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: Grotta di Paris, San Vittorino, near Tivoli
Date of structure: Late first century BC
Century of structure 1: 1 BCE
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Apse, walls, lunette
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Shells and pumice.in patterns.  Sear notes that stone tesserae and lumps of glass were recorded by Neuerburg, but he couldn't find them.
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: 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), 58-60
See also:
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), 231-32, no. 188
Neuerburg, N., Archaeology, 21 (1968), 288-97
Quilici, L., RIA, 16 (1969), 5-29

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