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Testimonianze bizantine nella Sicilia Occidentale : situazione degli studi e prospettive di ricerca
Nell’arco di tempo di oltre quattro secoli compreso tra il 535, anno dello sbarco di Belisario in Sicilia, e il 965, anno della caduta di Bometta in mano araba, l’Isola ebbe un ruolo importante nell’impero bizantino, per essere al centro del Mediterraneo e costituendo il passaggio obligato tra la penisola italiana e l’Africa. Eppure, nonostante il lungo periodo di dominazione, che culmina tra il 692 e il 695 con la creazione del tema di Sicilia, alquanto scarse e discontinue appaiono le testi..
Attività della Missione archeologica dell’Università di Palermo a Sabratha e Cirene negli anni 2009-2014
Archaeological Reports of the University of Palermo mission at Sabratha and Cirene in the years 2009-2014 The onerous legacy left by N. Bonacasa it requires us to present the results of archaeological researches and restorations carried out at Sabratha and Cyrene.
Sabratha. In the essay B, along the northern portico of the Temple of Serapis (beginning of the iii century), a pre-existent neo-Punic public building was recognized, diverging in orientation from the Roman buildings of the Forum, thus demonstrating the total rebuilding of the urban structure in Roman times. To protect this interesting discovery we have followed the restoration of the structures and the realization of the project for a covering
with walkable glass sheets U.V. The defnitive publication of the results of the research and restorations has been personally treated by N. Bonacasa. The study of the Roman bath-buildings ended
with the publication of the results. The restoration
of the mosaic foor of the entrance corridor was
also carried out in the Terme of Regio v. The more
than satisfactory results allowed to save this important document of the history of the Sabrathensis
mosaic. Thanks to the photogrammetric survey
and the topographic study of the Insula 9 in the
Regio ii, it was possible to develop an integrated
planimetry of the “Terme a mare”. The fnal results and all the illustrative documentation are
presented in this book.
In the topographic survey of the Theater District (Regiones iii, iv, v) it was possible to anchor
the plan of the buildings being studied: Casa dell’attore tragico, Casa del Peristilio, Terme of Regio
v, Temple of Hercules, Christian Basilicas 3 and 4,
Baths “of the Basilica 3”, Baths of Oceano, Temple
of Isis, Paleochristian catacomb. We have recently
published new data about the study of the catacomb and the Christian funerary areas in the Theater District.
As regards the research on private residential constructions it is underway a new edition of the
Roman wall paintings which were exhibited in the
Museum after the restoration. Preliminary news on
the Casa del Peristilio have recently been published
in two studies, the fnal results of the surveys carried
out in the domus will be presented in the book in
preparation which concerns all the excavations
conducted by the Mission in the Theater District.
The presence of a public square in the area in
front of the Temple of Hercules, beyond the decumanus, was hypothesized due to the absence of
housing structures and the attendance of the
spaces for funerary use in the Byzantine age. The
same Temple of Hercules, dedicated to imperial
worship, may have been the main building of a second Roman forum in Sabratha. It has also been
suggested that the west portico had been reused as
a place of Christian worship, connected with one
of the funerary areas. Even the hypothesis that the
Theater District had older structures than the second century expects to be confrmed by the fnal results of the numerous stratigraphic tests that will
be presented in the same book in preparation.
Cyrene. N. Bonacasa with the restoration and anastylosis works at the Temple of Zeus he intended
to repropose the constructive unity and the architectural identity of the monument. The works
were conducted from 1997 to 2013.
North side. Five lintels have been restored: 4 relocated on the columns and a very fragmented one
has been left on the ground; two triglyphs, two metopes and a frame block have also been relocated.
East side. All the surviving blocks of the architrave containing the inscription with the dedication
to iovi augusto have been restored and displayed
on a long platform, in front of the east facade of the
temple.
West side. The interventions have been more lasting and demanding. With the systematic excava-
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https://doi.org/10.19272/201810601002 · «libya antiqua», n.s., xi, 2018
12 n. bonacasa · s. aiosa · r. m. carra · g. cipriano · a. mandruzzato · e. vitale
tion, the collapse in the NE sector of the stoa near
the temple was removed. Large parts of the lintel
have been recovered, numerous fragments of the
pediment’s tympanum, and several fragments of
crowning frames. A total of eight elements have
been restored and relocated: the second architrave
from the north and the middle of the third, the
frieze with two metopes, two triglyphs and a frame
block with mutuli, and fnally the architrave of the
southern sector. At the SW corner of the temple in
line with the west colonnade, 15 blocks of the base,
6 integral slabs and 2 fragments of the tympanum
were relocated; on the two central slabs was also
placed an element of the molded cornice arranged
to accommodate the acroter.
It is hoped that an Open Air Museum will
be built next to the excavation area, for the shelter
of the architectural fragments that could not be
replaced, and consequently the defnitive arrangement of the archaeological area. These are essential interventions before resuming the archaeological investigations in front of the east and west sides
of the temple.
In the years 2010-2014 the study of the Eastern
Basilica and the Central Basilica of Cyrene was
deepened by comparing the published data with
the new results emerged from the photogrammetric survey, which proved extremely useful for the
interpretation of the phases and for the recognition of the metrology that underlies the original
project of the two churches. Following an accurate inspection of the ruins of the Eastern Basilica
at Gasr el-Lebia and the adjacent museum, we
were able to propose an updated interpretation of
the complex architecture and the well-known mosaic panels that decorated the quadratum populi and
annexes of the cult. The results of the research
have already been published.
Keywords: Sabratha, Cyrene
Géographie historique du monde méditerranéen
Voici rassemblés les premiers résultats encore partiels d'une vaste enquête lancée avec l'aide de la Fondation Européenne de la Science sur le territoire byzantin, notamment le monde littoral. Enquête multiple sur des régions variées (de la Sicile au Proche-Orient), des époques différentes (ive-xive siècles), des sources diverses (topographie, architecture, archives, voyageurs), les documents sont là de première main. Leur déchiffrage ne fait que commencer mais il bousculera, grâce au croisement des regards, beaucoup d'idées reçues. Leur moindre mérite ne sera pas la mise en lumière du rôle de Byzance en Méditerranée orientale et dans les Balkans. Byzance, ou l'autre façon de comprendre l'Europe orientale et les pays arabes