Baths

Name of structure: Baths
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Baths [in a villa]
Country or main area: Germany
Region within country or main area: Rhineland-Palatinate
City or area within region: Oberweis
Date of structure: Late third/early fourth century [dated by Koeth but only on the use of glass in vaults].
Century of structure 1: 3 AD
Century of structure 2: 4 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Tepidarium (room 56)
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Parts of two blue glass circles on a white background survive.  Steinhausen mentions blue and green glass tesserae.
Date of mosaic: Third to fourth century AD?
Century of mosaic 1: 3 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 4 AD
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site:
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), 171
See also:
Koethe, TrZ 9 (1934), 38, 48, fig 3 (plan)
Steinhausen, Arch. Karte der Rheinprovinz 1, Ortskunde Trier Mettendorf (Bonn: 1932), 240

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