47. Ruins at Henchir Le Brille

Creator	Keefe, Susan
Location	Mafoura
Date Accessioned	2016-11-17T15:04:51Z
Date Available	2016-11-17T15:04:51Z
Date Issued	July 8, 2000
xmlui.metadata.dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11258/31561
Description	Mafoura, formerly Borj el Djerbi, about 5km east of Tebourba (36km northwest of Tunis). Henchir le Brille (proprietor: Ali Ferhadt); on the farm are extensive Roman ruins still uncovered. The ruins cover about two hectares and Dr. Keefe and Sassi were the first tourists the proprietor ever had. In the middle of a field (no road to it) was a square basin, about 1 meter x 1 meter, with two steps visible on one side (Dr. Keefe did not know if there were more steps or how deep the basin was originally) covered with white marble mosaics. The proprietor said it was two meters deep and the bottom had mosaics, but it was now covered with dirt for 5 feet. Perhaps it was a Roman bath. The remains of the walls around the basin did not look like church walls. You can barely see the basin in the center of this photo, in white.
Subject	Archaeology
Subject	Mosaic
Subject	Roman basin
Title	47. Ruins at Henchir Le Brille