House of the Black and White Triclinium (Maison du triclinium en noir et blanc)

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Dates

2nd-4th century CE

Garden Description

The house is laid out around a square shaped peristyle garden. Between the columns runs a low wall (0.30m) that separates the porticoes from the garden. There was a semicircular basin in the N facing the triclinium (Plan view, Fig.1). The house is dated from the II-III c.

Plans

Fig. 1: Plan of the House of the Black and White Triclinium

Credit: (Ch. Peirce, from Ben Abed Ben Khader, A., 1990)

Bibliography

Ben Abed Ben Khader, A., "Présentation de la maison du triclinium en noir et blanc à Pupput", in Bulletin des Travaux de l'Institut National d'Archéologie et de I 'Art (Tunis) 3, 1989 (1990), pp. 32-33.
Ben Abed Ben Khader, A., Griesheimer, M., "Fouilles de la nécropole romaine de Pupput (Tunisie)", in Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 145ᵉ année, N. 1, 2001. pp. 553-592, fig. 1, p.557. (worldcat)
Ben Abed Ben Khader, A., "Les maisons de Pupput (Tunisie)", in Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 150ᵉ année, N. 1, 2006. pp. 510-518, fig. 2, p. 513. (worldcat)
Bullo, S., Ghedini, F., Amplissimae atque ornatissimae domus: l'edilizia residenziale nelle città della Tunisia romana, Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2003, pp.188-189. (worldcat)

Keywords

House of the Viridarium with Niches (Maison du viridarium à niches)

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Dates

4th century CE

Garden Description

The house was located in the W neighborhood of the ancient city of Pupput and in present day lies in the precinct of a hotel, the construction of which badly damaged the house (Plan view, Fig.1).

The house has had three phases. During the second phase the garden peristyle (V) was bounded by a low wall that curved to make eight to nine semi circular niches (A, C, D, E, F, G, H, I) facing the galleries of the peristyle. The niches were paved with mosaics some of which figure birds among cut branches (D) and marine scenes (A, I). The second phase of the house is dated from the second half of the IV century.

Plans

Fig. 1: Plan of the House of the Viridarium with Niches

Credit: (Ch. Peirce, from Ben Abed Ben Khader, A., 1994, Pl. CLXXI)

Images

Fig. 2: Photograph of the garden

Credit: (from Ben Abed Ben Khader, 2006, fig. 9, p. 521)

Bibliography

Ben Abed Ben Khader, A., "Mosaïques de la maison du viridarium à niches à Pupput (Tunisie)", in CMGR IV, 1994, pp.265-271, Pl. CLXXI. (worldcat)
Ben Abed Ben Khader, A., "Les maisons de Pupput (Tunisie)", in Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 150ᵉ année, N. 1, 2006. pp. 518-522, fig. 8, p. 519, fig. 9, p. 521. (worldcat)
Bullo, S., Ghedini, F., Amplissimae atque ornatissimae domus: l'edilizia residenziale nelle città della Tunisia romana, Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2003, pp. 197-198. (worldcat)

Pupput on Gardens of the Roman Empire

House of the Black and White Triclinium (Maison du triclinium en noir et blanc)

Dates

Garden Description

Plans

Bibliography

Keywords

House of the Viridarium with Niches (Maison du viridarium à niches)

Dates

Garden Description

Plans

Images

Bibliography

Keywords