Nymphaeum

Name of structure: Nymphaeum
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Nymphaeum
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Sant'Antonio, Tivoli
Date of structure: 50-40BC
Century of structure 1: 1 BCE
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Drum and bowl of apse
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Coffers outlined in shells. A few Egyptian blue tesserae.
Date of mosaic: 50-40BC
Century of mosaic 1: 1 BCE
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site:
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)
See also:
Ashby, British School at Rome, 3 (1906), 161, fig 17
Ashby, Journal of Roman Studies 4 (1914), 131-38, fig 6-10, pl. 20
Hallam, Journal of Roman Studies 21 (1931), 281, pl. 26
Lugli, G., ‘Nymphae sive musaea,’ in Atti del IV Congresso Naz. Di Studi Romani, 1 (1938), 160-62, fig 2
Lugli, G., La tecnica edilizia romana (Rome: 1957), 692, pl. 122,1
Blake, M. E., Ancient Roman Construction in Italy from the Prehistoric period to Augustus (Washington: 1947),1, 142, pl. 43,2
Crema, L., L’architettura romana, Enciclopedia Classica, Sezione III, Archeologia e storia dell’arte classica, vol 12, Archeologia (Turin: Arte romana Tomo1), 1959), 124, fig 113
Neuerburg, N., ‘L’architettura delle fontane e dei ninfei nell’Italia antica,’ in Memorie dell’Accademia di Archeologica Lettere e Belle Arti di Napoli, V (Naples: G. Macchiaroli, 1965), 249, no. 213
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