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The Tomb of Grenna, Cyrene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

James Copland Thorn ,
Dorothy May Thorn  and
Luca Cherstich
James Copland Thorn
Affiliation:
West Wickham, Kent, UK
Dorothy May Thorn
Affiliation:
West Wickham, Kent, UK
Luca Cherstich
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford, UK
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Abstract

This tomb, recorded by Jean-Raimond Pacho in 1825 and partially excavated in 1848 by Vattier de Bourville, contained four decorated marble sarcophagi, three of them placed in large recesses, the fourth on the floor of the central hall. It was next mentioned in 1949 by Morgan, the Antiquities Officer, and recorded by Cassels in 1954. In 1958 Goodchild and Ward-Perkins partially cleared it, but left no known account of their findings. In 2000 James Thorn found that the interior walls were originally clad with marble veneer and the floor was mosaic, evidently a tomb of imperial grandeur.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 39 , 2008 , pp. 95 - 116
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 2008

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