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: Villa agli Arcinelli, Tivoli
Date of structure: First half of first century BC
Century of structure 1: 1 BCE
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Walls
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Pumice decoration
Date of mosaic: End of first century BC or later
Century of mosaic 1: 1 BCE
Century of mosaic 2: 0 AD
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site: No
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), 53-54
See also:
Ashby, British School at Rome, 3 (1906),  195
Blake, M. E., Ancient Roman Construction in Italy from the Prehistoric period to Augustus (Washington: 1947),1, 242, pl. 43, 4
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), 247-48, no. 210

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