Hermione Wrote:
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> 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 ...

Thanks