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: Villa of Brutus, Tivoli
Date of structure: Second half of first century BC
Century of structure 1: 1 BCE
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Apse, vault
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Decorated with pumice
Date of mosaic: Second half of first century BC
Century of mosaic 1: 1 BCE
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site: No
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), 5
See also:
Ashby, British School at Rome, 3 (1906),  193
Neuerburg, N., ‘L’architettura delle fontane e dei ninfei nell’Italia antica,’ in Memorie dell’Accademia di Archeologica Lettere e Belle Arti di Napoli, V (Naples: G. Macchiaroli, 1965), 244-45, no. 206

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