Pavements.
4th-2nd c BCE Phoenician Phoenician (Punic) Mosaics
CARTHAGINIAN Anonymous
(active 814 BCE - 64 BCE)
Primary
c. 399 BCE-100 BCE
4th-2nd c BCE
Mortar; Aggregate
Mosaic
Phoenician (Punic)
Mosaic
Carthage. Magon Quarter. Tunisia.
Carthage. Magon Quarter Site Museum.
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Mortar and aggregate pavements were common in Punic North Africa during the 3rd-2nd centuries BCE. The technique may have been a precursor to tessellated (regularized) mosaics.
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PUNIC | Pavements. | c. 399 BCE-100 BCE | Carthaginian | Phoenician