DRAFT

House of the Salsamenta (Usine de salaison)

Authors: Amina-Aïcha Malek , Véronique Blanc-Bijon

Contributor: Xue Xia

Permalink: https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/id/ce9ce2060f/

Published: 2021-04-21

Modified: 2025-09-16

Dates

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Garden Description

A fish-curing factory (salsamenta) located to the SE of the Nymfarum domus was renovated between the IInd and the IIIrd centuries. Among the changes made was the design of a small house organized around a small peristyle garden (4 x 4 m.) (XXII) and bound by a low wall that curved to make a semi-circular basin (Plan view, Fig.1; ).

During the second half of the IVth century, with the abandonment of the industrial unit, the residential area was enlarged and a second semi-circular basin was added in the garden.

Plans

Fig. 1: Plan of the House of the Salsamenta Phase 1.
Credit: ("L'usine de salaison de Néapolis (Nabeul). Premiers résultats des fouilles 1995-1998", *Africa* XVII, 1999, pp. 159-161, fig. 6)

Fig. 2: Plan of the House of the Salsamenta Phase 2.
Credit: ("L'usine de salaison de Néapolis (Nabeul). Premiers résultats des fouilles 1995-1998", *Africa* XVII, 1999, pp. 159-161, fig. 7)

Images

Fig. 3: Photos of the House of the Salsamenta site.

Fig. 4: Photos of the House of the Salsamenta site.

Fig. 5: Photos of the House of the Salsamenta site.

Bibliography

Bullo, S., Ghedini, F., Amplissimae atque ornatissimae domus: l'edilizia residenziale nelle città della Tunisia romana, Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2003, p. 183-184. (worldcat)
Slim, L., Bonifay, M., Trousset, P. and al., "L'usine de salaison de Néapolis (Nabeul). Premiers résultats des fouilles 1995-1998", in Africa XVII, 1999, pp. 159-161, fig. 6, 7. (worldcat)