Baths, Antonine Baths

Name of structure: Baths, Antonine Baths
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Baths
Country or main area: Tunisia
Region within country or main area:
City or area within region: Carthage, now in National Bardo Museum, Tunis
Date of structure: Third century AD
Century of structure 1: 3 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Vault
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Four fragments with medallion and leaf pattern with occasional turquoise glass tesserae.  One has female head in centre, glass tesserae used for eyes and hair.
Date of mosaic: Third century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 3 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), 164
See also:
Yacoub, Le Musée du Bardo (1969), 22

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