Fragments on tubes
Name of structure: | Fragments on tubes |
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: | stored in the Horrea Epagathiana, Museum, Ostia |
Date of structure: | Unknown, probably third century AD? |
Century of structure 1: | 3 AD |
Century of structure 2: | |
Specific place of mosaic: | Tubes normally found laid vertically up the walls of theĀ caldarium, sudatorium, tepodariusĀ of bathhouse. |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Six fragments. Variety of colours including blue, green, yellow, black, white, purple glass tesserae |
Date of mosaic: | Sears suggests no earlier than third century AD judging from the quality of the tesserae |
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), 123-4 |
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