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Motya (Mozia)
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On this page, you will find some pictures from the small museum on the isle of Motya, which is in the "Villa Whittaker", called after the archaeologist who -after Heinrich Schliemann had abandoned the site- started the excavations.

Pictures marked with * are from the nearby museum of Marsala.

This first photo shows the splendid marble 'charioteer of Motya', which is just a bit larger than life-size, and was discovered in 1979. It resembles the more famous Delphian charioteer, which is not very much older. Stylistically, the statue from Motya can be dated to the second quarter of the fifth century ("wet drapery style") and it was made by a very capable Greek artist. His lost right hand may have carried a wreath or have waved to the audience. Some say the man carried a club, in which case this statue represent is not a charioteer but the demigod Heracles.

The three sepulchral steles below date back to the end of the sixth or the beginning of the fifth century. They were discovered at the necropolis.
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LKT, son of 'BDY*
  
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Greek-Phoenician female mask
end of the sixth century
Male mask
end of the sixth century
Egyptianizing female mask
end of the sixth century
Greek-Phoenician female mask
end of the sixth century
A Greek terracotta mask from the end of the sixth or beginning of the fifth century.*
Greek plate from the fourth century. It must have belonged to people who lived in one of the mansions like the Villa of the Mosaics, which were built after Motya had been sacked by Dionysius of Syracuse.
And finally, a couple of nice bronzes, now in the Museo Archeologico Regionale "Antonio Salinas" in Palermo.
 
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