Bagnall, R. (2026). "Tomb garden probably in Ibrahimiya." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/16c4ab940e/

Tomb garden probably in Ibrahimiya

Contributor: Amelia Lamis
Published: 2026-10-01
Last modified: 2026-10-01

Dates

first century CE

Excavation Dates

unexcavated

Garden Description

Ibrahimiya was an eastern suburban necropolis of Alexandria. Size not given. Constructed in the first century CE by Pomponia Mousa for her son, husband, freedmen and freedwomen; object of litigation before the Idios Logos ca. 90 CE. No information given about what was planted in it; a καρπιστής mentioned is probably owner of rights to harvest the produce.

Bibliography

  • Fraser, P. M. and B. Nicholas (1958). The Funerary Garden of Mousa, Journal of Roman Studies 48: 117-29. (worldcat)
  • J. and L. Robert, Revue des Études Grecques 72 (1959) 272-73. (Persée)
  • Supplementum Epigrapicum Graecum, 18.646. (SEG)

Keywords

Places