Baths

Name of structure: Baths
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Baths
Country or main area: Tunisia
Region within country or main area: Governorate of Sousse
City or area within region: Themetra
Date of structure: Middle third century AD
Century of structure 1: 3 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Walls of two apsidal plunges
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Galatea, Amorini, dolphins
Putti, birds, vegetation, fruit, kantharos
Date of mosaic: Middle third century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 3 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site:
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), 162-3
See also:
Foucher, Thermes romains des environs de Hadrumète (1958), 26-28, pls 7b, 14b, 15b, 16 and plan opp. p. 17

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