Building

Name of structure: Building
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Type of structure: Unknown
Country or main area: France
Region within country or main area: Nord
City or area within region: Famars, Valenciennes
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Specific place of mosaic: Fragments of mosaic found near door or undetermined buildings in 1824. Now lost.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Many tesserae of different colours.
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Silver tessera at site:
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Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 183
See also:
Stern, H., Recueil general des mosaïques de la Gaule 1,3 (1963), 83, no. 129
Blanchet, A, Inventaire des mosaïques de la Gaule et de l’Afrique, vol 1 (Paris:1909), no. 1165
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Comments: Stern thinks wall or vault mosaics because original description mentions floor is of marble.
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