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Excavations at Euesperides (Benghazi): an interim report on the 1998 season

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

J. A. Lloyd ,
P. Bennett ,
T. V. Buttrey ,
A. Buzaian ,
H. El Amin ,
V. Fell ,
G. Kashbar ,
G. Morgan ,
Y. Ben Nasser  and
P. C. Roberts
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J. A. Lloyd
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Oxford University
P. Bennett
Affiliation:
Canterbury Archaeological Trust
T. V. Buttrey
Affiliation:
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University
A. Buzaian
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Garyunis University, Benghazi
H. El Amin
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Garyunis University, Benghazi
V. Fell
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Oxford University
G. Kashbar
Affiliation:
Department of Antiquities, Benghazi
G. Morgan
Affiliation:
School of Archaeological Studies, Leicester University
Y. Ben Nasser
Affiliation:
Department of Antiquities, Benghazi
P. C. Roberts
Affiliation:
Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum
A. I. Wilson
Affiliation:
Magdalen College, Oxford
E. Zimi
Affiliation:
Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens
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Abstract

A third season of excavation and finds analysis at Euesperides in March/April 1998 completed the fieldwork of the project begun in 1995.

Further examination of the city defences suggests that their first phase should be dated not later than the early sixth century BC. The earliest masonry buildings within (and abutting) the city wall seem to belong to the 580s/570s BC. Other discoveries included a plain pebble pavement and a decorated ‘mixed style’ mosaic which should pre-date c. 250 BC, as well as an enchytrismos burial of the fourth century BC. The preliminary results of detailed study of the coins, pottery and lamps, and of scientific analyses of wallplaster and metal, are also presented.

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Archaeological Reports
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Libyan Studies , Volume 29 , 1998 , pp. 145 - 168
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1998

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