Nymphaeum and Cryptoporticus
| Name of structure: | Nymphaeum and Cryptoporticus |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Nymphaeum/cryptoporticus |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Lazio |
| City or area within region: | Via XX Settembre, Rome |
| Date of structure: | Cryptoporticus, first century BC (see separate entry) Nymphaeum, first century AD |
| Century of structure 1: | 1 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 1 BCE |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Nymphaeum and outer wall of cryptoporticus |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Nymphaeum: niche decorated with a bird in ochre, maroon and white glass tesserae on green ground and surrounded by plants and tendrils. Below figured area is narrow band of ochre glass tt and row of shells. Cryptoporticus: large mosaic with figured plaques. |
| Date of mosaic: | First century AD |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 1 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | |
| Silver tessera at site: | No |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| 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), pp. 81-82, also 62-63 |
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| Comments: | See separate entry for Cryptoporticus, Via XX Settembre |