Baths of Ain Doura

Name of structure: Baths of Ain Doura
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Type of structure: Baths
Country or main area: Tunisia
Region within country or main area: Béja Governorate
City or area within region: Dougga/Thugga
Date of structure: Late second/early third century AD
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2: 3 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Walls, or more probably vault as glass tesserae found evenly and thickly scattered over the floor.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Wide variety of colours of glass tesserae
Date of mosaic: Late second/early third century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 2 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 3 AD
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?
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 156-7
See also:
Poinssot, Les Ruines de Dougga (1958), 72, no. 39
Golfetto, Dougga (1961), 60

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