Nymphaeum, Baths of Sosandra

Name of structure: Nymphaeum, Baths of Sosandra
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Nymphaeum
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Campania
City or area within region: Baiae
Date of structure: Third quarter first century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Niches
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Duck, mosaic decoration. Egyptian blue and pale blue glass.
Date of mosaic: Third quarter 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: 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), 95
See also:
Maiuri, A., Bollettino d’Arte 36 (1951), 359-64, figs 1.3.6
Van Buren, Archaeology 7 (1954), 105, fig 1
Maiuri, A., ‘I campi Flegrèi dal Sepolcro di Virgilio all’Antro di Cuma’, in Itinerari dei Musei e Monumenti d’Italia, 32 (Rome: 1958), 74
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), 140, no. 47
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