Ptolemais Museum

Voorburg, R.; Lendering, J.

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Location

Libya, Madīnat Ţulmaythah
geo:32.712784,20.947117
Location: correct and verified

Classification

museum

Identifiers

livius:museum/tolmeitha-museum-of-ptolemais

Ptolemais Museum

data access 18049

See http://www.temehu.com/Cities_sites/Tolmeita.htm

Museum with finds from the Hellenistic-Roman-Byzantine city of Ptolemais.

Nearby sites

Ptolemias Lighthouse
Ptolemias Lighthouse
Ptolemais, Harbour
Ancient Port of Ptolemais
Ptolemais, House of Paulus
Villa of Paulus.
Arch of Constantine, Ptolemais
Arch of Constantine

Ptolemais, Palace of the Columns, Capital

Ptolemais, Palace of the Columns, Capitals

Ptolemais, Palace of the Columns, Mosaic of a rooster

Ptolemais, Palace of the Columns, Mosaic of fish

Ptolemais, Palace of the Columns, Mosaic of a lion and an ass

Ptolemais, Palace of the Columns, Mosaic

Ptolemais, Dedication to Galerius, Constantine, and Licinius

Ptolemais, Inscription mentioning III Augusta

Ptolemais, Fountain of the Dancing Maenads (Late Hellenistic copy of fifth-century original)

Ptolemais, Relief of a woman and her servant

Ptolemais, Tombstone of the gladiator Hermes

Ptolemais, Tombstone of the gladiator Hippomedon

Ptolemais, Tombstone of the gladiator Hippomedon, Inscription

Ptolemais, Tombstone of the gladiator Hippomedon, Victories

Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by René Voorburg (2014-01-19) , last updated by Jona Lendering (2014-09-06), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/18049
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: Voorburg, R. and Lendering, J., Ptolemais Museum. https://vici.org/vici/18049, accessed 2026-07-17.