part of the UNESCO-listed Dougga site. The article gives no hours.
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