Diocletian's Palace

Name of structure: Diocletian's Palace
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Type of structure: Vestibule of palace
Country or main area: Croatia
Region within country or main area:
City or area within region: Split
Date of structure: End of third century AD
Century of structure 1: 3 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Vault
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: When cupola was being restored in 1899 three pieces of mosaic found in vault, two fell down and are now in museum but other left in position.  During restoration work in 1912 many more coloured tesserae found.
Date of mosaic: End of third century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 3 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
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Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 179-80
See also:
Bulić, BASD/Bullettino di archaeologia e storia dalmata 21 (1898), 110ff; 31 (1908), 105, pl. 20,2; 35 (1912), 64-7
Zeiller, Spalato, Le Palais de Diocletian (1912), 111
Bulić, Kaiser Diocletians Palast in Split (1928), 115-6

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