Sabratha

Sabratha (

Sabratha's port was established, perhaps about 500 BCE, as the

Sabratha has been the place of several excavation campaigns since 1921, mainly by Italian archaeologists. It was also excavated by a British team directed by Dame

According to an April, 2016 report, due to soft soil composition and the nature of the coast of Sabratha, which is mostly made up of soft rock and sand, the Ruins of Sabratha are undergoing dangerous periods of coastal erosion. The public baths, olive press building and 'harbor' can be observed as being most damaged as the buildings have crumbled due to storms and unsettled seas. As the most common building material in Sabratah, calcarenite, is highly susceptible to physical, chemical and biological weathering (particularly marine spray), the long-term conservation of the monuments is endangered.^[15] Rising sea levels can also compromise the integrity of the site.^[16]

This erosion of the coast of Ancient Sabratha can be seen yearly with significant differences in beach layout and recent crumbled buildings. Breakwaters set in the vicinity of the harbor and olive press are inadequate and too small to efficiently protect the Ancient City of Sabratha.

Modern Sabratha

The city is home to Sabratha University. Wefaq Sabratha is the football club, playing at Sabratha Stadium.

As noted in the 2021 documentary The Beatles: Get Back, directed by Peter Jackson, the Sabratha Theater was considered as a possible location where the Beatles could hold their final live concert as a group (they instead performed their last concert on the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters).^[17]

Climate

Sabratha has a

Panorama

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  Panoramic image of a part of the archaeological site
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  Panoramic image of the theater of the archaeological site

Archaeological site

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  Nymphaeum
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  Nymphaeum
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  Seaside therms
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  Latrines
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  Latrines
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  Сouncil chamber
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  Curia 4 CE
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  Mosaic in the Peristyle house
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  Mosaic in the Peristyle house
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  Peristyle house
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  Peristyle house
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  Seawards bath mosaic
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  Inscription in front of the Capitolium, 2nd century BCE
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  Basilica of Apuleus, Byzantine baptistery
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  Basilica of Apuleus, Pylone
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  Fontain of Flavius Tullus at the Antonine Temple
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  Podium at the Antonine Temple
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  Antonine Temple
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  Podium at the Antonine Temple
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  Mausoleum of Bes, 2nd century BCE

The theater

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  Theater in Sabratha city 2nd century CE
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  Theater
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  View of the Sabratha theater
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  Marble facing on the wall of theater
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  One of many ways inside of theater
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  Inside ways of theater
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  Ruins of theater
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  Theater
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  Theater
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  One of the few entries to theater
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  Theater
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  Bas-Relief (on bottom of stage), theater
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  Bas-Relief (on bottom of stage), theater
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  Bas-Relief (on bottom of stage), theater
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  Bas-Relief (on bottom of stage), theater
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  Bas-Relief (on bottom of stage), theater
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  Bas-Relief (on bottom of stage), theater
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  Bas-Relief (on bottom of stage), theater
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  Bas-Relief (on bottom of stage), theater
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  High relief, theater
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  High relief, theater
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  Theater
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  Plinth and capital of columns, theater
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  Capital of column, theater
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  Theater
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  Theater
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  Stairs to the stage, theater
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  Theater
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  The gate, theater
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  Architrave and capital, theater
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  Back side of theater
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  The gate decor element, theater

Museum

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  Torso of the Emperor Vespasian, or his son Titus. 1st century Museum courtyard
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  Mosaic. Museum
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  Mosaic. Museum
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  Mosaic. Museum
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  Mosaic from theater baths. Museum."Salvom Lavisse" - "Washing it's well!"
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  Mosaic. Museum
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  Mosaic. Museum
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  Head. Museum
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  Marble figure of a satyr. From the Forum. Museum
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  Bust of Jupiter. From the Temple of Jupiter. Museum
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  Bust of Goddess Concordia from the Temple of Jupiter. Museum
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  Marble candelabrum showing Orpheus and the animals. From Theatre Baths 3rd century Museum
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  Head. Museum
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  Decor element of Insula (house). Museum
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  Mosaic. Museum
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  Basilica of Justinian reconstructed in the Site Museum

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Ghaki, Mansour (2015), "Toponymie et Onomastique Libyques: L'Apport de l'Écriture Punique/Néopunique" (PDF), La Lingua nella Vita e la Vita della Lingua: Itinerari e Percorsi degli Studi Berberi, Studi Africanistici: Quaderni di Studi Berberi e Libico-Berberi, Naples: Unior, pp. 65–71,
  ISSN 2283-5636
  . (in French)
• Head, Barclay; et al. (1911), "Syrtica", Historia Numorum (2nd ed.), Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 875.
• Rodríguez López, María Isabel (2017). "The Relief Decorations of the Ancient Roman Theater: The Case of Sabratha". Music in Art: International Journal for Music Iconography. 42 (1–2): 17–31.
  ISSN 1522-7464
  .

Further reading

• Kenrick, Philip (1986) Excavations at Sabratha 1948-1951 Malet Street: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies,
  ISBN 090776407X
• Matthews, Kenneth D. (1957) Cities in the Sand, Leptis Magna and Sabratha in Roman Africa University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia,
  OCLC 414295
• Reynolds, Joyce M, et al. Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, first edition 1952 British School at Rome/second ed. 2009 King's College London.
• Ward, Philip (1970) Sabratha: A Guide for Visitors Oleander Press, Cambridge, UK,
  ISBN 0-902675-05-2

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sabratha.

• UNESCO archaeological site of Sabratha
• Complete photo coverage of the archeological site
• LookLex article
• IRT chapter on history and epigraphy of Sabratha
• Pleiades Gazetteer entry on ancient Abrotonum/Sabratha

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