Henchir Hnich

settlement · 30 BC – 2099 AD

Discovered in 2013, this site in the modern Oued Ellouz sector of Tunisia lies 3.5km west of ancient Musti (modern Henchir Mest). Excavators interpret the site as a rural settlement of an imperial estate. The only known copy of an inscribed "lex de agris rudibus" of the emperor Hadrian was discovered here (unpublished as of January 2022).

Coordinates
36.34784, 9.10115
Also known as
Henchir Hnich, Hnich (Henchir) (fr)
Dating
attested

Sources

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