Baths

Name of structure: Baths
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Baths
Country or main area: Cyprus
Region within country or main area: Famagusta
City or area within region: Salamis
Date of structure: Third century AD
Century of structure 1: 3 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Niches in North Hall, Central Hall, South Hall
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Flowers, leaves, fruit, figures, large  mythological scene, Eurotas with Eros and swan.  Tesserae mostly stone but some turquoise glass.
Date of mosaic: Third century AD
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), 141-2
See also:
Karageorghis, BCH 91 (1967), 348-55, figs 155-59
Karageorghis, Salamis in Cyprus (1969), 186ff, pls. 123-4

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