Mózia - Museum

Some of the finds from Motya, from the necropolis at Birgi on the mainland and in part from Lilybaeum can be seen in the Archeological Museum in Palermo, others in the new museum at Marsala and the remainder in the museum on the island itself. Here opposite the entrance stands a large relief depicting two lions overcoming a bull. The museum contains a rich collection of Punic gravestones and ceramics.

The most important exhibit is a marble statue, which was discovered in 1978. In scale somewhat larger than life, it has been preserved unblemished except for its arms and feet. It is of a young man in a close-fitting pleated robe; round his chest he is wearing a broad band which, with the garment, suggests Carthaginian influences