Hypogeum [underground room]
Name of structure: | Hypogeum [underground room] |
Extended name of structure: | |
Type of structure: | Hypogeum |
Country or main area: | Italy |
Region within country or main area: | Lazio |
City or area within region: | Sette Camini, near Rome |
Date of structure: | c. Hadrian |
Century of structure 1: | 2 AD |
Century of structure 2: | |
Specific place of mosaic: | Dome and niches |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Plain white mosaic with green wreath around the oculus of the dome. Big scroll pattern in range of greens in niches, dark grey, brown, dull green, vivid copper green and deep blue glass tesserae [rather coarse]. |
Date of mosaic: | c. Hadrian |
Century of mosaic 1: | 2 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | |
Silver tessera at site: | |
Gold tessera at site: | |
Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
Has analysis been done? | |
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Excavation and restoration campaigns: | |
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 104 |
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