Hans Wrote:
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> Howdy folks
>
> This question came up at Quora and its not an area
> I have any expertise in:
>
> The initial question was: "What is the 1955
> citation for the archaeological discovery of Roman
> artifacts near Mali, evidencing the expedition of
> Cornelius Balbus in 19 BCE?"
>
> A further comment by the writer.
>
> "I have found a second hand statement about the
> artifacts (Roman coins found in northern Mali)
> supposedly claimed to have been made by Jonathan
> Roth, Professor at San Jose State University. But
> I can’t find any reference to the original
> archaeological work, and Professor Roth hasn’t
> replied to my inquiry. I’m thinking the field work
> might have been British."
>
>
>
> Any ideas?

I think the find is more likely to have been French than English (as Mali came under French control in the late 19th century).

I think a good place to start might be J. Desanges, Le Triomphe de Cornelius Balbus 19 BC), Revue Africaine (Algiers), 1957, 101, 5-43 (which I couldn't find on Wayback).

Some basic details for Revue Africaine: [archive.org]. WorldCat thinks it's in Arabic: [www.worldcat.org] . See also [www.sudoc.abes.fr]. See also this (would need going through): [search.openedition.org]

So it may be that the reason that the 1955 cite isn't coming up is that it was originally written in Arabic, and there's a language barrier ...

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