Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas

Name of structure: Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Columbarium (place used to house cinerary urns)
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Rome
Date of structure: Late Tiberian
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Niche with a mosaic plaque over entrance
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

Decoration includes shells, pumice,  twisted glass rods, white stone tesserae, Egyptian blue, and green, yellow and blue glass.
Inscription identifies owner of tomb.

Date of mosaic: First century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 1 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site:
Colour tessera at site: Yes
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), 65-66
See also:
Ashby, British School at Rome, 5 (1910), 463
Luigi, G., Architettura e Arti Decorative, 1 (1921), 220, fig. 2
Luigi, G., I monumenti antichi di Roma e Suburbio, vol 1 (Rome: 1931), 439-41, fig. 99
Borda, MemAccLinc (Memorie dell' Accademia Nazionale dei Lineei) 8 (1947), 387
Blake, M. E., Roman Construction in Italy from Tiberius through the Flavians (Washington DC: 1959), 61

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