Nymphaeum
| Name of structure: | Nymphaeum |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Nymphaeum |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Lazio |
| City or area within region: | Segni |
| Date of structure: | Second century BC |
| Century of structure 1: | 2 BCE |
| Century of structure 2: | |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Two rows of three niches at the back, three niches on each side. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Decoration includes pumice stones, sea shells and Egyptian blue glass. Greek inscription recording name of architect Quintus Mutius. |
| Date of mosaic: | Second century BC |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 2 BCE |
| Century of mosaic 2: | |
| Silver tessera at site: | No |
| Gold tessera at site: | No |
| 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: | June 2013: laser scanning by James Miles of the Archaeological Computing Research group, University of Southampton. 2014: excavation jointly conducted by Archaeological Museum of Segni and the British School at Rome. Francesco Maria Cifarelli, Federica Colaiacomo (Archaeological Museum of Segni), Stephen Kay (British School at Rome), Letizia Ceccarelli (Cambridge University), Camilla Panzieri and Dimosthenis Kosmopoulos (independent archaeologists). |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Boschetti, Christina, ‘Vitreous Materials in Early Mosaics in Italy: Faience, Egyptian Blue, and Glass, Journal of Glass Studies, 53 (2011), 59-91, see 75-77 |
| URLs: | http://www.bsr.ac.uk/site2014/wp-content/uploads/Epistula-VII-Segni.pdf |
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