Nymphaeum

Name of structure: Nymphaeum
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Nymphaeum
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Campania
City or area within region: Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Sorrento
Date of structure: Augustan
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Entire surface of the smaller of two nymphaea
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Mosaic with shells in the niche.  Blue or white tesserae
Date of mosaic: Decoration is undated but masonry and plaster are first century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 1 AD
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), 64
See also:
Mingazzini, P., and. E Pfister, Forma Italiae Reg. I, vol. 2 Surrentum (Florence: 1946), 110-11, figs 18.21, pl. 6,17

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