Baths

Name of structure: Baths
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Baths
Country or main area: Switzerland
Region within country or main area: Thurgau
City or area within region: Eschenz
Date of structure: Build by Vespasian and restored in mid second century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2: 2 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Wall or vault of frigidarium
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Dark blue glass tesserae found
Date of mosaic: First to second century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 1 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 2 AD
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site:
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), 177
See also:
Gozenbach, V. von, Die römischen Mosaiken der Schweiz (Basle: 1961),105, no. 44; 264

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