Temple of Minerva Medica

Name of structure: Temple of Minerva Medica
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Temple/nymphaeum
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Rome
Date of structure: Early fourth century AD
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Niches, walls, area around dome
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Traces.  Variety of colours including gold tesserae.
Date of mosaic: Early fourth century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 4 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: Yes
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), 130
See also:
Isabelle, Les édifices circulaires et les domes (1855), 61
Caraffa, La cupola della sale decagona degli Horti Liciniani (1944)
Stettler, JbZMus/Mainz/Jahrbuc h des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums Mainz 4 (1957), 123-28

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