is also mentioned in inscriptions from Calama (CIL VIII, 5299 [p. 962] = CIL VIII, 17479) and Thubursicu Numidarum (ILAlg I, 1229). 6 Although not exclusively for them: Aiosa 2012, 323–24. To the list of North African cases, well-discussed by C. Kleinwächter (2001), one may add Sabratha: Aiosa 2012, 318–24; 2013, 198–202. Cf. also Cyrene: Aiosa 2013, 199. 7 Suggested by Emanuele Papi to be identified as the Curia Ulpia mentioned in one inscription (see p. 46, note 26). 8 Unfortunately, no evidence of the south portico is currently preserved. As a matter of fact, its structures, collapsed and fallen down the terrace, were entirely removed during the investigations by Borély first (1929–1930) and Boube later (since 1962). 9 The outer east edge of the frontal staircase’s first step lies exactly on the north-south axis of the plan. 10 As for pseudo-Corinthian and composite capitals with smooth leaves from Banasa, see Mugnai 2018, 262–63 and pl. 31. 11 For further reference in the Near East region, cf. Kahwagi-Janho 2020, passim; comparanda in Cilicia and along the southern cost of Asia Minor are mentioned in the review of the afore-mentioned book by M. Grawehr. See: https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2022/2022.06.10/ (accessed 10 June 2022). For preliminary observations on this topic see Mazzilli 2020, 900–1, with previous bibliography.
{"title":"L'AUTOMNE DE L'AFRIQUE ROMAINE. HOMMAGE A CLAUDE LEPELLEY By Xavier Dupuis, Valérie Fauvinet-Ranson, Christophe J. Goddard, Hervé Inglebert (dir.) Paris, Hermann, 2021. ISBN 9791037005441, pp. 676. Price : €67.99 (paperback)","authors":"Mohamed-Arbi Nsiri","doi":"10.1017/lis.2022.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lis.2022.9","url":null,"abstract":"is also mentioned in inscriptions from Calama (CIL VIII, 5299 [p. 962] = CIL VIII, 17479) and Thubursicu Numidarum (ILAlg I, 1229). 6 Although not exclusively for them: Aiosa 2012, 323–24. To the list of North African cases, well-discussed by C. Kleinwächter (2001), one may add Sabratha: Aiosa 2012, 318–24; 2013, 198–202. Cf. also Cyrene: Aiosa 2013, 199. 7 Suggested by Emanuele Papi to be identified as the Curia Ulpia mentioned in one inscription (see p. 46, note 26). 8 Unfortunately, no evidence of the south portico is currently preserved. As a matter of fact, its structures, collapsed and fallen down the terrace, were entirely removed during the investigations by Borély first (1929–1930) and Boube later (since 1962). 9 The outer east edge of the frontal staircase’s first step lies exactly on the north-south axis of the plan. 10 As for pseudo-Corinthian and composite capitals with smooth leaves from Banasa, see Mugnai 2018, 262–63 and pl. 31. 11 For further reference in the Near East region, cf. Kahwagi-Janho 2020, passim; comparanda in Cilicia and along the southern cost of Asia Minor are mentioned in the review of the afore-mentioned book by M. Grawehr. See: https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2022/2022.06.10/ (accessed 10 June 2022). For preliminary observations on this topic see Mazzilli 2020, 900–1, with previous bibliography.","PeriodicalId":40059,"journal":{"name":"Libyan Studies","volume":"53 1","pages":"180 - 182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47159181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Early Islamic religious architecture in North Africa displays a marked change from earlier Classical and Christian buildings in their general neglect of exteriors in favour of interior (i.e., courtyard) façades. This feature may be due partly to the nature of Islamic worship, as it was common to virtually all early mosques, yet builders in the central and eastern lands of Islam soon began to adopt such exteriorizing features as domes, towers, and colourful decoration. Maghribi builders, however, maintained their preference for modest exteriors for many centuries, mostly focusing decoration on interior façades and spaces, and differentiating it from much Islamic architecture elsewhere.
{"title":"Exterior vs. interior in early Maghribi mosques","authors":"J. Bloom","doi":"10.1017/lis.2022.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lis.2022.7","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Early Islamic religious architecture in North Africa displays a marked change from earlier Classical and Christian buildings in their general neglect of exteriors in favour of interior (i.e., courtyard) façades. This feature may be due partly to the nature of Islamic worship, as it was common to virtually all early mosques, yet builders in the central and eastern lands of Islam soon began to adopt such exteriorizing features as domes, towers, and colourful decoration. Maghribi builders, however, maintained their preference for modest exteriors for many centuries, mostly focusing decoration on interior façades and spaces, and differentiating it from much Islamic architecture elsewhere.","PeriodicalId":40059,"journal":{"name":"Libyan Studies","volume":"53 1","pages":"161 - 172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44705329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Situated on the westernmost corner of the Southern Necropolis, Tomb S181 is an important rock-cut monument, unlike any other thus far known in Cyrene. The presence of a Doric false peristyle running all around the chamber is unique in the context of the Cyrenean funerary culture, as it seems to elaborate and modify the model of the Internal Doric Frieze (seen in famous tombs of the near-by Western Necropolis) in a new, previously unpublished solution. Tomb S181 casts further light on the complicated relationship with the Alexandrian funerary world. This paper describes the tomb and considers it from multiple and different points of view: traditional art-historical comparisons are sought in order to cast light on the chronology but, on the other hand, the display strategies are also analyzed to reconstruct the importance of this monument for the Cyrenean monumental funerary tradition. Tomb S181 is certainly a hybrid entity, the product of a local culture accepting but also deeply modifying Alexandrian influences in terms of architecture and, possibly, also of funerary ritual behaviours. Tomb S181 clearly attests the vitality of rock-cut funerary architecture in Cyrene during the Hellenistic period.
{"title":"Tomb S181 in Cyrene and its Doric false peristyle","authors":"Luca Cherstich","doi":"10.1017/lis.2022.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lis.2022.5","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Situated on the westernmost corner of the Southern Necropolis, Tomb S181 is an important rock-cut monument, unlike any other thus far known in Cyrene. The presence of a Doric false peristyle running all around the chamber is unique in the context of the Cyrenean funerary culture, as it seems to elaborate and modify the model of the Internal Doric Frieze (seen in famous tombs of the near-by Western Necropolis) in a new, previously unpublished solution. Tomb S181 casts further light on the complicated relationship with the Alexandrian funerary world. This paper describes the tomb and considers it from multiple and different points of view: traditional art-historical comparisons are sought in order to cast light on the chronology but, on the other hand, the display strategies are also analyzed to reconstruct the importance of this monument for the Cyrenean monumental funerary tradition. Tomb S181 is certainly a hybrid entity, the product of a local culture accepting but also deeply modifying Alexandrian influences in terms of architecture and, possibly, also of funerary ritual behaviours. Tomb S181 clearly attests the vitality of rock-cut funerary architecture in Cyrene during the Hellenistic period.","PeriodicalId":40059,"journal":{"name":"Libyan Studies","volume":"53 1","pages":"37 - 47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46363216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract This article showcases the importance of preserving the neglected mosaic floors in Cyrene, especially during the last decade when foreign missions have had limited access due to the uprising of February 2011. With the limited resources available to them, the author and his colleagues at the local restoration department sought to protect the cultural heritage of Libya at an extremely challenging time. This article highlights the tangible results of their efforts.
{"title":"Recent mosaic floors restorations in Cyrene","authors":"Adel Othman El Mayer","doi":"10.1017/lis.2021.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lis.2021.20","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article showcases the importance of preserving the neglected mosaic floors in Cyrene, especially during the last decade when foreign missions have had limited access due to the uprising of February 2011. With the limited resources available to them, the author and his colleagues at the local restoration department sought to protect the cultural heritage of Libya at an extremely challenging time. This article highlights the tangible results of their efforts.","PeriodicalId":40059,"journal":{"name":"Libyan Studies","volume":"52 1","pages":"182 - 187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42091257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mohammed Ibrahim Khalifa al-Mashai 1 January 1957–2 April 2021","authors":"D. Mattingly","doi":"10.1017/lis.2021.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lis.2021.21","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40059,"journal":{"name":"Libyan Studies","volume":"52 1","pages":"11 - 11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44953115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The area encompassing the Acacus and Messak mountains in South Western Libya, similarly to the other central Saharan massifs, is characterized by a deeply eroded landscape where Quaternary geo-archaeological archives are rare, especially Pleistocene ones, making it difficult to understand and contextualize past human dynamics within a solid chrono-paleoenvironmental framework. Except for the few caves and open-air contexts where Pleistocene sedimentary sequences are preserved, the vast majority of archaeological evidence from the region is represented by lithic artefacts found on the surface of deflated open-air sites. Nonetheless, artefacts still stand as the main references used to build a rough framework for population dynamics through time. Although the evidence is not as solid as we would like, it allows us to at least reconsider connecting the human presence solely to ‘green’ phases, as a number of population dynamics related to arid landscapes have inferably occurred in the late Middle Pleistocene and in the Late Pleistocene. Coping with changing or difficult ecological settings could have been a driver at different times for behavioral adjustment, large scale displacement, increased interactions between populations and diffusion of technological innovations.
{"title":"A tentative tale of Stone Age human dynamics in Pleistocene south-western Libya (central Sahara)","authors":"Emanuele Cancellieri","doi":"10.1017/lis.2021.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lis.2021.18","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The area encompassing the Acacus and Messak mountains in South Western Libya, similarly to the other central Saharan massifs, is characterized by a deeply eroded landscape where Quaternary geo-archaeological archives are rare, especially Pleistocene ones, making it difficult to understand and contextualize past human dynamics within a solid chrono-paleoenvironmental framework. Except for the few caves and open-air contexts where Pleistocene sedimentary sequences are preserved, the vast majority of archaeological evidence from the region is represented by lithic artefacts found on the surface of deflated open-air sites. Nonetheless, artefacts still stand as the main references used to build a rough framework for population dynamics through time. Although the evidence is not as solid as we would like, it allows us to at least reconsider connecting the human presence solely to ‘green’ phases, as a number of population dynamics related to arid landscapes have inferably occurred in the late Middle Pleistocene and in the Late Pleistocene. Coping with changing or difficult ecological settings could have been a driver at different times for behavioral adjustment, large scale displacement, increased interactions between populations and diffusion of technological innovations.","PeriodicalId":40059,"journal":{"name":"Libyan Studies","volume":"52 1","pages":"36 - 53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42312625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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