Baths

Name of structure: Baths
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Baths [in a villa]
Country or main area: Switzerland
Region within country or main area: Ticino
City or area within region: Morbio-Inferiore
Date of structure: Third century AD
Century of structure 1: 3 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Niche over basin in frigidarium
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Black, red, green and white marble tesserae and blue, green, violet and gold glass tesserae.   Black and white probably from floor.
Date of mosaic: Third century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 3 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
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), 178
See also:
Gozenbach, V. von, Die römischen Mosaiken der Schweiz (Basle: 1961),135, no. 77

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