Nymphaeum

Name of structure: Nymphaeum
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Nymphaeum
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Latium
City or area within region: near San Lorenzo, Lanuvio
Date of structure: Early second century AD
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Five niches
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Encrusted with pumice, shells and coloured mosaic
Date of mosaic: Early second century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 2 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
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Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 107
See also:
Colburn, AJA/American Journal of Archaeology 18 (1914), 196
Bagnani, The Roman Campagna and its treasures (1929),
Bendinelli, MonAnt/Monumenti, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 37 (1922), 359-60, fig 29
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), 153, no. 69

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