Pavement from the Temple of Mercury, at Carthage

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 121

Notes:

The Temple of Mercury was part of Dougga (or Thugga or TBGG), a Berber, Punic and Roman settlement the ruins of which now spread over 160 acres near present-day Téboursouk in northern Tunisia. The ruins of the Temple are pictured here.

William Wood was the manager of the Peales' Baltimore Museum.