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: Horti Sallustiani, Rome
Date of structure: Second half first century BC
Century of structure 1: 1 BCE
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Walls and vault
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Mosaic of shells and broken stone tesserae in a variety of colours.  Landscape, animal and floral scenes, mythological figures, pastoral scene.
Date of mosaic: Second half 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:
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), 54
See also:
Visconti, C.L., Bullettino della Commissione archeologica comunale di Roma, 14 (1886), 343-44

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Comments: Building part of the early gardens of Sallust.

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