Fragment from the Velia/Velian Hill
Name of structure: | Fragment from the Velia/Velian Hill |
Extended name of structure: | |
Type of structure: | Cornice |
Country or main area: | Italy |
Region within country or main area: | lazio |
City or area within region: | Rome |
Date of structure: | Late first century BC |
Century of structure 1: | 1 BCE |
Century of structure 2: | |
Specific place of mosaic: | Fragment of cornice found when a cutting was made through the Velia for the Via dei Fori Imperiali |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Cornice decorated with shells and mosaic, plus Egyptian Blue (?) |
Date of mosaic: | Late first century BC |
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)? | |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 50 |
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