Bathhouse, Terme dei Sette Sapienti, III-X-2

Name of structure: Bathhouse, Terme dei Sette Sapienti, III-X-2
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Bathhouse
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Ostia
Date of structure: c. 130 AD
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Apsidal recess
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Frieze with acanthus pattern, dolphins, flowers, plants, discs in a variety of colours including blue and green glass tesserae
Date of mosaic: c. 130 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), 112-13
See also:
Becatti in Calza, G., Scavi di Ostia, vol 1 (Rome: 1953), 4, 291 and 136, no. 269 

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