The Garden Tomb is a remarkable funerary complex in the Southern Necropolis of Cyrene, consisting of two burial chambers set within a courtyard with a monumental Doric façade. The architectural arrangement of the main tomb, most likely dating back to the fourth century BC, shows at least three phases of re-use and alterations of the original interior, in use until the Late Imperial period. Three sculptures belonging to the tomb and the decorative features of the exterior (entrance door kymation) and interior (red, blue and ochre wall paint in the main burial) of the monument are noteworthy. The epigraphic apparatus, drawn in charcoal on the walls of the main burial, is significant both in terms of the form of the letters and its content: one of the two inscriptions appears to give the price of loculi for sale. [with apologies to readers, see also Corrigendum LibSt 46 p. 177 for some Greek characters of the inscriptions incorrectly transmitted in publication process]

Documenting an unknown funerary complex at Cyrene. ‘The Garden Tomb’. Architectural evolution and epigraphic issues / Cinalli, Angela. - In: LIBYAN STUDIES. - ISSN 0263-7189. - 45:(2014), pp. 7-18. [10.1017/lis.2014.5]

Documenting an unknown funerary complex at Cyrene. ‘The Garden Tomb’. Architectural evolution and epigraphic issues

Angela Cinalli
2014

Abstract

The Garden Tomb is a remarkable funerary complex in the Southern Necropolis of Cyrene, consisting of two burial chambers set within a courtyard with a monumental Doric façade. The architectural arrangement of the main tomb, most likely dating back to the fourth century BC, shows at least three phases of re-use and alterations of the original interior, in use until the Late Imperial period. Three sculptures belonging to the tomb and the decorative features of the exterior (entrance door kymation) and interior (red, blue and ochre wall paint in the main burial) of the monument are noteworthy. The epigraphic apparatus, drawn in charcoal on the walls of the main burial, is significant both in terms of the form of the letters and its content: one of the two inscriptions appears to give the price of loculi for sale. [with apologies to readers, see also Corrigendum LibSt 46 p. 177 for some Greek characters of the inscriptions incorrectly transmitted in publication process]
2014
funerary archaeology and epigraphy; Ancient Cyrene; necropolis; painted inscriptions; Cyrenaean arcosolia
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Documenting an unknown funerary complex at Cyrene. ‘The Garden Tomb’. Architectural evolution and epigraphic issues / Cinalli, Angela. - In: LIBYAN STUDIES. - ISSN 0263-7189. - 45:(2014), pp. 7-18. [10.1017/lis.2014.5]
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