Nymphaeum, Casa di Avidio Quieto

Name of structure: Nymphaeum, Casa di Avidio Quieto
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Nymphaeum
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Quirinal, Rome
Date of structure: Brickstamps date it to Antonine
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Niches, panels, pilasters
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Swags, flowers
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:
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), 121
See also:
Fiorelli, NSc/Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità (1876), 55, 73
Vespignani, BullCom/Bullettino della Commissione archeologica comunale di Roma, (1877), 59-65
Blake, M. E., Roman Construction in Italy from Tiberius through the Flavians (Washington DC: 1959), 130
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), 213 no. 163

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