Natatio, Stabian Baths, VII-I-8

Name of structure: Natatio, Stabian Baths, VII-I-8
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Natatio [swimming pool]
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Campania
City or area within region: Pompeii
Date of structure: Second half first century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Niches around two small square pools that flank the main large open-air pool.
Niches at sides of big pool.

Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Small pool niches: Ducks and flowers, blue/green, green, white and light blue on ground of medium blue opaque glass tesserae.
Traces of mosaic in big pool niches.
Date of mosaic: Second half first century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 1 AD
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), 94-95
See also:
Breton, E., Pompeia (Paris: 1870), 185-86
Mau, A., and F. W. Kelsey, Pompeii – Its Life and Art (New York: 1902), 191
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), 127-8, no. 30

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