Fragments on bipedales/tiles
Name of structure: | Fragments on bipedales/tiles |
Extended name of structure: | |
Type of structure: | Unknown |
Country or main area: | Italy |
Region within country or main area: | Lazio |
City or area within region: | stored in the Horrea Epagathiana, Museum, Ostia |
Date of structure: | Unknown, possibly third century AD??? |
Century of structure 1: | 3 AD |
Century of structure 2: | |
Specific place of mosaic: | Possibly a flat ceiling? |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Five fragments. Colours rich and mostly glass, include blue, green, white, orange tesserae |
Date of mosaic: | Unclear. Could date from first century AD onwards. Sears suggests Severan or post Severan because of the presence of a streaky orange tessera he ahs seen only on buildings from this date. |
Century of mosaic 1: | 3 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), 122-3 |
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