Baths, Terme del Faro, IV-II-1

Name of structure: Baths, Terme del Faro, IV-II-1
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Baths
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Ostia
Date of structure: Second century AD
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Walls of the big plunge of the frigidarium
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: White stone tesserae and traces of maroon, yellow and blue glass tesserae later covered over in marble.
Date of mosaic: Decoration renewed in third century AD but Sear dates mosaics to building period in second century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 2 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), 112
See also:
Becatti in Calza, G., Scavi di Ostia, vol 1 (Rome: 1953), 127

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