Alexandria

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4 garden articles in Alexandria have been published:
Aegyptus / Alexandria

Tomb garden probably in Ibrahimiya

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; ...
Aegyptus / Alexandria

Garden at Kanopos

This garden was in wetlands (tenagos) by the Strip (tainias, a ridge) (cf. Fraser 1972: II, 253-54 n. 96). Size lost. Leased in 22 BCE for one year, rent part in cash and part in ...
Aegyptus / Alexandria

Three tomb gardens at Kanopos

These were “in the so-called Palm Grove.” Size not given. Leased in 5 BCE for five years. Walled with a peribolos. Rent part in cash and part in produce. Crops mentioned in ...
Aegyptus / Alexandria

Vineyards, rose, and bean gardens at Kanopos

These vineyards (ἄμπελοι) with a rose garden (ῥοδεών) and fava bean gardens (κυαμῶνες) were in in wetlands on the Strip (cf. Garden at Kanopos). Size: 4.5 ar. (1.24 ha.) in two ...