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Name of structure: | Unknown |
Extended name of structure: | Edificio fuori Porta Marina |
Type of structure: | House |
Country or main area: | Italy |
Region within country or main area: | Lazio |
City or area within region: | outside Porta Marina, Ostia |
Date of structure: | 4C |
Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 4 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | Bipedales hanging from ceiling of exedra. |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Blue, grey, gold foil. |
Date of mosaic: | 4C |
Century of mosaic 1: | 4 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | 4 AD |
Silver tessera at site: | No |
Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | Unknown |
Has analysis been done? | Yes |
Samples taken from where? | Ceiling (Verità, 2008) |
Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1957 |
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Coates-Stephens, R., 'Notes from Rome', Papers of the British School in Rome 76 (2008), 305. Verità, M., Stella Arena, M., Carruba, A. M & Santopadre, P., 'Roman glass: Art and technology in a 4th century A.D. opus sectile in Ostia (Rome)', Journal of Cultural Heritage 9 (2008), suppl., e16-e20 (online publ.). Verità, M., Stella Arena, M., Carruba, A. M & Santopadre, P., 'Materiali vitrei nell’opus sectile di Porta Marina (Ostia)', Bollettino ICR Nuova Serie n.16-17 (2008), 78-94. Sear, F. B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts. Roemische Abteiliung 23) (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 134 Becatti, G., Scavi di Ostia 6 (1969), 104-12. |
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