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Bulla Regia I: a new church and Christian cemetery

Chaouali, M; Fenwick, C; Booms, D; (2018) Bulla Regia I: a new church and Christian cemetery. Libyan Studies , 49 pp. 187-197. 10.1017/lis.2018.18. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper reports the preliminary results from two short seasons of fieldwork that the Tunisian–British Bulla Regia Archaeological Report was able to undertake in September 2016 and 2017. In 2016, the work focused on a geophysical survey of the western cemetery and revealed a complex landscape of funerary enclosures and mausolea outside the protected boundaries of the site, likely to be of Roman date. In 2017, photogrammetric techniques were used to record and plan a Late Antique church and cemetery that was discovered during a rescue excavation in 2010. The church consists of three naves and a series of funerary annexes, which contained burials covered by mosaic or stone epitaphs, including those marking the graves of two bishops and two priests. The church is surrounded by an extensive cemetery with a variety of different tomb types, such as mosaic caissons and simple stepped masonry tombs. The mosaics, inscriptions and finds (ceramics, glass, coins) support a fourth to sixth/seventh century date for the church and cemetery. // تقدم هذه الورقة تقرير عن النتائج الأولية لموسمين قصيرين من العمل الميداني استطاع مشروع بولاريجيا التونسي -البريطاني القيام بهما في سبتمبر 2016 و 2017. في عام 2016، ركز العمل على إجراء مسح جيوفيزيائي للمقبرة الغربية وقد كشف عن مشهد معقد من مَآوي جنائزية و أضرحة، خارج الحدود المحمية للموقع، من المرجح أن تكون من الحقبة الرومانية. عام 2017، تم استخدام تقنيات التصوير المساحي لتوثيق وإعداد مخططات لكنيسة ومقبرة تم اكتشافهما خلال عملية حفريات إنقاذيه في عام 2010. تتكون الكنيسة من ثلاثة أروقة ومجموعة من الملاحق الجنائزية التي تحتوي على مدافن تغطيها الفسيفساء أو النقوش الحجرية الرثائية، من ضمنها تلك الدالة على قبور أسقفين وقسيسين . وتحيط بالكنيسة مقبرة واسعة تضم مجموعة متنوعة من المقابر المختلفة، مثل صناديق الفسيفساء (mosaic caissons) ومقابر البناء التدرجي البسيط (simple stepped masonry). الفسيفساء والنقوش والاكتشافات الأخرى (من خزف وزجاج وقطع نقدية) تدعم تأريخ الكنيسة والمقبرة للقرن الرابع إلى القرن السادس / السابع الميلادي .

Type: Article
Title: Bulla Regia I: a new church and Christian cemetery
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1017/lis.2018.18
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1017/lis.2018.18
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10048290
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