Baths, Trajanic Baths
Name of structure: | Baths, Trajanic Baths |
Extended name of structure: | |
Type of structure: | Baths |
Country or main area: | Libya |
Region within country or main area: | Jebel Akhdar |
City or area within region: | Cyrene |
Date of structure: | Built 98 AD, destroyed then rebuilt in 119 AD |
Century of structure 1: | 1 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 2 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | Soffits of three stone voussoirs on N side of tepidarium Soffit near door leading to frigidarium |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Red, greens and ochre glass tesserae plus red stone and white marble tesserae. Maroon, greens, turquoise, greens, mauve, yellow and orange glass tesserae plus some of black and white stone. |
Date of mosaic: | Second century AD |
Century of mosaic 1: | 2 AD |
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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)? | |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 181 |
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