Grotto

Name of structure: Grotto
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Grotto
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Capri
City or area within region: Grotta di Matromania
Date of structure:
Century of structure 1:
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Apsidal wall
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Patterns of shells, pumice and marine incrustations alternating with bands and panels of polychrome glass.  Fragments of vessels and Egyptian blue.  A few red glass tesserae.
Date of mosaic: Late Augustan or Tiberian
Century of mosaic 1: 1 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), p. 62
See also:
Cumond, F., Textes et monuments figures relatifs aux Mystères de Mithra (Brussels, 1896-99), 2, 251-53, fig. 86
Maiuri, Amedeo, Bd’A, 25 (1931), 149-55, figs. 1-5
Mingazzini, P., ArchCl, 8 (1955), 139-49

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