House of the Grand Oecus (Maison du grand oecus)

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

Dates

1st-2nd century CE

Garden Description

This house is the most important dwelling discovered to date at Utica. The large peristyle garden (XXVII), enclosed by a portico on four sides (XXVIII-XXX) had a long basin euripus concave at each end down the center of the garden. The bottom was paved with a simple mosaic. The semicircular pool extending into the garden on the N side was also paved with a simple mosaic.

Plans

Fig.1: Plan of the House of the Grand Oecus (CMT, plans 1, 2).

Bibliography

  • Bullo, S. and F. Ghedini,. Amplissimae atque ornatissimae domus: l'edilizia residenziale nelle città della Tunisia romana, Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2003, pp.341-343. (worldcat)
  • Dulière, C., Ben Baaziz, S., et al., Corpus des Mosaïques de Tunisie, Utique, Les Mosaïque in situ en dehors des insulae I-II-III, INA, Tunis, 1974, pp. 1-18, plans 1, 2. (worldcat)

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