^{page 37 note 1} The problem of the transliteration of names is a difficult one. In spite of attempts to produce a modern and uniform version great variation still exists, and no matter what form is used here someone will object. I intend, therefore, to employ the traditional forms still widely current, e.g. on the 1966 edition of the World Aeronautical Chart. As the pronunciation of these is somewhat Italianate a more phonetic version is given, where necessary, after the first occurrence.

^{page 37 note 2} It is basically a shortened and revised version of a much longer report which will appear in Libya Antique (the Journal of the Department of Antiquities of the Libyan Arab Republic). In that report are fuller descriptions of the excavated and surveyed sites together with 405 pottery vessels and small finds, grouped by provenance, and additional building plans—omitted here for reasons of space.

^{page 38 note 1} An archaeological bibliography is short: the most important works are ‘Scavi Sahariani’, Monumenti antichi, XLI (1951), 150–552Google Scholar, and Dr. Ayoub's publications: Excavations at Germa the Capital of the Garamants (1962)Google Scholar; Excavations in Germa between 1962 to 1965 (1967)Google Scholar; The Rise of Germa (1968)Google Scholar; and The Expedition of Cornelius Balus 19 B.C. (1968).Google Scholar

^{page 39 note 1} Reports by Dr. Ayoub listed above.

^{page 39 note 2} Geog. iv. 6. 3.

^{page 39 note 3} Herodotus, Histories iv, 183.

^{page 39 note 4} Pliny, N.H. v. 34 ff.

^{page 39 note 5} Tacitus, Annals iii. 74. 3.

^{page 39 note 6} Tacitus, Histories iv. 50 and Pliny, loc. cit.

^{page 39 note 7} The terms ‘Roman’ and ‘Roman-date’ throughout are used of the period or culture of an object and do not imply a Roman settlement in or annexation of the Garamantian Kingdom.

^{page 41 note 1} The number of each fragment (or artefact) in figs. 10 and 11 has been preceded by the letter f to avoid confusion with fig. or site numbers.

^{page 54 note 1} Noted but unexplained by Dr. F. Sattin, Libya Antiqua, ii, 81.

^{page 55 note 1} The graffiti on several terra sigillata dishes from the Saniat ben Howedi cemetery (now in Sebha Museum) are hardly in the same category.

^{page 55 note 2} Scavi Sahariani, p. 229.

^{page 55 note 3} Ibid., p. 230. The building was partly excavated by Professor Caputo and completed by Dr. Ayoub: Excavations at Germa the Capital of the Garamants, pp. 13–14 with fig. 2, where it is called the Third Villa.

^{page 55 note 4} Scavi Sahariani, pp. 231–3 with fig. 16.

^{page 57 note 1} Op. cit., pp. 220–4 with figs.

^{page 57 note 2} Ibid., fig. 6.

^{page 57 note 3} Ibid., fig. 8.

^{page 58 note 1} The problem of the place of origin of these vessels was not solved by a comparison with material from Sabratha. Dr. Kenyon very kindly spent time comparing and discussing the material, but it is clear that very little of the wadi pottery can be paralleled at that coastal site. A study of the comparable material from Leptis and the pre-desert area is, therefore, all the more necessary.