House of the Figured Basin (Maison du bassin figuré)

Contributor: Jinyi Yang
Published: 2021-04-21
Modified: 2025-09-16

Dates

2nd-4th century CE

Garden Description

The house was located in the insula III. The rectangular courtyard, in the SW corner on the axis of the great hall (XI), paved during the last period may have been a garden earlier. It had a semicircular basin with a geometric design in the bottom. The wall and the brim were figured.

Plans

Fig. 1: Plan view of the House of the Figured Basin (CMT, plan 22).

Bibliography

  • Alexander, M. A., Ennaifer, M., Corpus des Mosaïques de Tunisie, Utique, insulae, I-II-III, INA, Tunis, 1973, pp. 121, 126-128, plan 22. (worldcat)
  • Bullo, S. and F. Ghedini,. Amplissimae atque ornatissimae domus: l'edilizia residenziale nelle città della Tunisia romana, Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2003,pp.344-345. (worldcat)

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