Nymphaeum

Name of structure: Nymphaeum
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Nymphaeum
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Pietro Papa, Rome
Date of structure: Probably first century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Vault, niches, walls
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Meander pattern, traces of a picture, blue, yellow, red glass tesserae
Date of mosaic: Probably first century
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: Found during excavations on the right bank of the Tiber in 1940, Jacopi the archaeologist in charge
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 87-89
See also: 
Jacobi, Monumenti, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 39 (19430, 103-6, pls 16, 17
Blake, M. E., Roman Construction in Italy from Tiberius through the Flavians (Washington DC: 1959), 2,59
Neuerburg, N., ‘L’architettura delle fontane e dei ninfei nell’Italia antica,’ in Memorie dell’Accademia di Archeologica Lettere e Belle Arti di Napoli, V (Naples: G. Macchiaroli, 1965), 49




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