House of the Black and White Triclinium (Maison du triclinium en noir et blanc)

Dates

2nd-4th century CE

Garden Description

The house is laid out around a square shaped peristyle garden. Between the columns runs a low wall (0.30m) that separates the porticoes from the garden. There was a semicircular basin in the N facing the triclinium (Plan view, Fig.1). The house is dated from the II-III c.

Plans

Fig. 1: Plan of the House of the Black and White Triclinium
Credit: (Ch. Peirce, from Ben Abed Ben Khader, A., 1990)

Bibliography

  • Ben Abed Ben Khader, A., "Présentation de la maison du triclinium en noir et blanc à Pupput", in Bulletin des Travaux de l'Institut National d'Archéologie et de I 'Art (Tunis) 3, 1989 (1990), pp. 32-33.
  • Ben Abed Ben Khader, A., Griesheimer, M., "Fouilles de la nécropole romaine de Pupput (Tunisie)", in Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 145ᵉ année, N. 1, 2001. pp. 553-592, fig. 1, p.557. (worldcat)
  • Ben Abed Ben Khader, A., "Les maisons de Pupput (Tunisie)", in Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 150ᵉ année, N. 1, 2006. pp. 510-518, fig. 2, p. 513. (worldcat)
  • Bullo, S., Ghedini, F., Amplissimae atque ornatissimae domus: l'edilizia residenziale nelle città della Tunisia romana, Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2003, pp.188-189. (worldcat)

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