Nipṭasan

View over the forum to the Capitol in Thugga, to the left the remains of the temple for King Massinissa

Nipṭasan ( Punic NPṬSN), son of Schafot , was a Punic or Numidian architect who worked in the middle of the 2nd century BC. In the Numidian city of Thugga .

Nipṭasan built together with the architect Ḥanno 139-138 BC. A temple donated by the citizens of the city for the cult of the late King Massinissa . His name can be found on an undecorated limestone cuboid on which there is a bilingual in Punic and Numidian .

The inscription was found immediately west of the Capitol on the place of the wind rose , which is why the limestone cube is assigned to a limestone building on the city's forum that has only survived in remains. The condition of the building does not allow a reconstruction, however, due to structural features and ceramic finds, it can be safely traced back to the second century BC. To date.

literature

Christian Leschke: Nipṭasan. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 580.

Remarks

^ Tunis , Bardo National Museum , inventory number D 1127

personal data
SURNAME	Nipṭasan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Punic or Numidian architect
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.

[1] Tunis , Bardo National Museum , inventory number D 1127