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4 Bossert 1942, 86-7, 296, figs. 1123-6. 5 The designation was used by Mellink (1967, 173) in her report on Gemlik tomb. However, in earlier publication Mellink (1963, 189) described the Musahocaköy lantern-roofed tomb as having ‘a pseudo-vaulted roof of the type also known in Phrygia and Galatia’, and more recently Mellink (1992, 148) cited a report by Tomris Bakir where the tomb at Daskyleion is described as ‘roofed in the manner of Thracian vaulted tombs’. 6 Used by Ginouvès and Guimier-Sorbets (1994), and Hellmann (2002, 268-9). In a similar way, the Late Classical and Hellenistic barrel-vaulted tombs widespread in Macedonia and Thrace are often called ‘Macedonian tombs’ and this terminology originates in some early scholarly publications, such as Perdrizet (1898, 335-45) where the barrel-vaulted tomb at Amphipolis is attributed to ‘type «macédonien»’. However, barrel vaulting applied in the funerary architecture is attested in the Near East, Levant and Egypt during the late 2nd and early 1st millennia B.C., and also, this technique is well known in tombs of Archaic Lydia, Cyprus and Etruria – many centuries before being applied in the chamber tombs of Macedonia and Thrace. Cf. discussion on barrel vaulting technique in Fedak (1990, 166- 7 with op. cit.). 7 Kasper (1975; 1976-1977; 1978) and Vetters (1971-1972, 42-6; 1972, 3- 6) provide recent detailed studies on the tumular chamber tomb at Belevi. 8 Suggested by Mansel (1943, 53 with op. cit.; 1946, 8-9; 1950, 478; 1974, 189 with op. cit.), Young (1956, 252), von Gall (1966, 81-2), Fedak (1990, 171 with op. cit.), and Ginouvès and Guimier-Sorbets (1994 with op. cit.), who provide a number of mediaeval and modern examples of diagonal roofing in stone or wood applied in cult and house architecture of East Turkey, Armenia, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and elsewhere in Asia. 10
9 The tomb was accidentally unearthed and first published by Filov (1937, 5-7, 79-83, 91). Cf. later discussions in Mansel (1943, 39-41; 1974, 188), Orlandos (1968, 190, 210), Fedak (1990, 171), Ginouvès and Guimier- Sorbets (1994, 316), Archibald (1998, 283, 339-40) and Rousseva (2002, 149-50, no. 47). 10 Excavated and published by Kitov (1977a; 1977b; 1979, 2-7; 1989). Later comments are provided by Archibald (1998, 288-9, 343) and Rousseva (2002, 147-8, no. 46). 11 Published in details by Botousharova and Kolarova (1961). Additional comments by Mansel (1974, 188-9), Fedak (1990, 171), Ginouvès and Guimier-Sorbets (1994, 316), Archibald (1998, 283, 296-8, 338), and Rousseva (2002, 113-6, no. 25). 12 The tomb was first published by Weber (1878-1880, 91-2, 96-104), and soon after discussed by Perrot and Chipiez (1890, 280-4). Later study was provided by Keil (1935, 107-16). More recent explorations conducted by the Austrian expedition were published by Vetters (1971-1972, 42-6; 1972, 3-6), and by Praschniker and Theuer (1979, 170-2). Kasper (1975; 1976-1977; 1978) publishes the most detailed studies on the tumulus and the funerary monument, and discusses the very complex question of the tomb chronology. The Belevi chamber tomb is also commented by Schachermeyr (1929, 104-5), Mansel (1943, 46, 48; 1946, 7; 1974, 186), Demus- Quatember (1958, 68-71), Orlandos (1968, 190, 206), Kurtz and Boardman (1971, 282), Fedak (1990, 81, 171), Ginouvès and Guimier-Sorbets (1994, 316), and Archibald (1998, 284), among others. 13 Published in details by Mansel (1946; 1950). The tomb is commented in Mansel (1943, 47-8; 1974, 185), Fedak (1990, 171), Ginouvès and Guimier- Sorbets (1994, 312), and Archibald (1998, 283-4). 11
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