Bath, Faragola Villa
Name of structure: | Bath, Faragola Villa |
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Type of structure: | Villa |
Country or main area: | Italy |
Region within country or main area: | Foggia |
City or area within region: | Ascoli Satriano |
Date of structure: | 4th-6th century |
Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | In the balneum [spa] area of the villa |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | 26 loose glass tesserae of various colours (red, orange, yellow, light amber, green, blue and white) |
Date of mosaic: | |
Century of mosaic 1: | 4 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | 6 AD |
Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
Gold tessera at site: | Unknown |
Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
Has analysis been done? | Yes |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Gliozzo, E., A. Santagostino Barbone, M. Turchiano, I. Memmi and G Volpe, ‘The coloured tesserae decorating the vaults of the Faragola Balneum (Ascoli Satriano, Foggia, S. Italy), in Archaeometry, 54.2 (2012), 311-331 |
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