North necropolis. Tomb N 178, Doric half-columns. Hellenistic period. A very common type of tomb at Cyrene was the tomb with an illusionistic portico resembling a residential peristyle courtyard. In this type, the façade consists of half-columns set against the wall with quarter-columns closing the two corner pilasters, reproducing an innovation of Cyrenaican public architecture
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