Pozzuoli / mosaic fragments / Cement / Marble / Plaster or mortar

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Object Identifier
0000.00.2855
Object Name
mosaic fragments
Object Type
Tesserae
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Forty-eight fragments of varying sizes (ranging from 27 x 20 cm to on tessera) of small (.05 x .05 cm) white marble tessarae set into concrete. A few distinct pieces have: 1. plaster with crushed brick backing. 2. larger tesserae (1.0 x 1.5 x 2.0 cm) 3. longer tessarae (.50 x .50 x 1.0 cm) 4. not in straight rows.
Subjects
undecorated
Verbatim Provenance
Italy
Verbatim Site
Pozzuoli
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Thomas Spencer Jerome and the Bay of Naples (1899-1914)
Exhibition Curator
Gazda, Elaine
Type Category
Artifact

Technical Details

Record
0000.00.2855
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2855/0000_00_2855

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"Pozzuoli; mosaic fragments; Cement; Marble; Plaster or mortar." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2855/0000_00_2855. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 06, 2024.
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