Aerial view of the theater and odeon at Carthago (Carthage). The drawing is in portrait format. It is framed in ink. Inscriptions and traces of watercolor are visible in the margins.
The upper part of the drawing features the city’s theater. The semicircular cavea houses the tiers, subdivided into three levels. It is enclosed on its diameter by the stage wall (frons scaenae), richly decorated with architectural features. A pleasure garden, surrounded by a colonnaded portico, is located behind the theater. The odeon is located in the lower part of the drawing. Only part of the cavea is visible.
the cavea.