Tomb 88

Name of structure: Tomb 88
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Tomb
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Isola Sacra, Ostia
Date of structure: First half, second century AD
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: In the arcosolium [arched recess used as place of entombment]
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Man reclining on funeral couch, female figure making offering, two large birds, flowers.  Variety of coloured glass tesserae.
Date of mosaic: First half, 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: 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), 101
See also:
Calza, G., La Necropoli del Porto de Roma nell’Isola Sacra (1940), 348
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