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: Porta San Lorenzo, Rome
Date of structure: First century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Walls between a series of niches
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Shells and pieces of pumice tinted various colours
Date of mosaic: 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:
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), 89-90
See also:
Lanciani, R., NSc/ Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, (1884), 392; (1886), 271
Lanciani, R., The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome (London: 1897), 70
Lanciani, R., Ancient Rome in the light of recent excavations (1900), 293, no. 1
Gatti, BullCom/Bullettino della Commissione archeologica comunale di Roma, 14 (1886), 309-10, 341
Peterson, BullCom/Bullettino della Commissione archeologica comunale di Roma, 17, 1889
Richmond, The City Wall of Imperial Rome (1930), 13
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), 211, no. 158

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