Roman funerary reliefs and North African identity : a contextual investigation of Tripolitanian mausolea and their iconography

During the Roman-period, hundreds of mausolea were commissioned by the local Libyan elite in Tripolitania (Libya). While funerary sculpture was rare in pre-Roman Tripolitania, during the Roman period many were vividly decorated with symbolic and figural sculpture. This Ph.D. provides the first exten...

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Main Author: Nikolaus, Julia Salome
Other Authors: Mattingly, David ; Edwards, David
Published: University of Leicester 2017
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.713364