Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas
Name of structure: | Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas |
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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 |
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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. |
Date of mosaic: | First century AD |
Century of mosaic 1: | 1 AD |
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Gold tessera at site: | |
Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 65-66 |
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