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: Palatine, Rome
Date of structure: First century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Barrel vault
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Ornamented in part by mosaics of mixed marble and glass tesserae.
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: 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), 92-3
See also:
Visconti, Lanciani, Guida del Palatino (1873), 120
Middleton, The Remains of Ancient Rome 1 (1892), 197
Morricone Matini, M., Mosaici antichi in Italia, Reg. I Roma: Reg X, Palatium (Rome: 1967), 98

URLs:
Comments:

Previous Next