Carthage tower model

The Carthage tower model is a limestone model of a tower with a Punic inscription, found in Carthage by Nathan [Davis (traveller)|Nathan Davis] in 1856–58 in Husainid Tunisia.
It has a diameter of 13.3 cm and a height of 41.1 cm. It is in the British Museum, with ID number 125324.
Of all the inscriptions found by Davis, it was one of just three that was not a traditional Carthaginian tombstone - the other two being number 71 and number 90, which contained a bevelled architectural ornamentation.
Donald Harden wrote that it may represent a lighthouse or a watch tower, and may provide evidence for a type of multistory building in Carthaginian architecture. The model appears to show three stories, and may have originally been more; the bottom arch is considered to be a door, the middle story contains three shallow round arched windows, and part of a top story with five deeper and narrower windows with their tops missing. CIS wrote that: “The cippus is round, rising in the form of a tower, in the lower part of which is an arched gate, and above it three windows are shaped in the same manner as a vault. The top of the tower is finned.“
The inscription states:

To the lady Tanit face of Baal and to the lord to Baal Hammon which vowed Bodmelqart son of 'Abdmelqart son of Himilkot for he heard his voice, and blessed him.