Baths

Name of structure: Baths
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Baths
Country or main area: Switzerland
Region within country or main area: Aargau
City or area within region: Waltenschwil-Buelisacker
Date of structure: Second century AD
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Walls of room 3
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Coloured tesserae but no glass, floral and scroll designs
Date of mosaic: Second century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 2 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site:
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), 179
See also:
Gozenbach, V. von, Die römischen Mosaiken der Schweiz (Basle: 1961),225-6, fig 94

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Comments: Earliest wall mosaic in Switzerland [Sear]

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