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Ghirza - North Cemetery

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This photo shows, in front, Mausoleum F on Ghirza's North Cemetery, and, in the background, Mausoleum C.

North Cemetery (Gh129)

Mausoleum A
Mausoleum B
Mausoleum C
Mausoleum D-E
Mausoleum F
Other

South Cemetery (Gh128)

Mausoleum A
Mausoleum C
Mausoleum NN
Mausoleum G
Other

Other

Town (Gh127)
Gh 82

Mausoleum F, E, D (from left to right). Mausoleum G has completely disappeared. The reliefs of these monuments have been transferred to the Museum of Lepcis Magna. It is impossible to establish the chronology, but the youngest of these was probably built somewhere in the fifth century, which fits with the hypothesis that the North Cemetery contains the tombs of seven successive generations of Marchii.

To the left a relief that once must have decorated an entrance (cf. Mausoleum G of the South Cemetery): two hyenas and a ram's head (a symbol of the god Ammon?). Below, two lines with photos of sculptures from two other tombs of Ghirza's northern cemetery: warriors, hunters, animals, farmers, portraits.

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