Cryptoporticus

Name of structure: Cryptoporticus
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Cryptoporticus (covered passageway)
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: House under S Pietro in Vincoli
Date of structure: Claudian to Neronian period
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Northernmost room has a mosaic vault.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Vault and sides of lightwell encrusted with coloured glass mosaic.
Date of mosaic: Claudian to Neronian period
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: Excavated in 1956
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 86
See also:
Colini, MemPontAcc/Atti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di. Archeologia., 9.2 (1966), 36, 55, figs 42,50

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