Nymphaeum

Name of structure: Nymphaeum
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Monumental terrace that supported some major extra-urban building
Country or main area: Turkey
Region within country or main area: Caria
City or area within region: Aphrodisias
Date of structure:
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Specific place of mosaic: Trench NESec 1, 'Nymphaeum' site, northeast of city.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

The inner faces of the walls bore a wainscoting of marble, still in situ, and above that, a richly decorated marble and glass opus-sectile facing, fallen on the floor of the room.  The remains of the glass decoration are striking: purple, blue, orange, red, green and yellow pieces, approximately 0.003m thick, cut in diamond and other shapes of varying sizes. 
Date of mosaic:
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Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site:
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:

1961-1990: large-scale excavations directed by Kenan Erim from 1961 to 1990.


1991 - Archaeological research programme sponsored by the Institute of Fine Arts in cooperation with the Faculty of Arts and Science of New York University, jointly directed by Christopher Ratté, Associate Professor of Classics and Fine Arts at New York University and R.R.R. Smith, Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Oxford.
Aphrodisias Field Director: Alexander Sokolicek.
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Ratté, Christopher and R. R. R. Smith, ‘Archaeological Research at Aphrodisias in Caria, 1999-2001’, American Journal of Archaeology, 108. 2 (2004), 145-186, see pp. 168-9.
URLs: http://www.nyu.edu/projects/aphrodisias/home.ti.htm
Comments: Research is ongoing,
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