Villa

Name of structure: Villa
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: House
Country or main area: Switzerland
Region within country or main area: Geneva
City or area within region: Cour St. Pierre
Date of structure: Third or early fourth century AD
Century of structure 1: 3 AD
Century of structure 2: 4 AD
Specific place of mosaic: South wall of room 'D'
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Shells, black, white and red stone tesserae, red, blue, green and gold glass tesserae.  Only loose fragments found.
Date of mosaic: Third to fourth century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 3 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 4 AD
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site: Yes
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:
Blondel, Geneva 17 (1939), 41ff
Gozenbach, V. von, Die römischen Mosaiken der Schweiz (Basle: 1961),108, fig 48

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