Pfalzel Palace

Name of structure: Pfalzel Palace
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Palace
Country or main area: Germany
Region within country or main area: Rhineland-Palatinate
City or area within region: Pfalzel, 4.5 k north of Trier
Date of structure: Mid fourth century
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Soffit of an arched window and at the springing of vaulting are large fragments of mosaic
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Green scrolls on white ground in soffits of window arches.  Remains of glass mosaic in upper storey.
Date of mosaic: 4th century
Century of mosaic 1: 4 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
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:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), pp. 173-4
See also:
Krüger, TrZ. 5 (1930), 161 
Krüger, BJb. 135 (1930), 212
Kutzbach, Germania 19 (1935), 43

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