Baths of Oceanus
Name of structure: | Baths of Oceanus |
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Type of structure: | Bathhouse |
Country or main area: | Libya |
Region within country or main area: | Tripolitania |
City or area within region: | Sabratha |
Date of structure: | Second to third century AD |
Century of structure 1: | 2 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 3 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | Above the waterline of two plunges in theĀ frigidarium |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Mosaic frieze in various colours, matches the mosaics on the floor |
Date of mosaic: | Second to third century AD |
Century of mosaic 1: | 2 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | 3 AD |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 152 |
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