Canal wall, villa on East Side of Odeon Hill

Name of structure: Canal wall, villa on East Side of Odeon Hill
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Wall
Country or main area: Tunisia
Region within country or main area:
City or area within region: Carthage, now in National Bardo Museum, Tunis
Date of structure: Second century AD
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Walls of zigzag canal carrying water to fountain in atrium
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Harvest scene, hunters pursuing hares or wild boar, fishermen, swans, flamingoes, ducks.  Variety of coloured tesserae including black, blue, green and red glass tesserae.
Date of mosaic: Second century AD (Yacoub)
Century of mosaic 1: 2 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 163
See also:
Gauckler, P., Marche du Service en 1903, 15
Gauckler, P., Cat, Mus, Alaoui, sup. A, 8, no. 190
Daremberg-Saglio, s.v. musivum, 2121 and n. 13
Yacoub, Le Musée du Bardo (1969), 99-100

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