Terme del Foro
Name of structure: | Terme del Foro |
Extended name of structure: | |
Type of structure: | Passageway |
Country or main area: | Italy |
Region within country or main area: | Lazio |
City or area within region: | Ostia |
Date of structure: | Baths originally Antonine, later restored |
Century of structure 1: | 2 AD |
Century of structure 2: | |
Specific place of mosaic: | Unknown |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Large number of glass tesserae found on ground, but could not have come from nearby pavement. Very rich colours including red, yellow, green, white, turquoise, blues, mauve and clear. |
Date of mosaic: | 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)? | |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 116 |
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