House of the Palms (Maison des Palmes)

Contributor: Nicholas Gill
Published: 2021-04-21
Modified: 2025-09-16

Dates

Early 3rd century CE

Garden Description

The house of the Palms was located to the NW of the forum. A semicircular basin was installed at a later date over the mosaic in the NW portico at the edge of what was perhaps a small garden (Plan View, Fig. 1).

Plans

Fig. 1: Plan of the House of the Palms (CMT, V. II, fasc.1, plan 25-26. )

Bibliography

  • Alexander, M.A., Ben Abed, A. and Besrour, S., Corpus des mosaïques de Tunisie, Thuburbo Majus, Les mosaïques de la région du Forum, V. II, fasc.1, INA, Tunis, 1980, pp. 115-27, plan 25-26. (worldcat)
  • Ben Abed-Ben Khader, A., Corpus des Mosaïques de Tunisie, Thuburbo Majus, Les mosaïques de la région Ouest, V. II, fasc.3, INA, Tunis, 1987.(worldcat)
  • Bullo, S., Ghedini, F., Amplissimae atque ornatissimae domus: l'edilizia residenziale nelle città della Tunisia romana, Rome, Edizioni Quasar, 2003, pp.237-239. (worldcat)

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