Baths of Hadrian

Name of structure: Baths of Hadrian
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Baths
Country or main area: Libya
Region within country or main area: Tripolitania
City or area within region: Leptis Magna [Khoms]
Date of structure: Antonine?
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Whole area of the frigidarium including corridors and passages
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Large numbers of glass tesserae in various colours found. Ornamental bands.
Date of mosaic: The frigidarium was redecorated in Antonine times
Century of mosaic 1:
Century of mosaic 2: 2 AD
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), 148-9
See also:
Romanelli, Leptis Magna (1925), 124 fig 67
Aurigemma, S., L’Italia in Africa, Tripolitania, vol. 1, I monumenti d’arte decorativa, parta prima, I mosaici (Rome: 1960), 54-55, pl. 115
Bartoccini, R., Le Terme di Lepcis (Bergamo, 1929), figs 90-91

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