Bathhouse
Name of structure: | Bathhouse |
Extended name of structure: | Roman Baths |
Type of structure: | Bathhouse |
Country or main area: | Bulgaria |
Region within country or main area: | Plovdiv |
City or area within region: | Philippopolis |
Date of structure: | Second half third century AD |
Century of structure 1: | 3 AD |
Century of structure 2: | |
Specific place of mosaic: | Probably the vault |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | In 1937 thousands of small glass tesserae, 37 different colours and shades, found on floor of frigidarium |
Date of mosaic: | Second half third century AD |
Century of mosaic 1: | 3 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | |
Silver tessera at site: | |
Gold tessera at site: | |
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), 141 |
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