Panel, Dionysus

Name of structure: Panel, Dionysus
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Panel
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Campania
City or area within region: Naples
Date of structure: Third quarter first century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Unknown
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Reclining figure of Dionysus on dark blue ground. Pink, red yellow marble, green, white, blue, yellow. White glass highlights and wreath in small glass tesserae.  
Very heavily restored,
Date of mosaic: Third quarter 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: 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), 79-80

URLs:
Comments: May have come from Casa dello Scheletro nymphaeum (see separate entry)
Now in National Museum, Naples

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