House of Dionysos

Dates

3rd-5th century CE

Garden Description

In this very damaged house, a portico on four sides (IV-VII) enclosed a court (VIII) (8 x 11.10 m), which was planted during the building's second phase dated at the fourth/early fifth century. The northeast and southwest porticos had four columns and the northwest and southeast had five columns.

A low wall was added in between the columns that enclosed the garden. A semi-circular basin attached to a rectangular one oriented northeast/southwest (IX) was placed at the northeast end of the garden. (Plan view, Fig. 1). The house dates from the III-V c.

Plans

Bibliography

• Ben Abed-Ben Khader, A., Corpus des mosaïques de Tunisie. Vol. 4, Karthago (Carthage), Fasc. 1 Les mosaiques du Parc Archéologique des Thermes d'Antonin, INA, Tunis,1999, 46-51, plan 5. (worldcat)
• Bullo, S., Ghedini, F., Amplissimae atque ornatissimae domus: l'edilizia residenziale nelle città della Tunisia romana, Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2003, p. 143-144. (worldcat)

Keywords

• domusAAT:300005506
• peristyle housesAAT:300005452
• pools (bodies of water)AAT:300008692
• basins (vessels)AAT:300045614

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• Karthago
• Africa Proconsularis