Euren Roman villa

Name of structure: Euren Roman villa
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Fountain
Country or main area: Germany
Region within country or main area: Rhineland-Palatinate
City or area within region: Euren, Trier district
Date of structure: Probably 4th century
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Semi-circular fountain - on the upper part of the walls
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Shell pattern - More than 20 colours, mainly green and blue, with some red, yellow, violet, orange, brown, white and gold glass.
Date of mosaic: 4th century?
Century of mosaic 1: 4 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site: Yes
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), p. 171


See also:
Wilmowsky, Jahresberichte der Gesellschaft für nützliche Forschungen in Trier (1854), 55ff; Wilmowsky, Jahresberichte der Gesellschaft für nützliche Forschungen in Trier 1872-3), 41ff, pl. 5, 1-3; Blachet, A., Invertaire des mosäiques de la Gaule et de l’Afrique  (Paris: 1909), 1, 2, 137, no. 1305; Parlasca, K., Die römischen Mosaiken in Deutschland (Berlin: 1959), 68, Abb.9.

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