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In 1980 H. Morestin had proposed an architectural evolution of Temple Β. Afield inspection in 1995, and an excavation campaign in 1996, have provided abundant information which completes or corrects the hypotheses hitherto proposed. The new reflection on the successive phases of construction takes into account the presence of different building materials, sandstone in the north, sandstone and grey limestone in the west, grey limestone in the south. The discovery of thresholds and of partial rebuilding of the elevations completes our observations. Newly found offerings, funerary vases, phials for perfumes, and stelae, can be related to the structures; they belong to the same ritual. To sum up, a sacred area including votive stelae and cinerary urns was developed into a stone temple, the number of chapels around the courtyard increasing with the successive alterations.

Located to the east of the House of Ephebe, in an important area of the city of Volubilis, the Mausoleum has caught the attention of archaeologists for a long time. Recent investigations have linked this monument to a necropolis and to an urban civilization dating to a period prior to 80-40/30 BC. Around the end of the 1st c. B.C. and the beginning of the 1st c. A.D., when a suburb was built outside of what was called the Hellenistic city-walls, this funerary monument was abandoned and desecrated. This article will contribute to shed more light on the urban layout of Volubilis and on the Mauretanian strata at the city in general.

Institut national des sciences de l'archéologie et du patrimoine (INSAP, Rabat, Maroc), Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes (Paris) et École française de Rome (éd.