Nouvelles observations sur le mausolée préromain de Volubilis

Abstract

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.