Nécropolis 1

Edited by Jean-Yves Empereur and Marie-Dominique Nenna

Etudes Alexandrines 5, Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo, 2001

The initial results of the salvage excavation undertaken on a part of the western Necropolis are presented here. Through the presentation of four tombs, this volume attempts to reconstitute the life of the necropolis in a global fashion and includes complementary studies that go beyond mere considerations of architecture or the remarkable artefacts discovered. The dynamic of the successive transformations of the tombs is explored as are the ensemble of decorations and inscriptions, in addition to the different categories of material (ceramics, amphoras, terra cottas, lamps and glass). The work of the anthropologists was not simply confined to an analysis of the bones but also looked as closely as possible at the very funerary acts and thus the rituals attached to both burial and cremation.

Group of hydrias of Hadra, funerary vases from around 220 BC, found in tomb B1 of the Gabbari necropolis. Stephane Compoint.

Études Alexandrines 5 : Nécropolis 1: Tombes B1 B2, B3, B8, (J.-Y. Empereur and M.-D. Nenna éd.), Cairo, IFAO, 2001.

Summary

1. Jean-Yves Empereur, Introduction
2. Ahmed Abd el-Fattah, Fouilles du Service des Antiquités sur le site de Gabbari (1996-1997)
3. Olivier Callot and Marie-Dominique Nenna, L'architecture des tombes B1, B2, B3, B8
4. Anne-Marie Guimier-Sorbets, Marie-Dominique Nenna, Mervate Seif el-Din, Le décor des tombes B1, B2 et B3.
   • Marie-Laure Courboulès, Interventions de conservation-restauration sur le site de Gabbari
   • Ioanna Kakoulli, Scientific investigations of the materials and technique of three Graeco-Roman painted stone slabs from the Necropolis of Gabbari
5. Marie-Françoise Boussac et Jean-Yves Empereur, Les inscriptions
6. Patrice Georges, Étude anthropologique des tombes B1, B2, B3 et B8 : mise en évidence des gestes funéraires
7. Pascale Ballet, Marie-Françoise Boussac et Arnold Enklaar, Les hydries de Hadra
8. Gilles Grévin et Paul Bailet, Fouille d'hydries funéraires à crémation d'époque ptolémaïque (Tombe B1) : Étude ostéologique
9. Pascale Ballet en collaboration avec Cécile Harlaut, La céramique
10. Kaan Ahmed Senol, The amphoras
11. Gonca Candarkes-Senol, The stamped amphora handles
12. Dominique Kassab Tezgör, Les figurines en terre cuite
13. Camelia Georges, Les lampes
14. Marie-Dominique Nenna, Le mobilier en verre
15. Jean-Yves Empereur et Marie-Dominique Nenna, Conclusion