Nymphaeum, Grotto of the nymph Egeria

Name of structure: Nymphaeum, Grotto of the nymph Egeria
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Type of structure: Nymphaeum
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Villa of Herodes Atticus, Rome
Date of structure: Hadrianic or Antonine
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
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Specific place of mosaic: Above niches, up to the springing of the vault
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Decorated in mosaic
Date of mosaic: Hadrianic or Antonine
Century of mosaic 1: 2 AD
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Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 116
See also:
Fea, Varietà di notizie (1820), 183
Lugli, BullCom/Bullettino della Commissione archeologica comunale di Roma. 52 (1924), 103-5, fig 3
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), 161 no. 81

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