Latrines near Latin library
Name of structure: | Latrines near Latin library |
Extended name of structure: | |
Type of structure: | Latrine |
Country or main area: | Italy |
Region within country or main area: | Lazio |
City or area within region: | Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli |
Date of structure: | First half second century AD |
Century of structure 1: | 2 AD |
Century of structure 2: | |
Specific place of mosaic: | Basin niches |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | traces of mosaic. Additionally there are numerous turquoise and some blue and ochre tesserae on the floor of the room. Large numbers of glass tesserae round garden pool behind latrine, and also in the Greek library - blue, turquoise and blue/green. |
Date of mosaic: | First half second century AD |
Century of mosaic 1: | 2 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | |
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Gold tessera at site: | |
Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
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), 109 |
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