decorating floors. the tesserae-in-mortar technique in the

Analecta Romana Instituti Danici – Supplementum LI

Birgit Tang

DECORATING FLOORSThe Tesserae-in-Mortar Technique

in the Ancient World

This database is a supplement to Decorating Floors. The Tesserae-in-Mortar Technique in the Ancient World, Analecta Romana Instituti Danici Supplementum LI, by Birgit Tang.

The database contains 1873 entries, representing floors in nine countries: France, Greece, Italy, Libya, Malta, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia and Turkey. The chronological range of the floors spans a period from ca. 300 BC to ca. AD 400.

Each floor is registered according to the following elements: country, region, location, id (a unique code for each floor), context, structure, room, mortar, mortar type, decoration, design, date, references, illustration, note.

ISBN 978-88-7140-932-0

EDIZIONI QUASAR DI S. TOGNON SRL, ROMA

Key Country Region Location ID Context Structure Room Mortar Mortar typology

Decoration Design Date Reference Illustration Note

6 France Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes

La Roche-Blanche

LaRB1.01 Plateau de Gergovie/Merdogne. Parcelles 700-701. Temple I

Temple Cella Opus signinum

Tesserae: black, white

Grid of squares (large variant), orthogonal layout; fill: circle - hexafoil; diagonal line between petals and crosslets

No earlier than 70 BC

Guichard et al. 1994, 276-277, 289-290; Vassal 2006, 125 (no. 97)?

Guichard et al. 1994, fig. 133


La Roche-Blanche

LaRB2.01 Plateau de Gergovie/Merdogne. Parcelles 849-850

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges No earlier than 70 BC

Guichard et al. 1994, 278, 289-290; Vassal 2006, 125 (no. 97)?

8 France Burgundy - Franche-Comté

Autun (Augu-stodunum)

Aut1.01 Montmin. So-called Temple of Minerva

Béton. Terrazzo-signinum

Tesserae: black, red, white

Unknown Stern & Blanchard-Lemée 1975, 92 (no. 261); Vassal 2006, 120-121 (no. 71)

Lost

10 France Grand Est Champigny-lès-Langres

Cham1.01 Les Granges. Sanctuary. Southern temple

Temple Cella Signinum (fond rouge)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Main field: grid of lozenges. Border of central panel: swastika-meander. Central panel: in a square, surrounding a square: concentric circles with hexafoil along the diagonals and paired hederae with volutes on the medians

Third quarter of 1st cent. AD

Stern 1963, 117-118 (no. 411); Vassal 2006, 122 (no. 80)

FIG. 43; Stern 1963, pl. LXXIII

Motifs made from pebbles? (Stern 1963, 117)

11 France Grand Est Reims (Duro-cortorum)

Rei1.01 22 rue de Vesle Habitation. Urban

Triclinium? Opus signinum

Tesserae (double fillets): blackOpus tessellatum: borders and dolphins/fish

Central panel: wading bird 1st to 2nd cent. AD

Stern 1957, 25 (no. 8); Vassal 2006, 127-128 (no. 109)

Stern 1957, pl. V


Rei2.01 Between the rue de l’Université and the rue Voltaire

Triclinium? Opus signinum

Tesserae (double fillets): black, whiteOpus tessellatum: border

Panel: square - circle; central motif destroyed Stern 1957, 27 (no. 16); Vassal 2006, 128 (no. 110)

Stern 1957, pl. VII


Rei3.01 35 Boulevard de la Paix

Opus signinum

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: border

Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre, set orthogonally), diagonal layout (distance: 15 cm)

1st to 2nd cent. AD

Stern 1957, 28-29 (no. 23); Vassal 2006, 128 (no. 111)

Stern 1957, pl. VIII


Besançon (Vesontio)

Bes1.01 Rue de la Lorraine, between nos. 9 and 11

Ciment Tesserae: black Unknown Stern 1963, 30 (no. 268); Vassal 2006, 121 (no. 74)

Lost. According to Vassal, the motif is a semis of tesserae



Bes2.01 Rue d’Alsace Terrazzo-signinum (rouge)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black Grid of lozenges Terminus post quem of AD 70

Stern 1963, 32 (no. 271); Vassal 2006, 122 (no. 77)

Stern 1963, pl. VI



Bes3.01 Amphithéâtre des Facultés

Ciment rose de terre cuite. Terrazzo-signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black (2-4 cm)

Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 1-1.7 cm)

Stern 1963, 49 (no. 298); Vassal 2006, 121 (no. 75)

Stern 1963, pl. XX

According to Vassal, the floor shows a scattering of tesserae





Bes4.01 Avenue Arthur-Gaulard

Terrazzo-signinum

Tesserae: white Crosslets? Stern 1963, 54-55 (no. 306); Vassal 2006, 121 (no. 76)

18 France Occitanie Beaucaire (Ugernum)

Bea1.01 Lower city. Intersection of the rue Marceau and the rue E. Jamais

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum (tuileaux)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border/band: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. Field: grid of lozenges.Grid of squares, orthogonal layout.Square - circle - pseudo-shield of lozenges; circle - hexafoil in spandrels.

Rolland 1952, 10-11; Fiches et al. 1987, 15

Fiches et al. 1987, fig. 7

19 France Occitanie Beaucaire (Ugernum)

Bea2.01 Lower city. Rue Docteur Anthoin. Musée de Beaucaire

Habitation. Urban

Béton Tesserae: blackOpus tessellatum: central panel

Field: grid of hexagons (honeycomb) Fiches et al. 1987, 15

Fiches et al. 1987, fig. 8

20 France Occitanie Lattes (Lattara)

Lat1.01 Zone 60. Intersection of street 116 and 137. House 6001

Habitation. Urban

North-east of the courtyard

Béton (blanc) Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Multiple framing fillets. Semis of black crosslets (quincunx, set diagonally), orthogonal layout

End of 1st cent. BC.

Py 2009, 155-157 Py 2009, p. 156

21 France Occitanie Loupian Lou1.01 Près-Bas Habitation. Villa

A. Lower level, below mosaic

Terrazzo-signinum (blanc grisâtre)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black North-east area: grid of lozenges.North-west area: grid of hexagons (honeycomb).

1st phase: end of 1st cent. BC to mid-1st cent. AD (stylistic criteria)

Lavagne et al. 1976, 217-219; Vassal 2006, 126 (no. 100)

Lavagne et al. 1976, fig. 2

22 France Occitanie Loupian Lou1.02 Près-Bas Habitation. Villa

B. Lower level Terrazzo-signinum

Tesserae: black Crosslets 1st phase: end of 1st cent. BC to mid-1st cent. AD

Lavagne et al. 1976, 217-219

23 France Occitanie Montlaurès Mon1.01 Ciment (rouge)

Ceramic aggregate


Birds.Dolphin in corner.

Lafaye 1909, 82 (no. 366); Rolland 1952, 10

24 France Occitanie Narbonne (Narbo Martius)

Nar1.01 Clos de la Lombarde. Maison III

Habitation. Urban

Beneath room 1

Terrazzo-signinum

Tesserae: black (2 x 2 cm)

Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 21 cm)

Probably last decades of Republican period or Augustan period (no stratigraphy)

Sabrié et al. 1987, 43-47

Sabrié et al. 1987, fig. 18


Nar2.01 Clos de la Lombarde. Maison à Portiques

Habitation. Urban

K Ciment (grisâtre). Terrazzo. Terrazzo signinum

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black, red (3 x 3 cm)Inset piecesOpus tessellatum: border

Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally) and inset pieces, diagonal layout (distance: 25 cm)

Last decades of Republican period or early Augustan period (stratigraphy)

Sabrié et al. 1987, 68, 73-74




Habitation. Urban

M. Tablinum? Ciment (grisâtre). Terrazzo. Terrazzo signinum (fond blanc)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: rear area of central field

Outer border (on three sides): no motifs. Inner border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a bichrome crosslet (white centre). Central field, front area: grid of lozenges


Sabrié et al. 1987, 68-69, 73-74




Habitation. Urban

A Ciment (grisâtre). Terrazzo signinum

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black, redInset piecesOpus tessellatum: border

Field: semis of tesserae and inset pieces, diagonal layout


Sabrié et al. 1987, 71, 73-74





Habitation. Urban

Atrium Ciment (grisâtre). Terrazzo signinum

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: blackOpus tessellatum: border

Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout


Sabrié et al 1987, 71-74


29 France Occitanie Nîmes (Nemausus)

Nim1.01 Rue Saint-Laurent

Habitation. Urban

1 Opus signinum (fond blanche). Sol bétonné

Stone aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre, set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 13.4-18 cm)

Probably early 1st cent. AD. Terminus post quem of the Augustan period

Genty et al. 1980, 112-118

Genty et al. 1980, figs. 5-7


Nim2.01 Rue Nationale 60 (“domus à peristyle”)

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum (blanche)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae (grosses): black

Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout No earlier than the second third of the 2nd cent. AD

Genty et al. 1980, 118 note 28, 119


Nim3.01 Clinique St-Joseph

Opus signinum (blanche)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae (grosses): black

Semis of tesserae Genty et al. 1980, 118 note 28


Nim4.01 Rue F. Pellontier Pavement M2 Opus signinum (blanche)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black (2.8 x 2.8 cm)

Semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

1st cent. BC. Augustan period

Genty 1979; Genty et al. 1980, 118 note 28

Genty 1979, figs. 3-4


Nim5.01 Quartier des Bénédictins. Les Villégiales. Domus B

Habitation. Urban

Reception room

Opus signinum (beige). Signinum

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Threshold: cubes in perspective.Field: grid of intersecting octagons making squares and irregular oblong hexagons.

1st cent. AD Balmelle et al. 1999, 628; Vassal 2006, 127 (no. 106); Darde 2000, 37

Balmelle et al. 1999, pl. CCXXV.2; Darde 2000, pp. 36-37

35 France Occitanie Rodez (Segodunum)

Rod1.01 Passage des Maçons, between the rue du Touat and rue des Martyrs de la Résistance

Sanctuary? Opus signinum


Grid of lozenges 1st cent. AD Labrousse 1980, 471

Labrousse 1980, fig. 8

37 France Occitanie Rodez (Segodunum)

Rod1.02 Passage des Maçons, between the rue du Touat and rue des Martyrs de la Résistance



Grid of squares; fill: bichrome crosslets (black centre)

1st cent. AD Labrousse 1980, 471

38 France Occitanie Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (Lugdunum Convenarum)

SBer1.01 South-east of the forum. Domus II

Habitation. Urban

Eastern room Opus signinum


Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), diagonal layout (distance: 29.5-30 cm)

Balmelle 1980, 46 (no. 24); Sablayrolles & Beyrie 2006, 343-346; Vassal 2006, 128 (no. 112)

Balmelle 1980, pl. V

39 France Occitanie Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (Lugdunum Convenarum)

SBer2.01 South-east of the forum

Opus signinum

Tesserae: black (3 x 3 cm)Inset pieces (9 x 9 cm)

Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally) and inset pieces, diagonal layout

Balmelle 1980, 48 (no. 27); Sablayrolles & Beyrie 2006, 343-346

Balmelle 1980, pl. V



40 France Provence - Alpes - Côte d’Azur

Avignon (Avennio)

Avi1.01 35 rue Bonneterie

Terrazzo-signinum (blanche)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: blackOpus tessellatum: central panel

Field: grid of hexagons (honeycomb) Mid-2nd cent. AD

Lavagne 1979, 45-47 (no. 23); Vassal 2006, 121 (no. 72)

FIG. 41; Lavagne 1979, pl. IX


Bonnieux Bon1.01 Domaine de Thorame

Temple Cella Terrazzo-signinum (bistre)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: motif in corners of central panel (dolphins), central panel

Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

1st cent. AD Lavagne 1979, 152-153 (no. 210); Vassal 2006, 122 (no. 78)

FIG. 42; Lavagne 1979, pls. LIX-LX


Digne (Dinia) Dig1.01 Avenue Sainte-Douceline. West of the cathedral. Musée de Digne

Habitation. Urban

5 Opus signinum

Tesserae: black In front of threshold: male (or female) portrait in profile

1st cent. AD Bérard 1997, 166; Lavagne 2000, 193 (no. 703); Vassal 2006, 123 (no. 83)

FIG. 44; Lavagne 2000, fig. 27; Vassal 2006, p. 57


Grans Gra1.01 Beaumajour Habitation. Villa

A. Triclinium? Béton de tuileau. Terrazzo-signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: central panel

Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (white centre), diagonal layout (distance: 20 cm)

1st cent. BC (stratigraphy)

Bellet 1975, 65; Lavagne 2000, 296-297 (no. 878); Vassal 2006, 125 (no. 96)

Lavagne 2000, pl. XCIX


Marseille (Massalia/Massilia)

Mars1.01 Parc des Phocéens. North of the Vieux-Port. Intersection of the rue Sainte-Elisabeth and rue Trigance

Sanctuary. Thesmopho-rion?

Northern room

Béton. Opus signinum. Terrazzo-signinum

Tesserae: black, grey, whiteLarger tesserae/inset pieces: box, mat (semis)Opus tessellatum (three tesserae wide): wreath

Near eastern corner: Inscription in Greek: ΧΑΙΡΕ within box

Last quarter of 3rd cent. BC. Around 200 BC

Gantès 1992, 85; Moliner 1995, 75; Balmelle et al. 1999, 627; L.-F. Gantès in Marseille grecque 1999, 74; Vassal 2006, 126 (no. 103)

Gantès 1992, fig. 7; Molier 1995, fig. 11; Balmelle et al. 1999, pl. CCXXIV.1; L.-F. Gantès in Marseille grecque 1999, p. 75



Mars2.01 Quartier du Panier. Fouilles de la RHI Bon-Jésus

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Tesserae: black, whiteInset pieces and tesserae: border

Central field/panel: semis of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, white centre, mainly set diagonally), orthogonal layout

End of 1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD

Moliner 1995, 74-75, 77; Vassal 2006, 126 (no. 102)

Moliner 1995, fig. 10


Orange (Arausio)

Ora1.01 Next to the theatre

Nymphaeum In front of natural cave

Terrazzo-signinum (cailloutis blanchâtres)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: blackOpus tessellatum: central panel

Border: grid of intersecting octagons making squares and irregular oblong hexagons

End of 1st to beginning of 2nd cent. AD

Lavagne 1979, 56-58 (no. 38)

FIG. 45; Lavagne 1979, pls. X-XI


Pélissanne (Pisavis)

Pel1.01 Val-de-Gon or Les Redortières. Musée de Salon

Habitation. Villa

A. Triclinium? Opus signinum. Terrazzo-signinum

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black (3 x 3 cm), whiteOpus tessellatum: central panel

Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 10 cm). Main field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout (distance: 20 and 30 cm)

First half of 1st cent. AD

Benoit 1964, 586-587; Lavagne 2000, 300 (no. 892); Vassal 2006, 127 (no. 107)

Benoit 1964, fig. 26; Lavagne 2000, pl. XCIX





Mars3.01 Rue de la République. Dépôt archéologique municipal. Fragment

Opus signinum

Tesserae: black, green, red, whiteInset pieces

Area: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout-irregular.On one side: three bands/borders or narrow area with rows of tesserae (alternating black, polychrome, white, polychrome, black, etc.). Second border: rows of tesserae (alternating black, polychrome, white, black-and-white, polychrome, black).Band on other side/first border: grid of lozenges with horizontal lines and bichrome crosslets as fill.Second border/second and third border: rows of tesserae (alternating white, black-and-white, black, polychrome, white, black-and-white, black, poly-chrome, white). Possible central area: inset pieces

50 BC to AD 50 Bizot et al. 2007, 78 Bizot et al. 2007, p. 78


Glanum Gla1.01 Building LVIIb B Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Phase Ic: 123-90 BC

Roth Congès 1992a, 357; Provost et al. 1999, 324-325


Glanum Gla2.01 Maison IV/Maison du Capricorne

Habitation. Urban

Peristyle Béton de tuileau. Béton de tuileaux

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, brown, grey, white

Porticoes: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square.Basin rim: foliate scroll with hederae.

Second phase: mid-1st cent. BC to mid-1st cent. AD

Rolland 1946, 66-67, 71; Rolland 1952, 11-13; Provost et al. 1999, 362-364

Rolland 1946, fig. 51; Rolland 1952, fig. 7


Glanum Gla3.01 Maison XII/Maison de Sulla

Habitation. Urban

C. Exedra Béton (cailloux blancs)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black, green, redOpus tessellatum: central panelSome of the fillets forming part of the first border are made from triple (or more) rows of tesserae

First border (double and triple fillets): alternating squares and recumbent rectangles; fill: lozenge, wheel, rosette. Second border (double fillets): spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Between second border and central panel, on entrance side: Inscription in Latin: CO.SVLLAE.

Terminus post quem of 90 BC. Terminus ante quem of 32 BC. 50s BC

Rolland 1946, 119-120, Rolland 1952, 6-7, 9-10; Provost et al. 1999, 365-367; Brem 2000, 152; Roth Congès 2007, 214-215

Rolland 1946, figs. 91-92; Rolland 1952, figs. 1, 3; Lavagne 1987, fig. 3 (not from the Maison des Antes as written in the caption)


Glanum Gla3.02 Maison XII/Maison de Sulla

Habitation. Urban

D. Cubiculum Béton de tuileaux. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Antechamber: grid of lozenges.Bed area: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.

Terminus post quem of 90 BC. Terminus ante quem 32 BC. 50s BC

Rolland 1946, 120; Rolland 1952, 6-7, 9-10; Provost et al. 1999, 365-367; Roth Congès 2007, 214-215

Rolland 1946, fig. 93; Rolland 1952, figs. 2, 4; Roth Congrès 2007, fig. 13


Glanum Gla4.01 Below the baths. Musée de Glanum

Béton de tuileaux

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: central panel

Central field: pseudo-shield of lozenges 1st cent. BC Vassal 2006, 125 (no. 95)


Glanum Gla5.01 West of the rue des Thermes. Maison VI/Maison des Antes

Habitation. Urban

Q Opus signinum


West: scale pattern (two rows).Border on north, east and west sides: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares. Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout.

Second half of 1st cent. BC

Rolland 1946, 88; Provost et al. 1999, 357

Lavagne 1987, fig. 1




Taradeau Tarad1.01 Villa de Saint Martin

Habitation. Villa

Triclinium Terrazzo signinum (cailloux, fragments de terre cuite)

Mixed aggregate?

Tesserae: mainly greenInset pieces

Central part: rectangle subdivided into concentric squares with diagonals and a rectangle; on top: central large semicircle with smaller ones on either side. Resembling ground plan of a building

Second half of 1st cent. AD. Flavian period

Lavagne 2000, 364 (no. 1005); Vassal 2006, 132 (no. 134)

FIG. 47; Lavagne 2000, fig. 61


Tarascon Taras1.01 Pas de Bouquet. Parcelles 219-220

Béton rose de tuileaux. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Augustan period?

Lavagne 1987, 382; Broise, P. 1990, 26-27

Broise, P. 1990, fig. 9


Vaison-la-Romaine (Vasio Vocontiorum)

Vai1.01 West of the cathedral

Habitation. Urban

Sol bétonné, a ciment

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Field: grid of lozenges with a 90° rotation Salviat 1974, 525 Salviat 1974, figs. 34, 36


Vaison-la-Romaine (Vasio Vocontiorum)

Vai1.02 West of the cathedral

Habitation. Urban

Sol bétonné, a ciment

Field: possible semis of crosslets, orthogonal layout

Salviat 1974, 525 Salviat 1974, fig. 34


Saint-Clair-du-Rhône

SCla1.01 Villa Joulia Habitation. Villa

6. Bathroom Terrazzo signinum (tuileau)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black Basin: semis of tesserae.Grid of rectangles; fill: diagonals, circle with four radii, circles and diagonals, cross.

1st cent. BC or 1st cent. AD

Pelletier et al. 1994, 117 (no. 189); Lavagne 2000, 77-78 (no. 536); Vassal 2006, 130 (no. 121)

Pelletier et al. 1994, fig. 77


Saint-Paul-Trois-Châtea-ux (Augusta Tricastino-rum)

SPau1.01 Quartier l’Evêché. Rue de la Montée-au-Château. Cave Reynaud. Temple of the Capitoline Triade? One fragment in the Musée de Saint-Paul-Trois-Château

Temple? Cella? Terrazzo-signinum


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 23-24 cm)

1st or 2nd cent. AD?

Lavagne 1979, 95-96 (no. 101)

Lavagne 1979, pl. XXIX.2


Saint-Romain-en-Gal (Vienna)

SRomG1.01 Chantier de la Plaine. Maison aux Pierres Dorées. Below eastern portico of the Maison des Dieux Océan (phase 4)

Habitation. Suburban

P. Exedra Ciment (beige rosé). Ciment de tuileau. Opus terrazzo-signinum. Sol de béton

Stone aggregate. Ceramic aggregate (around the tesserae of the semis)

Tesserae: black (3 x 3 cm)Scattered black and white tesseraeInset pieces

Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.One black four-tessera square.

Phase 2A: around AD 20

Lancha 1981, 253-254 (no. 390); A. Desbat in La maison des Dieux Océan 1994, 201; D. Tavernier in La maison des Dieux Océan 1994, 103, 114; A. Desbat & O. Leblanc in La maison des Dieux Océan 1994, 76

Lancha 1981, pl. CXLIIIa; La maison des Dieux Océan 1994, fig. 168, photo 54


Saint-Romain-le-Puy

SRomP1.01 Chézieu or Chaizieu, la Terre du Convent. Fragments in the Musée de La Diana in Montbrison

Fragment F Béton de tuileau

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: tessera Stern & Blanchard-Lemée 1975, 27-28 (no. 171)

Stern & Blanchard-Lemée 1975, pl. IV




Septème Sept1.01 La Prairie Ciment (rouge). Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, white (irregular)

Panel A: Border of panel: incomplete inscription in Greek and/or Gaulish: first side: ----ΧΡAΙΡ-Ι--ΙΟ--Ι-; second side: ΕΟ--ΤΑΡ---YΤΑΙΜ--ΟNΒΙΟV; third side: ΑΜΒΙΑ----Panel B: multiple borders/concentric squares with diagonal in corners. Central motif: target created by eight concentric circles and eight radii; snakes, crosslets, fish and protomes of horses (only description) in spandrels

1st cent. BC Pelletier et al. 1994, 143-145 (no. 301); Lavagne 2000, 98-100 (no. 568); Vassal 2006, 132 (no. 133)

FIG. 46; Pelletier et al. 1994, fig. 93; Lavagne 2000, pl. XXIII

Panel A lost


Vienne (Vienna)

Vie1.01 Garden of old hospital

Opus signinum (briques concassées)

Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets or scattered tesserae

End of 1st cent. BC

Lancha 1981, 23-24 (no. 215); Vassal 2006, 132-133 (no. 136)

66 Greece South Aegean

Delos Del1.01 Between the Sanctuary of Apollon and the Sacred Lake. Agora des Italiens/Porticus Italicorum

Portico complex

18. Niche Ciment. Bruneau 1972: type A (coarse)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Front zone: grid of lozenges 130-120 BC. Very end of 2nd cent. BC

Bruneau 1972, 133 (no. 17); Queyrel 1991, 413-417 (dating of the portico complex); Vassal 2006, 134 (no. 147); Trümper 2008, esp. 155-156


Delos Del2.01 Theatre Quarter. Insula II. House II A/Maison du trident. Two fragments

Habitation. Urban

F. Upstairs room

Ciment. Bruneau 1972: type A (coarse)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Meander/swastika-meander/spaced swastika-meander

Late 2nd to early 1st cent. BC

Chamonard 1922-1924, 395; Bruneau 1972, 302 (no. 316); Vassal 2006, 135 (no. 148); Tang 2010, 635-636

Chamonard 1922-1924, fig. 224; Bruneau 1972, fig. 269; Tang 2010, fig. 6


Delos Del3.01 Southern zone. North-east of the Bay of Fourni. Maison de Fourni

Association house

AC Ciment. Opus signinum. Bruneau 1972: type B (fine)

Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), orthogonal layout (distance: 12-14 cm)


Bruneau 1972, 310 (no. 326); Vassal 2006, 134 (no. 143); Tang 2010, 635-636

Bruneau 1972, figs. 279-280; Vassal 2006, fig. 19; Tang 2010, fig. 7


Delos Del3.02 Southern zone. North-east of Fourni Bay. Maison de Fourni

Association house

AH Ciment. Opus signinum. Bruneau 1972: type B (fine)

Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), orthogonal layout.Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout, black tessera at intersections.


Bruneau 1972, 310 (nos. 327); Vassal 2006, 134 (no. 144); Tang 2010, 635-636

70 Greece West Greece

Calydon Caly1.01 Acropolis. Central part. Section H. Hellenistic building

4 Mortar Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Dietz et al. 2007, 56; Tang 2010, 636; Dietz 2011, 241, 247-249; B. Tang in Dietz 2011, 243

Dietz et al. 2007, fig. 25; Tang 2010, figs. 9-10; Dietz 2011, figs. 170-172

72 Greece Central Macedo-nia

Mieza Mie1.01 Kamara Naousis. Valavanis field. Eastern House

Habitation. Suburban. Villa

Atrium Opus signinum

Tesserae: white North side: grid of lozenges.East side: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.South side: grid of lozenges.West side: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.

2nd cent. BC Allamani 1989; Souri 1989; Allamani & Misaelidou 1992, 208-215; Allamani 1995, 364; Vassal 2006, 135 (no. 152); Papaioannou 2010, 88-89; Tang 2010, 636-637

Allamani & Misaelidou 1992, figs. 3-4; Papaioannou 2010, fig. 27






East of the atrium

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges 2nd cent. BC Allamani 1989; Souri 1989; Allamani & Misaelidou 1992, 208-215; Allamani 1995, 364; Vassal 2006, 135-136 (no. 153); Papaioannou 2010, 88-89; Tang 2010, 636-637




East of the atrium

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Fillets of tesserae 2nd cent. BC Allamani 1989; Souri 1989; Allamani & Misaelidou 1992, 208-215; Allamani 1995, 364; Papaioannou 2010, 88-89; Tang 2010, 636-637




South of the atrium

Opus signinum

Tesserae: dark (green?), white

Field: labyrinth. Central panel: scale pattern; fill: tessera

2nd cent. BC Allamani 1989; Souri 1989; Allamani & Misaelidou 1992, 208-215; Allamani 1995, 364; Vassal 2006, 136 (no. 156); Papaioannou 2010, 88-89; Tang 2010, 636-637

Allamani & Misaelidou 1992, fig. 2; Papaioannou 2010, fig. 28




South of the atrium

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Meander 2nd cent. BC Allamani 1989; Souri 1989; Allamani & Misaelidou 1992, 208-215; Allamani 1995, 364; Vassal 2006, 135 (no. 151); Papaioannou 2010, 88-89; Tang 2010, 636-637




South of the atrium

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Squares 2nd cent. BC Allamani 1989; Souri 1989; Allamani & Misaelidou 1992, 208-215; Allamani 1995, 364; Papaioannou 2010, 88-89; Tang 2010, 636-637


Taponas Tap1.01 La Commanderie Habitation. Villa

1 Opus signinum. Terrazzo-signinum

Tesserae (double fillets): black

Field: grid of hexagons (honeycomb) Occupation of villa dated 2nd to 4th cent. AD (few finds)

Grenier 1943, 229; Stern & Blanchard-Lemée 1975, 43-44 (no. 191)

Stern & Blanchard-Lemée 1975, pl. XIII

Probably destroyed



79 Italy Piedmont Alba (Alba Pompeia)

Alb1.01 Piazza Marconi Habitation. Urban

A Cementizio a base litica. Opus signinum

Stone aggregate


Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre), orthogonal layout

First half of 1st cent. AD (no dating evidence)

Mercando 1996, 148-149; Mercando 1998, 149; Preacco & Da Pieve 2013, 135 note 9

Mercando 1996, fig. 1; Mercando 1998, figs. 110-111

80 Italy Piedmont Alba (Alba Pompeia)

Alb1.02 Piazza Marconi Habitation. Urban

B Cementizio a base litica. Signino

Stone aggregate


Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre), orthogonal layout


Mercando 1996, 148-149; Mercando 1998, 149; Preacco & Da Pieve 2013, 135 note 9

Mercando 1996, fig. 1; Mercando 1998, figs. 110-111

81 Italy Piedmont Almese (Almo)

Alm1.01 Milanere. Loc. Grange di Rivera

Habitation. Rural. Villa

5 Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Motif(s) not described Augustan period Cantino Wataghin 1986, 202; Mercando 1996, 146

82 Italy Piedmont Asti (Hasta) Ast1.01 Piazza Cagni. Via Gioberti. Casa “della Rovere”

Habitation. Urban

Triclinium? Cocciopesto. Signino (rosso)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteInset pieces

Frame on south side: three fillets.East zone: Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, mainly set orthogonally) with four-tessera squares in easternmost rows, orthogonal layout.Panel in north-east corner: concentric circles - intersecting semicircles forming ogives and scales.West zone: Band: arches. Broad band: possible circular designs. Two bands: lozenge-shaped inset pieces. Broad band/field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout.Rectangular panel in north-west corner.

1st cent. AD (no dating evidence)

Mercando 1996, 150; Zanda 1996; Mercando 1998, 149

FIG. 55; Zanda 1996, tav. LXXXIII

83 Italy Piedmont Costigliole Saluzzo

Cost1.01 Villa Habitation. Rural. Villa

H1. Ante-chamber?

Battuto. Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: grey, whiteInset piecesOpus tessellatum: border

Semis of bichrome crosslets (grey or white centre).Fillet of tesserae and crosslets.


Mercando 1996, 147 note 12; Preacco & Da Pieve 2013, 134-135

Preacco & Da Pieve 2013, fig. 2

84 Italy Piedmont Industria Ind1.01 Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) Flavian period Mercando 1996, 150

85 Italy Piedmont Industria Ind2.01 Insula II. Domus B

Habitation. Urban

4. Triclinium? Cementizio bianco

Stone aggregate: limestone


Central field: Front area: grid of squares, orthogonal layout. Panel with two borders: grid of squares, diagonal layout, with horizontal lines making hourglasses; white tessera at intersections

Neronian-Flavian period (dating evidence)

Zanda & Lanza 2007, 95-96

FIG. 56; Zanda & Lanza 2007, tav. XXIII.b

86 Italy Piedmont Libarna Lib1.01 Quartiere dell’Anfiteatro. II isolato. Lotto A

Habitation. Urban

13 Battuto di malta signina


Crosslets Augustan period Finocchi 1996, 173-175, 204

87 Italy Piedmont Libarna Lib2.01 Quartiere dell’Anfiteatro. II isolato. Lotto D

Habitation. Urban

20 Battuto di calce e ghiaia


Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), orthogonal layout

End of 1st cent. BC (stratigraphy)

Finocchi 1996, 188, 190



88 Italy Piedmont Libarna Lib3.01 Via del Teatro. III isolato

Habitation? Bath?

Eastern part Signino Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: band

Semis of bichrome crosslets (alternating black and white centre), diagonal layout

End of 1st cent. BC

Finocchi 1996, 199, 201

Finocchi 1996, fig. 87

89 Italy Piedmont Libarna Lib3.02 Via del Teatro. III isolato

Habitation? Bath?

Easternmost room

Signino Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: band

Semis of bichrome crosslets (alternating black and white centre), diagonal layout

End of 1st cent. BC

Finocchi 1996, 199, 201

Finocchi 1996, figs. 87, 92

90 Italy Piedmont Novara (Novaria)

Nov1.01 Via Dolores Bello Fondo nero Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

Tiberian period? Scafile 1987, 28-30; Mercando 1996, 148 and note 20; Mercando 1998, 151

Scafile 1987, p. 28; Mercando 1998, fig. 113

The floor is referred to as a mosaic, but judging from the photographs, it appears to be a mortar floor

91 Italy Piedmont Pollenzo (Pollentia)

Pol1.01 Via Amadeo di Savoia-Cascina Albertina

Habitation. Urban

3. Reception room

Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: dark colour, white

Field: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill: tessera

End of 1st cent. BC to mid-1st cent. AD (dating evidence)

Preacco 2006, 80-81; Preacco 2009, 259; Preacco & Da Pieve 2013, 135 note 11

Preacco 2006, fig. 5

92 Italy Piedmont Tortona (Dertona)

Tort1.01 Piazza delle Erbe Signino Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) Mercando 1996, 150

93 Italy Piedmont Turin (Augusta Taurinorum)

Tur1.01 Isolato di Santo Stefano. Near Porta Palatina

Battuto in signino. Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons

End of 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD

Filippi 1983; Mercando 1996, 148 and note 21, 154; Mercando 1998, 151

Filippi 1983, tav. LVIII

94 Italy Piedmont Vercelli (Vercellae)

Verc1.01 Brüt Fond, Church of S. Stefano

Habitation. Urban

A. Triclinium Cocciopesto. Opus signinum. Signino (rosso)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: border of panelOpus sectile: panel

Field: grid of bands divided into small squares and rectangles with larger squares in the interspaces; fill in small squares: poised square with tessera; fill in rectangles: lozenge with bichrome crosslet (white centre); fill in large squares: circle or concave poised square with bichrome crosslet (black centre). Crosslets are somewhat irregular, with both Greek crosses and quincunx

Augustan period (finds). Probably 1st cent. AD

Spagnolo Garzoli 1988; Mercando 1996, 149-150; George 1997, 61-62; Mercando 1998, 150-151; Slavazzi 1998a, 4; Vassal 2006, 180 (no. 390)

FIG. 57; Spagnolo Garzoli 1988, tav. CI,b; Mercando 1996, figs. 2-3; George 1997, fig. 56; Mercando 1998, fig. 112

95 Italy Piedmont Vercelli (Vercellae)

Verc1.02 Brüt Fond, Church of S. Stefano

Habitation. Urban

F Opus signinum. Signino

Tesserae: blackish blue

Fillet Augustan period (finds). Probably 1st cent. AD

Spagnolo Garzoli 1988, 247; Mercando 1996, 149-150; George 1997, 61-62; Mercando 1998, 150-151; Slavazzi 1998a, 4

George 1997, fig. 56

96 Italy The Aosta Valley

Aosta (Augusta Praetoria Salassorum)

Aos1.01 Insula 12. East of the Criptoportico. Cattedrale

Cathedral B Cementizio Tesserae: black Central panel: square - circle - concave hexagon - hexafoil; fill between petals and in corners of square: circles; fill between petals: crosslets

End of 4th to beginning of 5th cent. AD, i.e. contemporary with the construction of the cathedral

Perinetti 2001; Framarin 2004, 4; Mollo 2004, 13-14

Perinetti 2001, fig. 5






House church. Later cathedral

C Cementizio Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout 3rd to 4th cent. AD

Perinetti 2001 Perinetti 2001, fig. 6





D Cementizio Tesserae: black Frames.Palm leaf.

3rd to 4th cent. AD

Perinetti 2001 Perinetti 2001, fig. 7

Some of the motifs might be an addition or restoration





Next to room C

Semis of crosslets 3rd to 4th cent. AD

Framarin 2004, 4



Aos2.01 Insula 33. Via Trottechien. Domus dei Mosaici

Habitation. Urban

A Cementizio in pietrisco. Cocciopesto di pietrisco. Opus signi-num

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: border, central field, front area

Field, off-centre: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Built mid-1st cent. AD

Mollo Mezzena 1981, 92-93; Mollo Mezzena 1982, 257; George 1997, 38-39; Mollo 2004, 15-17

Mollo Mezzena 1981, fig. 33; Mollo Mezzena 1982, fig. 43; Mollo 2004, figs. 7, 10



Aos2.02 Insula 33. Via Trottechien. Domus dei Mosaici

Habitation. Urban

C Cementizio Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Built mid-1st cent. AD

Mollo Mezzena 1981, 92-93; Mollo 2004, 15-17

Mollo 2004, fig. 7



Aos3.01 Insula 34 Habitation. Urban

Cementizio Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Semis of tesserae Imperial period Mollo 2004, 13 and note 32




Entrance room

Cementizio. Malta bian-castra unita a ghiaia centri-metrica nera-stra e a fram-menti fittili di color rosso scuro

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteRectangular and irregular tesserae

Central part: In front of semis: Inscription in Latin: FELIX FECIT. Central part: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre and Greek cross, white centre), orthogonal layout

4th cent. AD Framarin 2004 FIGS. 58-59; Framarin 2004, figs. 1-4




Cementizio Tesserae: black Semis of tesserae Imperial period Mollo 2004, 13 and note 33



Aos6.01 Regione Consolata


6. Triclinium Cementizio. Opus signinum. Signino a fondo chiaro

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: greyish, rose-coloured, white

Antechamber: semis of tesserae and bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, rose-coloured or greyish centre), diagonal layout.Dividing band: row of hexagons and lozenges/triangles; fill: crosslet (Greek cross).Dining area: Couch area: fillet. Central panel: circle.

20s BC (building technique as dating criterion)

Mollo Mezzena 1981, 122-124; Mollo Mezzena 1982, 283-291; Framarin 2004, 4; Mollo 2004

FIG. 60; Mollo Mezzena 1981, fig. 68; Mollo 2004, figs. 2, 3a-3c





8. Cubiculum Cementizio. Opus signinum


Border of central panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a crosslet. Central panel: square - circle - concave hexagon - hexafoil (bichrome crosslet as centre); fill: crosslets.Bed areas: no motifs.



FIGS. 60-61; Mollo Mezzena 1981, figs. 68, 70; Mollo Mezzena 1982, fig. 74; Mollo 2004, figs. 2, 4a, 4c







9. Corridor Cementizio Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout


Mollo Mezzena 1981, 122-124; Mollo Mezzena 1982, 283-291; Framarin 2004, 4; Mollo 2004, 12

FIG. 60; Mollo Mezzena 1981, fig. 68; Mollo 2004, fig. 2





13. Cubiculum

Cementizio. Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Antechamber: scale pattern.Central part: Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a crosslet. Central rectangular panel: row of upright lozenges; fill: crosslets.Bed area: no motifs.



FIGS. 60, 62; Mollo Mezzena 1981, fig. 68 (plan); Mollo 2004, figs. 2, 4b

109 Italy Lombardy Bergamo (Bergamum)

Ber1.01 Città Alta. Via Reginaldo Giuliani

US 105 Opus signinum

Tesserae: black Frame: two fillets of tesserae Fortunati Zuccàla et al. 1987, 98-100; Fortunati Zuccàla et al. 2001, 318 note 12

Fortunati Zuccàla et al. 1987, fig. 91

110 Italy Lombardy Breno Bre1.01 Valle Camonica. Località Spinera. Sanctuary of Minerva

Sanctuary 2. North of the main cella. Cella

Cementizio a base litica

Stone aggregate

Tesserae (tesseroni): blackOpus tessellatum: border

Main field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 27 cm and 56 cm)

Flavian period Rossi, F. 1988-1989; Rossi, F. 1990, 91; Morandini & Slavazzi 2010

FIG. 63; Rossi, F. 1988-1989, fig. 2; Rossi, F. 1990, fig. 1; Morandini & Slavazzi 2010, fig. 2

111 Italy Lombardy Breno Bre1.02 Valle Camonica. Località Spinera. Sanctuary of Minerva

Sanctuary 5. South of the main cella. Cella


Stone aggregate

Tesserae (tesseroni): blackOpus tessellatum: inner borderPainted bands in red and yellow: outer border

Main field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 21 cm)

Flavian period Rossi, F. 1988-1989; Rossi, F. 1990, 91; Morandini & Slavazzi 2010; Guidobaldi, F. & Sposito 2013, 324

FIGS. 63-64; Rossi, F. 1988-1989, figs. 62-63; Rossi, F. 1990, fig. 1; Morandini & Slavazzi 2010, figs. 2, 5-6; Guidobaldi, F. & Sposito 2013, fig. 21

112 Italy Lombardy Brescia (Brixia)

Bresc1.01 Monastero di Santa Giulia. Domus C1

Habitation. Urban

20. Portico Cementizio. Malta biancastra

Stone aggregate


Semis of tesserae (distance: 18 cm) Imperial period Baggio & Toso 2004, 123; Slavazzi 2005, 271

Slavazzi 2005, fig. 95


Bresc2.01 Monastero di Santa Giulia. Zona D

Habitation. Urban

59 Cementizio. Malta bianca fine

Stone aggregate


Unidentifiable Imperial period Slavazzi 2005, 271 One tessera in situ


Bresc3.01 Monastero di Santa Giulia. Zona E (Domus del Ninfeo)

Habitation. Urban

77/H Cementizio. Malta bianca

Stone aggregate


Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 12 cm)

Imperial period George 1997, 43-44; Slavazzi 2005, 271-272


Bresc4.01 Piazza Duomo. Angolo Via Trieste 8

Battuto in graniglia a fondo beige chiaro

Stone aggregate

Tesserae (tesseroni): black

Semis of tesserae Early Augustan period

Carta Brescia 1996, 124-125, scheda 189; Rossi, F. 2005, 17-18 (no. 4)




Bresc5.01 Via Trieste 17. Collegio Arici

Habitation. Urban

Portico Malta e scaglie di calcare bianco. Opus signinum


Tesserae: black (ca. 2 x 2 cm)Opus tessellatum: band

Main field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.

Late Republican period. Augustan period. First half of 1st cent. AD

Mirabella Roberti 1975, 10-11; Mirabella Roberti 1979-1980; Donderer 1986, 106; Carta Brescia 1996, 183-184, scheda 579; George 1997, 46; Slavazzi 2001, esp. 201-203; Rossi, F. 2005, 19-21 (no. 10); Vassal 2006, 142 (no. 189); Guidobaldi, F. & Sposito 2013, 324

FIG. 65; Mirabella Roberti 1979-1980, fig. 6 (general plan); George 1997, fig. 22; Slavazzi 2001, figs. 2-3; Guidobaldi, F. & Sposito 2013, fig. 20



Habitation. Urban

C1 Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: grid of lozenges


Mirabella Roberti 1975, 10-11; Mirabella Roberti 1979-1980; Donderer 1986, 106; Carta Brescia 1996, 183-184, scheda 579; George 1997, 46; Slavazzi 2001, esp. 201-203; Rossi, F. 2005, 19-21 (no. 10); Vassal 2006, 142 (no. 188)

FIG. 65; Mirabella Roberti 1979-1980, fig. 6 (general plan); George 1997, fig. 22; Slavazzi 2001, figs. 2, 4



Habitation. Urban

C2. Antechamber

Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate





FIG. 65; Mirabella Roberti 1979-1980, fig. 6 (general plan); George 1997, fig. 22; Slavazzi 2001, figs. 2, 7





Habitation. Urban

D Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate





FIG. 65; Mirabella Roberti 1979-1980, fig. 6 (general plan); Donderer 1986, Taf. 34.3?; George 1997, fig. 22; Slavazzi 2001, figs. 2, 5



Habitation. Urban

E Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate




Mirabella Roberti 1975, 10-11; Mirabella Roberti 1979-1980; Donderer 1986, 106; Carta Brescia 1996, 183-184, scheda 579; George 1997, 46; Slavazzi 2001, esp. 201-203; Rossi, F. 2005, 19-21 (no. 10)

FIG. 65; Mirabella Roberti 1979-1980, fig. 6 (general plan); Donderer 1986, Taf. 34.3?; George 1997, fig. 22; Slavazzi 2001, fig. 2


Bresc6.01 Via Gambara 6. Pia Casa d’Industria

Habitation. Urban

Battuto di cocciopesto. Cocciopesto

Semis of tesserae First phase? Carta Brescia 1996, 131, scheda 226; Rossi, F. 2005, 22-23 (no. 13)

Rossi, F. 2005, fig. 17


Bresc7.01 Vicolo Settentrionale 15

Habitation. Urban

Battuto di graniglia bianca

Stone aggregate

Tesserae (tesseroni): black

Semis of tesserae First phase: late Republican period

Carta Brescia 1996, 177, scheda 539; Rossi, F. 2005, 23 (no. 15)


Bresc8.01 Piazza Tebaldo Brusato

Battuto di cocciopesto. Signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Carta Brescia 1996, 90, scheda 59; Slavazzi 2001, 203; Rossi, F. 2005, 26 (no. 19)

Rossi, F. 2005, figs. 24-25


Bresc8.02 Piazza Tebaldo Brusato

Battuto di cocciopesto. Graniglia

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Carta Brescia 1996, 90, scheda 59; Rossi, F. 2005, 26 (no. 19)

Rossi, F. 2005, figs. 24-25


Bresc9.01 Via Alberto Mario

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black Semis of tesserae Carta Brescia 1996, 142, scheda 292; Rossi, F. 2005, 27 (no. 21)




Bresc10.01 Via S. Rocchino, intersection with Via Grazioli

Habitation. Villa. Suburban

G. Lower level


Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges First half of 1st cent. AD

Donderer 1986, 109 (no. 29); Carta Brescia 1996, 173, scheda 522; George 1997, 45-46; Brescia 1998, 57; De Franceschini 1998, 97-98; Slavazzi 2001, 203; Rossi, F. 2005, 31-32 (no. 32)

Brescia 1998, p. 59; Rossi, F. 2005, fig. 37


Bresc10.02 Via S. Rocchino, intersection with Via Grazioli

Habitation. Villa. Suburban

C-F Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: central panelTiles: central panel

Field: grid of lozenges First half of 1st cent. AD

Donderer 1986, 109 (no. 30); Carta Brescia 1996, 173, scheda 522; George 1997, 45-46; Brescia 1998, 57; De Franceschini 1998, 97-98; Slavazzi 2001; Rossi, F. 2005, 31-32 (no. 32)

Brescia 1998, p. 59; Rossi, F. 2005, fig. 37

Originally a single room

128 Italy Lombardy Calvatone (Bedriacum)

Cal1.01 Località Costa di Sant’Andrea. Southern area. Domus dei Signini

Habitation. Urban

North of the courtyard. Floor A

Battuto. Battuto biano (extension). Cocciopesto (rosso)

Ceramic aggregate. Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black/blue, white

Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout.

First phase: Augustan period

Mirabella Roberti 1972, 111-112; Slavazzi 1996, 118-120; Slavazzi 1998a, 1-3; Slavazzi 1998b, 263, 270 (no. 12a-b); Grassi 2001, 416; Vassal 2006, 139-140 (no. 174).

Slavazzi 1996, figs. 3-4; Slavazzi 1998b, figs. 11.d, 11.e



Habitation. Urban

North of the courtyard. Floor C. Triclinium?

Battuto (rosato). Cocciopesto

Tesserae: black/blue, whiteRed paint

Threshold: parallel lines aligned with the semicircles of the first border.First border of field: semicircles. Second border of field: interlaced zigzags forming lozenges and triangles; fill: tessera. Central field, tripartite: Side panels: grid of lozenges; fill: bichrome crosslet (black centre). Central panel: First circular border: alternating horizontal rounded ovals and tridents; fill present in some ovals: bichrome crosslet. Second circular border: wolf’s tooth pattern. Circular central field/third circular border: semicircles. Central panel: concentric circles - central motif lost; dolphin in spandrel.


Mirabella Roberti 1972, 111-112; Slavazzi 1996, 121-123; Slavazzi 1998a, 1-3; Slavazzi 1998b, 263-264, 270 (no. 10); Grassi 2001, 416; Vassal 2006, 140 (no. 176)

FIGS. 66-68; Slavazzi 1996, figs. 2, 6-8; Slavazzi 1998a, fig. 2; Slavazzi 1998b, figs. 8, 11.c; Grassi 2001, fig. 5; Vassal 2006, fig. 4



Habitation. Urban

South of the courtyard

Battuto. Cocciopesto


Border: swastika-meander. Main field: grid of lozenges; fill: crosslet


Mirabella Roberti 1972, 111-112; Slavazzi 1998a, 1-3; Slavazzi 1998b, 263, 270 (no. 14); Grassi 2001, 416

Slavazzi 1998b, fig. 7; Grassi 2001, fig. 4





Habitation. Urban

South of the courtyard



Field: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons


Mirabella Roberti 1972, 111-112; Slavazzi 1998a, 1-3; Slavazzi 1998b, 263, 270 (no. 13); Grassi 2001, 416

Slavazzi 1998b, fig. 6



Habitation. Urban

Southern zone. Triclinium

Cocciopesto (scaglie laterizie)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black/grey, whiteRectangular tesserae: thresholdInset pieces (polychrome): antechamberOpus tessellatum: band

Dining area: Central field: semis of tesserae, diagonal-irregular layout. U-shaped couch area: no motifs.


Mirabella Roberti 1972, 111-112; Slavazzi 1998a, 1-3; Slavazzi 1998b, 263, 270 (no. 15); Grassi 2001, 416; Vassal 2006, 140 (no. 177)

FIG. 69; Slavazzi 1998a, figs. 3-4


Cal2.01 Località Costa di Sant’Andrea. Northern area. Domus del Labirinto

Habitation. Urban

Eastern (pavement es 8806). Triclinium

Cementizio a base marmorea. Cocciopesto

Marble aggregate

Tesserae (tesseroni): black/blue (ca. 2.5 x 2.5 cmOpus tessellatum: panel (labyrinth with dying Minotaur)

Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: ca. 15 cm)

Second quarter of 1st cent. AD (dating evidence)

Mirabella Roberti 1972, 106-108; Slavazzi 1998a, 3-6; Slavazzi 1998b, 263, 270 (no. 1); Grassi 2001, 417; Slavazzi 2008, 2-3, 5-7; Bacchetta 2009, 182; Slavazzi 2010, 87-89

FIG. 70; Slavazzi 1998a, fig. 5; Slavazzi 2010, figs. 1-3



Habitation. Urban

Western (pavement es 8804). Cubiculum


Marble aggregate

Tesserae (tesseroni): blackMarble tile at centre (lost)

Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 15-17 cm)


Mirabella Roberti 1972, 106-108; Slavazzi 1998a, 3-6; Slavazzi 1998, 263, 270 (no. 3); Grassi 2001, 417; Vassal 2006, 140 (no. 178); Slavazzi 2008, 2, 5-7; Bacchetta 2009, 182; Slavazzi 2010, 87-89

FIG. 70; Slavazzi 1998a, fig. 5



Habitation. Urban

Eastern (pavement es 8805). Cubiculum


Marble aggregate

Tesserae (tesseroni): black/blue (2.5-3 cm) Marble tile at centre

Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: ca. 15 cm)


Mirabella Roberti 1972, 106-108; Slavazzi 1998a, 3-6; Slavazzi 1998b, 263, 270 (no. 4); Grassi 2001, 417; Vassal 2006, 140-141 (no. 179); Slavazzi 2008, 1-2, 5-7; Bacchetta 2009, 182; Slavazzi 2010, 87-89

FIG. 70; Slavazzi 1998a, fig. 5; Bacchetta 2009, fig. 6



136 Italy Lombardy Casteggio (Clastidium)

Cast1.01 Via Torino. Casa Fumonte. One fragment in the Collezione Giulietti

Habitation. Urban



Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) End of 1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD

Slavazzi 1998b, 260, 268 (no. 1); Slavazzi 1999, 96, 98, 102 (Casteggio no. 1)

A fragment in the Musei Civici in Pavia might derive from the same floor (Slavazzi 1999, 106, pl. XXI fig. 6)

137 Italy Lombardy Castelletto di Branduzzo

CastB1.01 Cascina Bronzina Habitation. Rural. Villa rustica



Semis of bichrome crosslets End of 1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD

Slavazzi 1998b, 260, 268 (no. 1); Slavazzi 1999, 98, 104 (Castelletto di Branduzzo no. 1a)

138 Italy Lombardy Cavriana Cav1.01 Località S. Cassiano


Cocciopesto Tesserae: black Semis of tesserae Built end of 1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD

Piccoli 1975, 279; De Franceschini 1998, 128-129

139 Italy Lombardy Cremona Cre1.01 Via Cadolini Habitation. Urban

D. Lower level. Corridor

Battuto. Battuto bianco. Opus signinum

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Semis of tesserae Late Republican to early Imperial period (no dating evidence).

Frova 1957, 330-331; Donderer 1986, 128 (no. 1); George 1997, 48; Slavazzi 1998b, 261, 269 (no. 1); M. Volonté in Passi Pitcher 2003, 177-178

141 Italy Lombardy Cremona Cre2.01 Piazza Roma 7? Battuto. Cocciopesto

Tesserae: black Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Donderer 1986, 132 (no. 10); Slavazzi 1998b, 261, 269 (no. 5).

Donderer 1986, Taf. 45; Slavazzi 1998b, fig. 11.b

142 Italy Lombardy Cremona Cre3.01 Piazza Marconi. Fragment

Habitation. Urban

Cementizio. Cocciopesto


Grid of lozenges House built around mid-1st cent. BC, destroyed AD 69

Passi Pitcher & Mariani 2007, 343; Slavazzi & Volonté 2013, 8-9

Passi Pitcher & Mariani 2007, fig. 19c; Slavazzi & Volonté 2013, fig. 6

143 Italy Lombardy Milan (Mediolanum)

Mil1.01 Via Circo Battuto Tesserae: black?

Semis of tesserae 1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD (no stratigraphy)

David 1996, 72-73 (no. 16)

David 1996, figs. 73-74


Mil2.01 Via Cesare Correnti

Habitation. Suburban villa

Triclinium? Cementizio Mixed stone aggregate: limestone, marble

Tesserae: black, whiteScattered tesserae and fragmentsInset piecesTile

Bichrome crosslets arranged on a circular line (Greek cross, white centre) framing circular tile.Fillet of alternating black and white tesserae framing circular tile.

Julio-Claudian period

Ceresa Mori 2004, 54-56; Slavazzi 2004, 64; Slavazzi 2010, 89-90

FIG. 71; Slavazzi 2004, 64; Slavazzi 2010, fig. 6


Mil3.01 Via Morigi 2A. Exhibited at entrance to the Via Morigi 2/A

Battuto bianco

Mixed stone aggregate: limestone, marble

Tesserae: black (2-2.5 cm)Inset piecesOpus tessellatum: border

Border: fillet of tesserae. Main field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally) and inset pieces, diagonal layout

1st cent. BC (no stratigraphy)

David 1996, 117-118 (no. 65)

David 1996, figs. 210, 212-214, 331




Mil4.01 Via Calderón de la Barca. Civiche Raccolte Archeologiche. Three fragments


Triclinium Battuto rosso Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae (also rectangular): black, white Inset pieces

Field: grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre) and rectangular tessera (set diagonally) in each corner. Panel, slightly off-centre: concentric squares - pseudo-shield of lozenges; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre) and black tessera in outmost lozenges; spandrel with lozenge-shaped tile as centre and rectangular tesserae as ‘rays’

1st cent. BC (stylistic criteria)

David 1996, 34, 68-70 (nos. 13a-13c)

FIGS. 72-73; David 1996, figs. 59-65

147 Italy Lombardy Pavia (Ticinum)

Pav1.01 Cortile del Broletto. Four fragments in the Musei Civici

Battuto di scaglie di calcare bianco


Tesserae: blackInset pieces

Fillet of tesserae.Field: scattered tesserae, irregular inset pieces in marble and green porphyry.

Augustan to Julio-Claudian period

Slavazzi 1999, 94, 101 (Pavia no. 10a)

Slavazzi 1999, pl. XX fig. 2

148 Italy Lombardy Rovescala Rov1.01 Località Luzzano Habitation. Rural. Villa


Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Roman period Slavazzi 1998b, 260, 268 (no. 1); Slavazzi 1999, 96, 98, 105 (Rovescala no. 1a)

Slavazzi 1998b, figs. 1, 11.a; Slavazzi 1999, pl. XXI fig. 8

149 Italy Veneto Adria (Hatria) Adri1.01 Ospedale Civile. Padiglione di Ostetricia. Fragment of central field in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale

Habitation. Urban

Cementizio in cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


First border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. Second border: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), orthogonal layout. Third border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Bichrome fillets. Central field: scale pattern; fill: four-tessera square

1st cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Donderer 1986, 11-12 (no. 1); Vallicelli 1996-1997, 194-196; Robino 2009, 42

De Bon 1939, 44; Vallicelli 1996-1997, fig. 1; Robino 2009, fig. 2 (the drawing does not correspond to the photograph)

Discovered for the first time in 1790 (drawing) and again in 1936 (photograph). Covered by mosaic around the mid-1st cent. AD

150 Italy Veneto Adria (Hatria) Adri2.01 Retratto Opus signinum


Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre, white centre). Central panel: rectangle - lozenge with swastika-meander


Vallicelli 1996-1997, 196

Lost

151 Italy Veneto Altino (Altinum)

Alt1.01 Tenuta G. De Reali

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a crosslet (white). Main field: rectangle - lozenge with spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares; crosslets of four white tesserae in corners


Ghislanzoni 1930, 462-463; Donderer 1986, 12 (no. 1); Tombolani 1987a, 332; Tombolani 1987b, 93

Ghislanzoni 1930, fig. 2; Tombolani 1987b, fig. 70


Alt2.01 Località «Morerata dei Portoni»

Habitation. Urban



Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a crosslet. Main field: grid of squares, orthogonal layout, black tessera at intersections; fill: tessera

Augustan period (no dating evidence)

Fogolari 1956, 49-50; Donderer 1986, 17 (no. 14); Tombolani 1987a, 332-334; Tirelli 2001, 483

Fogolari 1956, fig. 1; Tombolani 1987a, p. 333; Tirelli 2001, fig. 3


Alt3.01 North-eastern zone, east of the museum. Below domus

Signino Border: meander End of 1st cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Tombolani 1987a, 334




Alt4.01 Ca’ Bianca. Museo Archeologico



Tesserae: black, whiteInset pieces (semis): field

Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a crosslet. Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (black or white centre) and inset pieces, orthogonal layout

Early Augustan period (no dating evidence)

Tombolani 1987a, 336; Tombolani 1987b, 76, 92

Tombolani 1987b, fig. 70

155 Italy Veneto Bassano del Grappa

Bas1.01 Località S. Eusebio La Corte-Angarano

Habitation. Rural. Villa?

1 Cocciopesto Tesserae: black Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares. Main field, tripartite: Side panels: grid of lozenges. Central panel: intersecting circles making quatrefoils and concave poised squares

1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD (no dating evidence)

De Franceschini 1998, 230-232

De Franceschini 1998, fig. 50




2 Cocciopesto Tesserae: blackInset pieces (hexagonal): northern part of floor

Border: double meander. Main field: grid of lozenges







Unknown 1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD (no dating evidence)





6 Cocciopesto Tesserae: blackInset piece (hexagonal)

Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares



De Franceschini 1998, fig. 50





Unknown 1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD (no dating evidence)


160 Italy Veneto Concordia Sagittaria (Concordia Julia)

Con1.01 Via dei Pozzi Romani. Domus dei Signini

Habitation. Urban

E (US 15). Triclinium?

Battuto a fondo bianco. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Stone aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre, set diagonally), diagonal layout

Late Republican to early Augustan period (no dating evidence)

Croce Da Villa 1985, 39; George 1997, 48; Croce Da Villa 2001, 176-177; Vassal 2006, 146 (no. 210); Bonetto 2009, 241

Croce Da Villa 1985, fig. 1; George 1997, fig. 26

161 Italy Veneto Concordia Sagittaria (Concordia Julia)

Con2.01 North of the church Madonna della Tavella and behind the cemetery

Habitation. Urban

Triclinium? Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate


Semis of white crosslets Late Republican to Augustan period (no dating evidence)

Croce Da Villa 2001, 182-183

162 Italy Veneto Este (Ateste) Est1.01 Via Pilastro 15. Brolo Capodaglio. Museo Nazionale Atestino

Opus signinum


Grid of lozenges; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre)

Augustan period (no dating evidence)

Blake 1930, 29; Donderer 1986, 146-147 (no. 22); Rinaldi 2007b, 504 (no. 31)

Blake 1930, pl. 11.2; Donderer 1986, Taf. 48.3; Rinaldi 2007b, tav. 518.1

163 Italy Veneto Este (Ateste) Est2.01 Contrada Beata Vergine della Salu-te 33. Museo Na-zionale Atestino

Terrazzo Tesserae: blackInset pieces

Border: meander. Main field: Inscription in Latin: …CLX…


Donderer 1986, 150 (no. 27)

164 Italy Veneto Este (Ateste) Est3.02 Ospedale Civile Habitation. Urban

B Opus signinum. Signino. Signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.

Built immediately after 31 BC

Baggio Bernardoni 1987, 230; Tosi 1992, 381; George 1997, 49-50

Baggio Bernar-doni 1987, p. 231; Tosi 1992, figs. 298-299; George 1997, fig. 31



165 Italy Veneto Este (Ateste) Est4.01 Ospedale Civile Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Beginning of 1st cent. BC to 30 BC (stratigraphy)

Lelli 1998, 16 Lelli 1998, fig. 7

166 Italy Veneto Este (Ateste) Est5.01 Via Salute «all’Olmo». Domus dei Signini. Below mortar floor

Habitation. Urban

i Cocciopesto. Signino

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Mid-1st cent. BC at the latest (no dating evidence)

Tosi 1992, 394; Rinaldi 2007b, 294; Bonetto 2009, 110; Rinaldi 2009, 14

Rinaldi 2009, fig. 2

167 Italy Veneto Este (Ateste) Est6.01 Serraglio Albrizzi Habitation. Urban

19. Lower level. Corridor?



Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (white centre)

Second half of 1st cent BC. Augustan period (no dating evidence).

Donderer 1986, 137 (no. 1); Tosi 1992, 378-379; George 1997, 48-49; De Franceschini 1998, 557-558

Donderer 1986, Taf. 46.7; Tosi 1992, fig. 286, tav. I; De Franceschini 1998, fig. 170

168 Italy Veneto Noventa di Piave

NovP1.01 Località S. Mauro. Near the church


Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Border: meander. Main field: grid of lozenges 1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD

De Franceschini 1998, 302

169 Italy Veneto Oderzo (Opitergium)

Ode1.01 South-west of the forum. Via Mazzini

Habitation. Urban

16. Triclinium Battuto a fondo bianco. Cementizio. Opus signinum

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: blackInset piecesOpus tessellatum: framing band, dividing band, central panel

Antechamber: bipartite scale pattern, each half with inset piece.Dining area: Field: grid of lozenges. Central panel: lozenge in opus tessellatum.

Augustan period Tirelli 1987a, 180-183, 186; Tirelli 1987b, 369-373; George 1997, 53; Vassal 2006, 164 (no. 307); Tirelli & Rinaldi 2010, 116

FIGS. 74-75; Tirelli 1987a, figs. 3, 12-14; Tirelli 1987b, p. 370, p. 372; George 1997, fig. 38



Habitation. Urban

18. Triclinium Battuto a fondo bianco. Cementizio. Opus signinum

Stone aggregate


Border: zigzag pattern; fill: bichrome crosslet (white centre). North-west field: grid of lozenges. Fragment from the south-east field

Augustan period Tirelli 1987a, 180-183, 186; Tirelli 1987b, 369-373; George 1997, 53; Vassal 2006, 164-165 (no. 308); Tirelli & Rinaldi 2010, 116

FIG. 74; Tirelli 1987a, figs. 3, 15; Tirelli 1987b, p. 370; George 1997, fig. 38

South-east part destroyed



Habitation. Urban

23. Triclinium Battuto bianco. Cementizio. Opus signinum

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteInset pieces (semis): south-east fieldOpus tessellatum: borders, dividing band, central panel in dining area (lozenge)

Antechamber: semis of inset pieces.Dining area: Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (white centre), diagonal layout.

Augustan period Tirelli 1987a, 180-183, 186; Tirelli 1987b, 369-373; George 1997, 53; Vassal 2006, 165 (no. 309); Tirelli & Rinaldi 2010, 116

FIGS. 74, 76; Tirelli 1987a, figs. 3, 17; Tirelli 1987b, p. 370, p. 372; George 1997, fig. 38



Habitation. Urban

33 Battuto bianco. Cementizio. Opus signinum

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteInset pieces (semis): central fieldOpus tessellatum: borders

Field: semis of bichrome crosslet (white centre) Augustan period Tirelli 1987a, 180-183, 186; Tirelli 1987b, 369-373; George 1997, 53; Tirelli & Rinaldi 2010, 116

Tirelli 1987a, fig. 3; Tirelli 1987b, p. 370




Ode2.01 Piazza dell’ex Foro Boario

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: scattered tesserae. Main field: grid of lozenges

Caesarian-Augustan period

Tirelli 1987b, 373-374



Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: scattered tesserae. Main field: grid of lozenges


Tirelli 1987b, 373-374



Battuto a fondo bianco

Stone aggregate


Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout. Central panel: grid of lozenges


Tirelli 1987b, 373-374




Stone aggregate


Field: grid of squares; fill: tessera, inset piece. Central panel: orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diagonal grid of squares


Tirelli 1987b, 373-374




Stone aggregate


Grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill in hexagons: inset piece


Tirelli 1987b, 373-374


Ode3.01 Via dei Mosaici. Fondo Parpinelli

Habitation. Urban

B Opus signinum (rosso). Signino (colore rosa)

Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout End of 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st AD (stylistic criteria)

Malizia & Tirelli 1985; Tirelli 1987b, 376-377; George 1997, 53-54; Vassal 2006, 164 (no. 304); Tirelli & Rinaldi 2010, 115-116

Malizia & Tirelli 1985, 153 and fig. 7; George 1997, fig. 39a



Habitation. Urban

D Opus signinum (rosso). Signino. Fondo rosato

Ceramic aggregate


Southern zone: grid of squares, diagonal layout, lines made from tesserae and crosslets; fill: tessera, crosslet

End of 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st AD (stylistic criteria)

Malizia & Tirelli 1985, 154; Tirelli 1987b, 376-377; George 1997, 53-54; Vassal 2006, 164 (no. 305); Tirelli & Rinaldi 2010, 115-116

Malizia & Tirelli 1985, p. 154 and fig. 8; George 1997, fig. 39a



Habitation. Urban

F Opus signinum. Pavimento in battuto a fondo bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae (also rectangular): black, white

Field: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons, bichrome crosslet (white centre) at intersections; fill in hexagons: bichrome crosslet (white centre).On west side: Inscription in Latin: AVE.

End of 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st AD (stylistic criteria)

Malizia & Tirelli 1985, 154; Tirelli 1987b, 376-377; George 1997, 53-54; Brem 2000, 151; Vassal 2006, 164 (no. 306); Tirelli & Rinaldi 2010, 115-116

FIG. 77; Malizia & Tirelli 1985, p. 154 and fig. 9; Tirelli 1987b, p. 377; George 1997, fig. 39a


Ode4.01 Via Roma. Fondo Furlanetto. Domus B

Habitation. Urban

8. Triclinium Cementizio a base litica

Stone aggregate


Border: simple meander. Main field: around a square with poised concave square: two eight-lozenge stars and two eight-pointed stars (pelta inside) on the diagonals, forming poised squares and rectangles with lozenges; fill: bichrome crosslets (white centre)

Augustan period (stratigraphic data)

Tirelli 2009; Tirelli & Rinaldi 2010, 116, 118-119.

FIGS. 78, 80; Tirelli 2009, fig. 8; Tirelli & Rinaldi 2010, fig. 5



Habitation. Urban

16. Triclinium Cementizio a base litica

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Field: semis of black crosslets, orthogonal layout. Border of central panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares. Central panel: square - circular border with swastika-meander - concentric circles - eight-pointed star as central motif


Tirelli 2009; Tirelli & Rinaldi 2010, 116, 118-119.

FIGS. 79-80; Tirelli 2009, fig. 9; Tirelli & Rinaldi 2010, fig. 6





Habitation. Urban

9 Cementizio a base litica di colore bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Field: grid of lozenges; fill: black crosslet Augustan period (stratigraphic data)

Tirelli 2009; Tirelli & Rinaldi 2010, 116, 118-119

FIG. 80; Tirelli 2009, fig. 5



Habitation. Urban

11 Cementizio a base litica di colore bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Field: semis of black crosslets, orthogonal layout


Tirelli 2009; Tirelli & Rinaldi 2010, 116, 118-119

FIG. 80; Tirelli 2009, fig. 4


Ode5.01 Via Dalmazia Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (white centre) 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD

Tirelli 1987b, 375

186 Italy Veneto Padua (Patavium)

Padu1.01 Palazzo Zabarella Habitation. Urban

A or B? Signino a fondo rosso

Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

Second phase: mid-1st cent. BC to mid-1st cent. AD (preliminary dating based on stratigraphic data)

Baggio & Toso 1997, 988-992.

Baggio & Toso 1997, figs. 2-3


Padu2.01 Below the Curia Vescovile

Habitation? Urban

Signino Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: framing band

Narrow field/side panel of larger field: grid of squares, diagonal layout, black tessera at intersections and as fill

1st cent. BC. No later than the Sullan period (no dating evidence)

Bellinati 1975, 4; Corso 1982, 84 (no. 5)

Bellinati 1975, fig. 2


Padu3.01 Below the Scuola Elementare «Reggia Carrarese»

Habitation? Urban

Opus signinum


Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a bichrome crosslet (black centre), the centre of the swastika also takes the shape of a bichrome crosslet (black centre). Central field: square - circle - pseudo-shield of lozenges; semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) and inset pieces, orthogonal layout, in spandrel

1st cent. BC. No later than the Sullan period (no dating evidence)

Corso 1982, 84 (no. 7); Vassal 2006, 167 (no. 323)

Corso 1982, fig. 1


Padu4.01 Piazza del Capitaniato. Liviano

Habitation? Urban

Opus signinum


Border: swastika-meander. Central field: square - circular border with swastika-meander - pseudo-shield of lozenges as central motif; scattered tesserae in spandrel

1st cent. BC. No later than the Sullan period. First quarter of 1st cent. AD (no dating evidence

Corso 1982, 84 (no. 8); Donderer 1986, 168-169 (no. 7); Vassal 2006, 167 (no. 322)

Corso 1982, fig. 2; Donderer 1986, Taf. 54.1


Padu5.01 Piazza Matteotti (Piazza Forzate). In front of the Teatro Verdi

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum. Signino

Tesserae: white Border of panels: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. Left panel: square - circle - eight-lozenge star. Right panel: grid of hexagons (honeycomb); fill: tessera

1st cent. BC. No later than the Sullan period. First half of the 1st cent. AD

Corso 1982, 84 (no. 9); Donderer 1986, 169 (no. 8); Tosi 1987, 179

Corso 1982, fig. 3; Donderer 1986, Taf. 54.2; Tosi 1987, p. 179


Padu6.01 Piazza Insurrezione. Below the Camera di Commercio

Habitation? Urban

Opus signinum


Border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. Main field: rectangle - lozenge with swastika-meander; semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) in corners

1st cent. BC. No later than the Sullan period. Second half of 1st cent. BC

Corso 1982, 84-85 (no. 10); Donderer 1986, 165-167 (no. 1)



Padu7.01 Northern side of the Via Emanuele Filiberto. Intersection with the Via del Risorgimento

Habitation? Urban

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Front band: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with an orthogonal cross. Field: grid of lozenges

1st cent. BC. No later than the Sullan period

Corso 1982, 85-86 (no. 12)

Corso 1982, fig. 5




Padu8.01 Intersection of the Via Emanuele Filiberto and the Via del Risorgimento. Below the Supercinema

Habitation? Urban

Opus signinum


Band: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a white crosslet. Band: grid of lozenges. Band: scattering of tesserae, possible dolphin, possibly the letter M

1st cent. BC. No later than the Sullan period. Second half of 1st cent. BC

Corso 1982, 84-85 (no. 13); Donderer 1986, 165-167 (no. 3, ascribed to the floors below the Camera di Commercio)



Padu9.01 Northern side of the Via S. Lucia, before opening onto the Piazza Garibaldi

Meander.Crosslets.

1st cent. BC Corso 1982, 86 (no. 14)

Description of design based on Corso 1982, table A


Padu10.01 Via Gabelli. Ca’ Lando

Habitation. Urban

Saggio 1-US 22, Saggio 39-US 30

Opus signinum


Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. Main field: grid of lozenges

Second half of 1st cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Mengotti 1988; Vassal 2006, 167 (no. 320)

Mengotti 1988, fig. 4


Padu10.02 Via Gabelli. Ca’ Lando

Habitation. Urban

Saggio 36-US 23

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of squares, diagonal layout Second half of 1st cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Mengotti 1988; Vassal 2006, 167 (no. 321)


Padu11.01 Via dell’Arco Habitation. Urban

6. Triclinium? Signino Tesserae: black, white

Border: meander First phase, 1st cent. BC: Padu11.01.Second phase, probably Augustan period: Padu11.02 (dating evidence).

Rossignoli & Serafini 2009, 32-36


Padu11.02 Via dell’Arco Habitation. Urban

8 Opus caementicium


Field: grid of lozenges. Circular panel: grid of hexagons (honeycomb); fill: bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre, set orthogonally)

First phase, 1st cent. BC: Padu11.01.Second phase, probably Augustan period: Padu11.02 (dating evidence).

Rossignoli & Serafini 2009, 32-36

Rossignoli & Serafini 2009, fig. 7


Padu12.01 Via S. Martino e Solferino 79

Habitation. Urban

Triclinium Opus signinum


Border of antechamber and dining area: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre).Antechamber: grid of hexagons (honeycomb), black tessera at intersections; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre).Dining area: grid of lozenges, black tesserae at intersections. Central panel: square - circle with a non-canonical rosette; possible crosslets in spandrel.

Second half of 1st cent. BC (dating evidence)

F. Meloni in Cipriano & Ruta Serafini 2005, 141-143; S. Toso in Ruta Serafini et al. 2006, 151-152

Cipriano & Ruta Serafini 2005, figs. 5-6

Later covered with mosaic




Padu13.01 Piazza Castello n. 18. Eastern house

Habitation. Urban

Triclinium? Cementizio Tesserae: black, white

Band: grid of lozenges.Border of front and rear fields: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a crosslet.Front field: grid of hexagons (honeycomb); fill: crosslet.Dividing band: grid of lozenges; fill: crosslet. Rear field: unknown motifs.Field/mat in south-west corner: Outer band: row of crosslets. Inner band: row of crosslets. Field: grid of lozenges; fill: crosslet.

Second phase: end of 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD (dating evidence)

A. Vigoni in Ruta Serafini et al. 2006, 158-163

Ruta Serafini et al. 2006, fig. 10

201 Italy Veneto Peschiera del Garda

Pesc1.01 Piazza d’Armi Habitation. Urban

Signino Central panel: semis of crosslets, orthogonal layout

Augustan period Cavalieri Manasse 1997, 119-120

Cavalieri Manasse 1997, tav. fuori testo I

Destroyed

202 Italy Veneto Verona Vero1.01 Vicolo Borgo Tascherio 13

Habitation. Urban

A. Cubiculum?

Cementizio. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Tesserae: blackOpus tessellatum: borderTile (lozenge-shaped) at centreRed paint

Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout Second half of 1st cent. BC (stratigraphy)

Franzoni 1986, 358-359; Cavalieri Manasse 1987, 22; Slavazzi 1997, 1002-1003; Slavazzi 1998b, 265, 270 (no. 9); Rinaldi 2005, 27; Vassal 2006, 180 (no. 391)

Cavalieri Manasse 1987, 23; Slavazzi 1997, figs. 2-3; Slavazzi 1998b, fig. 11.h

203 Italy Veneto Verona Vero2.01 Via Tazzoli 8 Habitation. Urban

A. Triclinium Battuto bianco. Battuto di scaglie bianche

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: blackOpus tessellatum: outer border, border of central panel

Eastern part: Panel: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout (somewhat irregular)

Augustan period (stratigraphy)

Slavazzi 1997, 1003-1004; Slavazzi 1998b, 265, 270 (no. 24); Rinaldi 2005, 53; Vassal 2006, 181 (no. 396)

Slavazzi 1997, figs. 4-5

Restored in ancient times

204 Italy Veneto Verona Vero3.01 Corso Cavour 31. Along the Via Postumia


Triclinium Battuto bianco. Battuto grigio di malta con sassolini policromi. Malta grigia

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black, white (square, rectangular)Tesserae in terracotta: panelInset pieces: panelRed paint

Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout, black tessera at intersection; fill: tessera. Central panel: target: outer circle made from tesserae, inner circle and its centre made from inset pieces; diagonal cross in inner circle

Late Augustan to Tiberian period (dating evidence)

Slavazzi 1997, 1004-1006; Slavazzi 1998b, 265, 270 (no. 1); Vassal 2006, 180-181 (no. 392)

FIG. 81; Slavazzi 1997, figs. 7-9; Slavazzi 1998b, figs. 9, 11.g

205 Italy Veneto Verona Vero4.01 Vicolo Leoni 4/4a

Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto. Cocciopesto con scaglie litiche

Tesserae: red, whiteTiles (lozenge-shaped) at centre

Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Tiles forming an H

First phase: early Augustan period (no dating evidence)

Slavazzi 1998b, 266, 271 (no. 34); Slavazzi 2000, 112; Rinaldi 2005, 39; Vassal 2006, 181 (no. 393)

Slavazzi 2000, figs. 1-3

206 Italy Veneto Verona Vero5.01 Via Duomo 5 Habitation. Urban

Triclinium? Battuto di scaglie di calcare bianco


Tesserae: black Field: four segments within a rectangle surrounding concentric circles make four irregular pentagons, each with a concave side

First phase of the Roman city: Caesarian or pre-Augustan period

Slavazzi 2000, 113-114; Vassal 2006, 181-182 (no. 397)

FIG. 82; Slavazzi 2000, figs. 1, 8



207 Italy Veneto Verona Vero6.01 Piazza Bra Habitation. Suburban. Villa

Corridor or portico?

Cocciopesto Tesserae (grosse): black

Semis of tesserae Slavazzi 2000, 111 No documentation exists

208 Italy Veneto Vicenza (Vicentia, Vicetia)

Vic1.01 Duomo Opus signinum


Band: recumbent concentric lozenges; fill: bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre, set orthogonally).Grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre, set orthogonally).


Donderer 1986, 182 (no. 2); Rigoni 1987, 180-181

Donderer 1986, Taf. 56.5; Rigoni 1987, fig. 139


Vic1.02 Duomo Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Field: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill in hexagon: inset piece. Frame: fillet of bichrome crosslets (black centre)

Donderer 1986, 182-183 (no. 3); Rigoni 1987, 180-181

Rigoni 1987, fig. 140


Vic2.01 Contrà Porta Lupia. S. Silvestro

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Front area: scale pattern; fill: crosslet. Field: grid of bands divided into small squares and rectangles with larger squares in the inter-spaces; complex motifs used as fill: concentric circles with hexafoil, concentric poised squares with quatrefoil, concentric hexagons with hex-afoil, four small concentric poised squares set point to point, poised concave squares, con-centric lozenges; crosslet as extra fill

Second half of 1st cent. AD. 2nd to 3rd cent. AD

Marchini 1979, 170-171; Donderer 1986, 184-185 (no. 8)

Marchini 1979, fig. 67

Lost


Vic3.01 S. Corona Habitation? Urban


Tesserae (irregular): white

Two fillets. Unknown motf(s) Rigoni 1987, 180 Rigoni 1987, fig. 137

212 Italy Veneto Vimercate Vim1.01 Località Santuario della Beata Vergine

Sanctuary Cocciopesto Tesserae (scaglie): white

Semis of tesserae Treasure of Republican coins (147-6 BC) found below the structures

Montalcini De Angelis D’Ossat 1990, 101-102

213 Italy Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Aquileia Aqu1.01 Fondo Ritter. Part.cat. 425

Habitation. Urban

D. Below mosaic


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Late Republican period

Brusin 1934, 158, 163; Donderer 1986, 45 (no. 65); Della Porta 1996, 193-194


Aquileia Aqu2.01 Northern quarter. Casa Repubblicana/Casa dei tre Cortili. Lowest level

Habitation. Urban

A13 Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Possible border: spaced swastika-meander End of 2nd to 1st cent. BC (stratigraphy)

Medri 1997, cc. 374-375; Novello 2009, 96

Covered by mosaic at a later date


Aquileia Aqu3.01 Northern quarter. Località Monastero

Habitation. Urban

24 Cocciopesto Ceramic aggregate


Border: spaced swastika-meander Republican period (no dating evidence)

Medri 2000, cc. 269-270

Medri 2000, figs. 5, 15, tav. 6


Zuglio (Julium Carnicum)

Zug1.01 North of the Imperial baths

Habitation. Urban

III. Triclinium Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: border (chessboard pattern)

Central field, rectangular and off-centre: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally) and polychrome inset pieces, orthogonal layout. Box with inscription in Latin: PR[---]BOPHIL(O).

Late Republican period

Moro 1956, 82-84; Donderer 1986, 186 (no. 1); George 1997, 64; Brem 2000, 153; Mainardis & Oriolo 2001

Moro 1956, figs. 27-28; Donderer 1986, Taf. 57.1, 57.4, 57.5; Mainardis & Oriolo 2001, fig. 4



217 Italy Liguria Genoa (Genua)

Geno1.01 Piazza Matteotti Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteRed paint

Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout (distance: 6 cm)


Tiné Bertocchi 1976, 105-106; Melli 1987; Conti 1996, 1146 (no. 25)

Melli 1987, fig. 415

218 Italy Liguria Luni (Luna) Lun1.01 Insula east of the forum, beneath the so-called Temple of Diana. Domus Repubblicana

Habitation. Urban

c. Eastern ala Battuto di cocciopesto. Cementizio a base fittile. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: meander First half of 1st cent. BC (dating evidence)

Durante & Landi 1998-2000, 22-23; Durante 2001, 278; Gervasini & Landi 2014, 434

Durante & Landi 1998-2000, fig. 10; Durante 2001, fig. 5; Gervasini & Landi 2014, fig. 4

219 Italy Liguria Luni (Luna) Lun2.01 Area south of the forum. Casa degli Affreschi

Habitation. Urban

14/B. Atrium Cocciopesto. Opus signinum (rosso)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteRed paint

Impluvium basin: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

1st phase: first half of 1st cent. BC.

Luni 1985, 83-87; Conti 1996, 1142 (no. 4); George 1997, 51-53; Gervasini & Landi 2014, 436

Luni 1985, fig. 139

220 Italy Liguria Luni (Luna) Lun2.02 Area south of the forum. Casa degli Affreschi

Habitation. Urban

13/C. Tablinum


Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges 1st phase: first half of 1st cent. BC.

Luni 1985, 83-87; Conti 1996, 1142 (no. 3); George 1997, 51-53; Gervasini & Landi 2014, 436

Luni 1985, fig. 136; George 1997, fig. 37a

221 Italy Liguria Luni (Luna) Lun3.01 Area south of the forum. Domus Occidentale

Habitation. Urban

C Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: threshold

Border of threshold: meander.Field: grid of lozenges.


Durante 2001, 280 Luni 1985, fig. 122a

222 Italy Liguria Luni (Luna) Lun4.01 North-east of the Capitolium. Casa dei Mosaici

Habitation. Urban

Opening onto the atrium. Below the mosaic with Circus Maximus


Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges 1st phase: first half of 1st cent. BC

Luni 1985, 95-99; Conti 1996, 1143 (no. 8); George 1997, 51; Durante & Gervasini 2006, 87

Luni 1985, figs. 163b, 164; Conti 1996, tav. I, fig. 1; Durante & Gervasini 2006, fig. 2

223 Italy Liguria Luni (Luna) Lun5.01 North-western zone. «Grande Tempio». Museo di Luni

Temple Pronaos Cocciopesto Tesserae: grey, white

Inscription in Latin: L. Folcini[u]s L.f.C. Fabius[- f] duomvirum / pav[im]ẹn[tum faci]un[d]um dederun(t) eis[demque probaverunt]

Mid-2nd cent. BC

Luni 1985, 107-108; Brem 2000, 152; Gervasini & Landi 2014, 437

Luni 1985, fig. 8; Lavagne 1987, fig. 2

224 Italy Liguria Varignano Vecchio

Var1.01 Località Varignano. Beneath the pars rustica of the villa

Habitation. Rural

3 Battuto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 8 cm)

Second half of 2nd cent. BC. Pre-Sullan period

Gervasini & Landi 1998-2000, 72-86; Gervasini & Landi 2001, 104, 106

Gervasini & Landi 1998-2000, figs. 16-17; Gervasini & Landi 2001, fig. 12



Habitation. Rural

4 Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: swastika-meander Second half of 2nd cent. BC. Pre-Sullan period

Gervasini & Landi 1998-2000, 72-86; Gervasini & Landi 2001, 104, 106; Gervasini & Landi 2005

FIG. 84; Gervasini & Landi 1998-2000, figs. 18-19; Gervasini & Landi 2001, figs. 13, 18; Gervasini & Landi 2005, figs. 2, 4-7





Habitation. Rural

6 Battuto in cociopesto

Concentric squares - pseudo-shield of lozenges; diagonal line in spandrel

Second half of 2nd cent. BC. Pre-Sullan period

Gervasini & Landi 1998-2000, 72-86; Gervasini & Landi 2001, 104, 106; Gervasini & Landi 2005

FIG. 84; Gervasini & Landi 2005, figs. 2,6


Var2.01 Località Varignano Vecchio


Zone A: 1. Peristyle

Cocciopesto. Signino



1st phase: end of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC/Sullan period (in use until the 4th cent. AD) (dating evidence)

Bertino, A. 1976, 71-72; Bertino, L.M. 1986, 14 (room 43, no. 15); Bertino, L.M. 1987; Conti 1996, 1144 (no. 17); Gervasini & Landi 1998-2000; Gervasini & Landi 2001; Gervasini & Landi 2001-2002, esp. 160-164

Bertino, A. 1976, fig. 88; Bertino, L.M. 1986, p. 17; Conti 1996, tav. I, fig. 2; Gervasini & Landi 2001, fig. 5; Gervasini & Landi 2001-2002, fig. 67.2




Zone A: 6. Corridor.


Tesserae: black, whiteRectangular tesseraeInset pieces

Frame: fillet. Field: scattered tesserae, rectangular tesserae and inset pieces


Bertino, A. 1976, 71-72; Bertino, L.M. 1986, 14 (room 42, no. 17); Bertino, L.M. 1987; Conti 1996, 1145 (no. 20); Gervasini & Landi 1998-2000; Gervasini & Landi 2001; Gervasini & Landi 2001-2002, esp. 160-164

Bertino, L.M. 1986, p. 17




Zone A: 8. Reception room



Mat: scale pattern.Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (black centre). Field: inset pieces


Bertino, A. 1976, 71-72; Bertino, L.M. 1986, 14 (room 39, nos. 13-14); Bertino, L.M. 1987; Conti 1996, 1144-1145 (nos. 18, 21); Gervasini & Landi 1998-2000; Gervasini & Landi 2001; Gervasini & Landi 2001-2002, esp. 160-164; Vassal 2006, 180 (no. 389)

Bertino, A. 1976, fig. 89; Bertino, L.M. 1986, pp. 15, 17; Gervasini & Landi 1998-2000, fig. 28; Gervasini & Landi 2001, figs. 16-17; Gervasini & Landi 2001-2002, figs. 67.2, 67.4






Zone B: 20. Porticus triplex


Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout


Bertino, A. 1976, 71-72; Bertino, L.M. 1986, 10 (rooms 16-17, 20-23, 26-27, no. 10); Bertino, L.M. 1987; Conti 1996, 1146 (no. 24); Gervasini & Landi 1998-2000; Gervasini & Landi 2001; Gervasini & Landi 2001-2002, esp. 160-164

Bertino, L.M. 1986, p. 15; Bertino, L.M. 1987, fig. 311; Gervasini & Landi 2001, fig. 8

231 Italy Emilia-Romagna

Bologna (Bononia)

Bol1.01 Via Maggia. Museo Civico di Bologna

Habitation. Urban

Triclinium Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Tesserae: black, whiteInset pieces: central panelOpus tessellatum: borders

Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a white crosslet of four tesserae. Central field: scale pattern; fill: bichrome poised four-tessera square (three white and one black)

End of 1st cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Zuffa 1982, 8 [18] Zuffa 1982, tav. VII,1


Bologna (Bononia)

Bol2.01 Via Testoni Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Red paint Geometric Beginning of 1st cent. BC

Ortalli 2001, 38-40


Bologna (Bononia)

Bol3.01 Via Portanova 3 Habitation. Urban

8. Lower level Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of crosslets Bergonzoni 1976, 114 (102.3-A2); George 1997, 43


Bologna (Bononia)

Bol4.01 Via Gombruti. Via Imperiale (case Bonini, Calzolari)

Mattone battuto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: border

Possibly scattered crosslets Brizio 1891, 19-20; Ducati 1928, 418-419

Ducati 1928, fig. 170 (plan)


Bologna (Bononia)

Bol5.01 Via della Beverara


1. Lower level. Triclinium


Tesserae: black, whiteInset pieces: panel

Antechamber: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout.Dividing band: simple meander; fill: bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre, set diagonally).Dining area: Field: grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre, set diagonally). Circular panel: concentric circles - grid of octagons and poised squares; fill in octagons: square with bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally); fill in squares: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre, set diagonally).

Late Republican to beginning of Imperial period

Negrioli 1932, 56-57, 59, 67-74; Zuffa 1982, 6-8 [16-18]; Scagliarini Corlàita 1983, 324; George 1997, 41-42

FIG. 86; Negrioli 1932, fig. 3; Scagliarini Corlàita 1983, fig. 47


Bologna (Bononia)



3. Lower level. Triclinium

Opus signinum

Tesserae: black, whiteInset pieces: panel

Field: grid of octagons and poised squares; fill: square with white crosslet (Greek cross, set diagonally). Panel: concentric squares - inset pieces



Negrioli 1932, fig. 10; Zuffa 1982, tav. VI

Bichrome motifs




Bologna (Bononia)



4 Opus signinum


Semis of bichrome crosslets (white centre) Late Republican to beginning of Imperial period


Negrioli 1932, figs. 3, 10; Scagliarini Corlàita 1983, figs. 46-47


Brescello (Brixellum)

Bres1.01 Habitation. Urban

B Opus signinum

Tesserae: black, whiteTesserae and inset pieces: fieldOpus tessellatum: central panelOpus sectile: central panel

Field: scattering of crosslets 1st cent. AD (no dating evidence)

Negrioli 1914, 162-164; George 1997, 43

Scagliarini Corlàita 1983, fig. 41 (plan); George 1997, fig. 17


Faenza (Faventia)

Fae1.01 Corso Mazzini 69. Via Borsieri 3. Ex-palazzo Grecchi

Habitation. Urban

Battuto in cocciopesto

Tesserae: black, whiteRed paint

Border: inset pieces. Main field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a bichrome crosslet (black centre), black tessera as centre of swastika. Central panel: rectangle - lozenge with spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares; irregular inset pieces in corners. Bichrome fillets

Second phase: ca. mid-1st cent. BC (continued in use until the beginning of 3rd cent. AD)

Negrelli 1997, 102; Guarnieri 2000, 179-180; C. Guarnieri in Aemilia 2000, 196-197 (schede 23); Progettare il passato 2000, 251 (sito 23); Mazzeo Saracino 2005, 53

Guarnieri 2000, figs. 5-7; Progettare il passato 2000, fig. 12


Faenza (Faventia)

Fae2.01 Via Dogana 1, 1a (ex Via Dogana 6)

Habitation. Urban

Below aula D Cocciopesto. Opus signinum (rosso)


Front zone: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout.Field: multiple fillets as frame, semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white or black centre), orthogonal layout (distance: 9-10 cm).


Gentili 1980a, 427-428; Righini Cantelli 1980, 97 (no. RC 15.6); Maioli 1990, 65; George 1997, 50; Progettare il passato 2000, 260 (sito 91)

Gentili 1980a, fig. 8; Maioli 1990, fig. 27c


Faenza (Faventia)

Fae3.01 Via Dogana 14? (ex Via Dogana 5). Partly in the Musei Civici

Habitation. Urban



Semis of tesserae and bichrome crosslets (white centre), diagonal layout

First half of 1st cent. BC

Bollini 1966, 139-140 (no. 6); Righini Cantelli 1980, 95 (no. RC 13.c); Progettare il passato 2000, 260 (sito 92)


Faenza (Faventia)

Fae4.01 Corso Matteotti. Via Severoli. Via N. Sauro (ex Via Silvagni). Pinacoteca-museo

Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto. Signinum


Border: possible polygons, intersection and fill: bichrome crosslet (black centre). Main field: grid of squares, diagonal layout


Bollini 1966, 135-136 (no. 2); Righini Cantelli 1980, 133 (no. RC 91.l); Progettare il passato 2000, 268-269 (sito 161)

Bollini 1966, fig. 1; Progettare il passato 2000, figs. 62, 67




Faenza (Faventia)

Fae5.01 Corso Mazzini 54. Palazzo Gessi. Fragments in the deposito archeologico, Palazzo Mazzolani

Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Bollini 1966, 140 (no. 7); Righini Cantelli 1980, 119-120 (no. RC 65.2); Progettare il passato 2000, 269 (sito 163)


Faenza (Faventia)

Fae6.01 Via Castellani 29 (ex chiesa S. Niccolò)

Habitation. Urban


Semis of tesserae and bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), diagonal layout

Progettare il passato 2000, 156, 278 (sito 227)

Progettare il passato 2000, fig. 71


Faenza (Faventia)

Fae7.01 Via Cavour. Parcheggio comunale (ex convento di S. Maglorio)

Habitation. Urban

Pavimento B Battuto di cocciopesto. Cocciopesto

Tesserae: black white

Grid of squares (“...a reticolo a maglie quadrate (lato cm. 16)…”)

Probably second half of 2nd cent. AD

Monti 1971, 48-49, 53-54; Righini Cantelli 1980, 122-123 (no. RC 69); George 1997, 50; Progettare il passato 2000, 140-141, 279 (sito 231)

Monti 1971, fig. 4; George 1997, fig. 33; Progettare il passato 2000, fig. 52


Faenza (Faventia)

Fae7.02 Via Cavour, parcheggio comunale (ex convento di S. Maglorio)

Habitation. Urban

Pavimento C Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Grid of lozenges Probably second half of 2nd cent. AD

Monti 1971, 48-49, 53-54; Righini Cantelli 1980, 122-123 (no. RC 69); George 1997, 50; Progettare il passato 2000, 140-141, 279 (sito 231); Mazzeo Saracino 2005, 53

Monti 1971, figs. 4, 9; George 1997, fig. 33; Progettare il passato 2000, figs. 52- 53


Forlimpopoli (Forum Popili)

For1.01 Asilo delle Suore Francescane. Partly transferred to Bologna, Soprintendenza Archeologica

Habitation. Urban

Cementizio. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum


Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares. Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), diagonal layout

End of 2nd cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Riccioni 1964, 207; Aldini 1972, 38-41; Ceccaglia 2010, 316 (no. 34_1)

Riccioni 1964, fig. 4



For1.02 Asilo delle Suore Francescane. Partly transferred to Bologna, Soprintendenza Archeologica

Habitation. Urban

Towards west Cementizio. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum


Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a rectangle with a crosslet


Aldini 1972, 38-41; Ceccaglia 2010, 316 (no. 34_2)

Ceccaglia 2010, p. 316



For1.03 Asilo delle Suore Francescane

Habitation. Urban

Cementizio Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally or diagonally) with T-shapes in outmost row, diagonal layout


Ceccaglia 2010, 317 (no. 34_3)

Ceccaglia 2010, p. 317



For1.04 Asilo delle Suore Francescane

Habitation. Urban

Cementizio Border: spaced swastika-meander. Main field: grid of lozenges


Ceccaglia 2010, 317 (no. 34_4)

Aldini 1972, p. 40 foto 20


Imola (Forum Cornelii)

Imo1.01 Tesserae: black, white

Fillet 1st cent. BC Mancini, F. et al. 1957, 261

Mancini, F. et al. 1957, pl. XX fig. 7




Modena (Mutina)

Mod1.01 Frazione Cognento. Via S. Geminiano 142


Large room east of corridor


Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a white crosslet (Greek cross, set diagonally). Main field: semis of white crosslets (Greek cross), diagonal layout

2nd or beginning of 1st cent. BC

Gentili 1980b, 269-270; Mazzeo Saracino 2005, 44, 53

Gentili 1980b, fig. 7


Modena (Mutina)

Mod1.02 Frazione Cognento. Via S. Geminiano 142


Small room east of the corridor


Tesserae: white Band/mat: grid of lozenges.Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.


Gentili 1980b, 269-270; Mazzeo Saracino 2005, 44, 53

Gentili 1980b, figs. 8-9


Modena (Mutina)

Mod2.01 Campogalliano. Località Panzano. Strada vicinale Cristina 3


C Cocciopesto. Opus signinum (rossiccia)

Ceramic aggregate


Semis of tesserae and bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), diagonal layout

1st cent. BC Gentili 1980b, 271-272

Gentili 1980b, fig. 17


Ozzano dell’Emilia (Claterna)

Ozz1.01 Località Maggio Semis of crosslets Mazzeo Saracino 2005, 44


Parma Par1.01 Palazzo Sanvitale Baths Signino Tesserae: black, white

Field: grid of lozenges with a 90° rotation; fill and at intersections: bichrome crosslet (mainly Greek cross, black centre)

Guarnieri 1998, p. 67


Parma Par2.01 Borgo A. Mazza Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Grid of lozenges; fill: bichrome crosslet (black centre)

Monaco 1957, 249; Marini Calvani 1978, 65 note 167


Parma Par3.01 Via Dante Cocciopesto. Opus signinum


Grid of hexagons (honeycomb); fill: bichrome crosslet (quincunx, black centre)

Corradi-Cervi 1949, 18-19; Marini Calvani 1978, 65 note 167


Parma Par4.01 Borgo G. Tommasini. Museo Archeologico Nazionale

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

Frova 1965, 41; Marini Calvani 1978, 65 note 167

Marini Calvani 1978, fig. 39


Parma Par5.01 Palazzo degli Studi


Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: grid of lozenges; fill: tessera

No earlier than 2nd cent. BC

Marini Calvani 1978, 65 note 167



Parma Par5.02 Palazzo degli Studi

Signinum First border: scale pattern. Second border: semis of crosslets, orthogonal layout. Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

Marini Calvani 1978, 65 note 167



Piacenza (Placentia)

Pia1.01 Scuola «Mazzini». Courtyard

Habitation? Battuto. Cocciopesto

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae? Pagliani 1991, 22 (no. 13); Slavazzi 1998b, 260, 269 (no. 1)



Pia2.01 Via Poggiali Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: whiteInset pieces: field

Fillet Pagliani 1991, 25 (no. 19); Slavazzi 1998b, 260, 269 (no. 3)



Pia3.01 Via delle Benedettine 27


Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Pagliani 1991, 27 (no. 26); Slavazzi 1998b, 260, 269 (no. 4)





Pia4.01 Via Gregorio X Battuto. Battuto rosso


Grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: inset piece. Extra fillets (one black, one white)

Slavazzi 1998b, 260, 269 (no. 7); David 2010, 80

David 2010, figs. 7-8


Ravenna Rav1.01 Below the Chiesa di S. Severo

F Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Scattered bichrome crosslets (black centre) Around the mid-2nd cent. AD (stratigraphy)

Bermond Montanari 1968, 77-80; George 1997, 55

Bermond Montanari 1968, fig. 41


Reggio Emilia (Regium Lepidi)

RegE1.01 Area between the Via S. Rocco, Via N. Campanini, Via Emilia Santo Stefano and Via Crispi. Civici Musei

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white First border: scattering of tesserae. Second border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with tessera. Main field: grid of lozenges

Late Republican to early Imperial period

Degani 1960, 253-254; Scagliarini Corlàita & Venturi 1999, 55-56 (no. 22)

Degani 1960, fig. 7; Scagliarini Corlàita & Venturi 1999, tav. XIV fig. 2



RegE2.01 Area between the Via S. Rocco, Via N. Campanini, Via Emilia Santo Stefano and Via Crispi. Civici Musei


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally), orthogonal layout


Degani 1960, 255; Scagliarini Corlàita & Venturi 1999, 57-58 (no. 25)

Degani 1960, fig. 10; Scagliarini Corlàita & Venturi 1999, tav. XVII fig. 1



RegE3.01 Area between the Via S. Rocco, Via N. Campanini, Via Emilia Santo Stefano and Via Crispi


Band: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera


Scagliarini Corlàita & Venturi 1999, 59-60 (no. 29)

Scagliarini Corlàita & Venturi 1999, tav. XVII fig. 2

Bichrome fillets



RegE4.01 Via Emilia S. Pietro e Via Roma, Piazza Scapinelli (Palazzo ex Tribunale)

Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteInset pieces and tesserae: field

Border?: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square?


Scagliarini Corlàita & Venturi 1999, 69 (no. 45)



RegE5.01 Intersection of the Via Gobbi and Via Formaciani


Fillet. Swastika-meander Late Republican to early Imperial period

Scagliarini Corlàita & Venturi 1999, 99 (no. 75)



RegE6.01 Via Emilia S. Stefano and Vicolo S. Giuseppe. Banca Nazionale del Lavoro. Four fragments in the Civici Musei


First border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. Second border: tesserae and inset pieces at random. Third border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. Central panel: scale pattern; fill: chevron


Scagliarini Corlàita & Venturi 1999, 113-114 (no. 92)

FIG. 87; Scagliarini Corlàita & Venturi 1999, tav. 16, tav. LII

Bichrome fillets framing spaced swastika-meander





RegE7.01 Credito Emiliano (former Banca Agricola Commerciale), Via Emilia, Via Sessi

Habitation. Urban

Settore IIB-C Opus signunum. Signino

Tesserae: white First border: semis of white crosslets (Greek cross, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Second border: spaced latchkey meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. Main field: semis of white crosslets (Greek cross, set orthogonally) with T-shapes in outmost rows, orthogonal layout

Probably first quarter or first half of 1st cent. BC

Malnati 1988, 123, 127, 129; L. Malnati in Lepidoregio 1996, 46-47

FIG. 88; Malnati 1988, tav. 3, 17-18; Lepidoregio 1996, fig. 2



RegE7.02 Credito Emiliano (former Banca Agricola Commerciale), via Emilia, via Sessi

Habitation. Urban

Settore IID n. 11



Fillet of white crosslets.Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), diagonal layout.



Malnati 1988, tav. 19



RegE7.03 Credito Emiliano (former Banca Agricola Commerciale), via Emilia, via Sessi

Habitation. Urban

Settore II n. 15


Border: half-upright double latchkey meander. Main field: grid of lozenges



Malnati 1988, tav. 3


Rimini (Ariminum)

Rim1.01 Via G. Bruno. Ex Vescovado

Habitation. Urban

N Cementizio. Opus signinum


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally), diagonal layout

End of 2nd or 1st cent. BC (stylistic criteria)

Riccioni 1969, 322, 327, 329; Bollini 1980, 288, 295; George 1997, 57-58; Mazzeo Saracino 2005, 43-44, 56-57

Riccioni 1969, figs. 2, 9; Bollini 1980, pl. LXXXVI.2; George 1997, fig. 46; Mazzeo Saracino 2005, figs. 23, 33, tav. 1, 8f


Rimini (Ariminum)

Rim1.02 Via G. Bruno. Ex Vescovado

Habitation. Urban

Q Cementizio. Opus signinum


Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Main field: grid of lozenges

End of 2nd or 1st cent. BC (stylistic criteria)

Riccioni 1969, 322, 327, 329; Bollini 1980, 288, 295; George 1997, 57-58; Mazzeo Saracino 2005, 52-54, 56-57

Riccioni 1969, fig. 4; George 1997, fig. 46; Mazzeo Saracino 2005, figs. 11, 40, tav. 1


Rimini (Ariminum)

Rim1.03 Via G. Bruno. Ex Vescovado. Three fragments

Habitation. Urban

Z Cementizio. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Unknown Terminus post quem of the 2nd cent. AD (dating evidence)

Riccioni 1969, 322, 327, 329; Bollini 1980, 288, 295; George 1997, 57-58; Mazzeo Saracino 2005, 54, 56-57

George 1997, fig. 46; Mazzeo Saracino 2005, tav. 8h


Rimini (Ariminum)

Rim2.01 Below the Mercato Coperto

H Grid of lozenges Bollini 1980, 288, 295


Rimini (Ariminum)

Rim3.01 Via G. Bruno. Ex Palazzo Palloni

Habitation. Urban

F Cocciopesto. Opus signinum


Bichrome fillet. Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (different types of crosslets?, black centre, set orthogonally or diagonally), diagonal layout

End of 1st cent. BC

Riccioni 1964, 203-207; Scagliarini Corlàita 1983, 311; Mazzeo Saracino 2005, 44

Riccioni 1964, figs. 2-3; Scagliarini Corlàita 1983, fig. 43




Rimini (Ariminum)

Rim4.01 Palazzo Massani. Domus centrale

Habitation. Urban

North of the atrium, room to the right

Battuto in cocciopesto. Opus signinum. Signinum


Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Panel: pseudo-shield of lozenges, black tessera at intersections; facing volutes in spandrel

First half of 1st cent. BC.

Ortalli 2003a, 10-11; Mazzeo Saracino 2005, 52-53

Ortalli 2003a, p. 13


Rimini (Ariminum)

Rim5.01 Via Sigismondo, sede della Camera di Commercio

Habitation. Urban

Eastern part Cocciopesto. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: double latchkey meander 1st cent. BC Ortalli 2003b; Maz-zeo Saracino 2005, 53 note 47

Ortalli 2003b Personal observation of floor


Rimini (Ariminum)

Rim6.01 Palazzo Diotallevi Habitation. Urban

H Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Border: trefoils.Border: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre).Panel: octagon - pseudo-shield of lozenges.

End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

Maioli 1984, 461-462; Mazzeo Saracino 2005, 53

A photograph of room H kept in the archive of the Musei Comunali shows a semis of crosslets (Greek cross, black centre) which corresponds to Maioli’s description of the decoration of a “larga banda”.Neither the number of floors nor designs is clear


Rimini (Ariminum)

Rim7.01 Piazza Ferrari. Below Domus del Chirurgo

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Republican period

Ortalli 2000, 513


Rimini (Ariminum)

Rim7.02 Piazza Ferrari. Below Domus del Chirurgo

Habitation. Urban

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Personal observation of floor


Russi Rus1.01 Habitation. Rural. Villa

15/D. Cubiculum


Grid of lozenges First phase: probably end of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

Mansuelli 1954a, 55; Mansuelli 1956, 153; Corlàita Scagliarini 1975, 53, 71; Maioli 2004, 66

Mansuelli 1954a, fig. 7; Corlàita Scagliarini 1975, tav. A (plan); Montevecchi 2003, fig. 1 (plan)



36. Cubiculum?


Unidentifiable Corlàita Scagliarini 1975, 57-58

Corlàita Scaglia-rini 1975, tav. A (plan); Monte-vecchi 2003, fig. 1 (plan)



39. Uppermost floor


Grid of lozenges 2nd cent. AD Scagliarini 1971, 126-127; Corlàita Scagliarini 1975, 71; Maioli 2004, 66


Sarsina (Sassina)

Sar1.01 Via Finamore, Via Roma, proprietà Testi. Domus di Ercole ebbro

Habitation. Urban

B. Winter triclinium?


Ceramic aggregate


Corners: circle - trefoil; fill: crosslet. Field: swastika-meander (not preserved)


Ortalli 1997, 155-157; Guarnieri 2010

FIG. 89; Ortalli 1997, figs. 19, 30-31; Guarnieri 2010, figs. 2-3




Sarsina (Sassina)

Sar1.02 Via Finamore, Via Roma, proprietà Testi. Domus di Ercole ebbro

Habitation. Urban

C Battuto. Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate


Border: spaced swastika-meander. Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally), diagonal layout


Ortalli 1997, 155-157; Guarnieri 2010

FIG. 89; Ortalli 1997, figs. 19, 30-31; Guarnieri 2010, figs. 3-4


Sarsina (Sassina)

Sar2.01 Via Finamore, proprietà Antonini. Domus del Trionfo di Dioniso

Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout Late Republican period. 1st cent. BC

Ortalli 1997, 138, 153-154

Ortalli 1997, fig. 16

Description based on Ortalli 1997, fig. 16 (drawing)


Sarsina (Sassina)

Sar2.02 Via Finamore, proprietà Antonini. Domus del Trionfo di Dioniso

Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto Border: swastika-meander. Main field: concentric circles; possible concentric semicircles in corner

Late Republican period. 1st cent. BC

Ortalli 1997, 138, 153-154

Ortalli 1997, fig. 16

Description based on Ortalli 1997, fig. 16 (drawing)


Sarsina (Sassina)

Sar3.01 Ex Foro Boario. Edificio del foro boario

Lower level Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Border: semis of tesserae and crosslets. Main field: opus spicatum pattern, crosslet (four tesserae) at each end. Central panel: square - circle - circle with radial pattern (eight radii); fill: semicircles

Mansuelli 1954b, 157-158 (n. 1)

Mansuelli 1954b, figs. 1-2

Covered by mosaic at a later time


Sarsina (Sassina)

Sar4.01 “in sterri a valle della nuova strada”

Habitation? Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), orthogonal layout

Mansuelli 1954b, 158-160 (n. 2)

Mansuelli 1954b, fig. 3


Sarsina (Sassina)

Sar5.01 Via Cesio Sabino. Western house

Habitation. Urban

E/C. Lower level, in the middle


Tesserae: whiteTile

Concentric circles - radial pattern with tile as centre

Santarelli 1892, 370-371; Mansuelli 1954b, 161 (n. 3); George 1997, 59-60

Lost


Sarsina (Sassina)

Sar6.01 Ex Foro Boario. Piazza Santarelli. Via Cesio Sabino

Habitation. Urban. Probably baths in last phase

North-western room

Opus signinum (rosso-scuro)

Ceramic aggregate

Semis of tesserae. Crosslets First phase: no later than beginning of 1st cent. BC (dating evidence)

Santarelli 1892, 372-373; Negrioli 1900, 399-400; Mansuelli 1954b, 161 (n. 4); Ortalli 1997, 137, 150-152

Ortalli 1997, fig. 14 (reconstructed plan)


Sarsina (Sassina)



East of room in north-western corner. Corridor

Opus signinum (rosso-scuro)

Ceramic aggregate


Four juxtaposed square panels:Panel a: concentric squares - circle - hexafoil; semicircle in corner.Panel b: square - quatrefoil (each leaf divided in halves by black fillet); fill: clusters of tesserae and crosslets.Panel c: square - quatrefoil with a circle and central bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre) as centre; wheel/small circle in each corner with a diagonal cross having a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre) as centre.Panel d: target: square - concentric circles, diagonal cross made from lines of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre) and with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre) as centre.

First phase: no later than beginning of 1st cent. BC (dating evidence)

Santarelli 1892, 372-373; Negrioli 1900, 399-400; Mansuelli 1954b, 161 (n. 4); Ortalli 1997, 137, 150-152

FIGS. 90-92; Ortalli 1997, fig. 14 (reconstructed plan), fig. 15

Personal observation of floor




Sarsina (Sassina)



D Cocciopesto. Opus signinum


Grid of squares, diagonal layout Last phase: beginning of 3rd cent. AD (dating evidence)

Santarelli 1892, 372-373; Negrioli 1900, 399-400; Mansuelli 1954b, 161 (n. 4); George 1997, 59-60; Ortalli 1997, 137, 150-152

Ortalli 1997, fig. 14 (reconstructed plan)

Lost


Sarsina (Sassina)

Sar7.01 Via Roma. Ex Seminario. Cassa Rurale

Habitation. Urban

Northern room

Opus signinum con base di cocciopesto. Signinum

“…a fregio e lineari in tessere musive” Late 1st cent. BC Ortalli 1997, 140, 157


Sarsina (Sassina)

Sar8.01 Unknown provenance. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Sarsina (inv. no. 910)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae (including rectangular): black, grey, red, white

Panel: square - shield of poised squares, black tessera at intersections, with circle of peltae at centre, convex side with border: voluted scroll; upper circular space with eight-lozenge star; low-er circular space with hexafoil; compound elon-gated rosette with paired vine-leaves? on stem, hederae on stems in left pelta; calyx with petal and facing volutes in right pelta; crescent with row of superposed chevrons in two spandrels

FIGS. 93-94; Aemilia 2000, p. 558


Velleia (Veleia)

Vel1.01 North of the forum. Below the “temple”

Habitation. Urban

North-western

Mortero Inset pieces: field

Border: swastika-meander Late Republican period

Frova 1969, 62 Frova 1969, fig. 8, tav. I-II

Demolished to make room for the forum


Velleia (Veleia)

Vel2.01 North of the forum. Edificio ad ipocausto

Habitation. Urban

7-8. Corridor (T-shaped)

Cementizio. Signino

Tesserae: white Field: scale pattern Late Republican period

Frova 1969, 71-72; Falezza 2009, 330-331

Frova 1969, figs. 20-21, tav. I-II



Velleia (Veleia)

Vel2.02 North of the forum. Edificio ad ipocausto

Habitation. Urban

North-western room/9

Cementizio. Signino

Tesserae: white Border: swastika-meander. Main field: grid of lozenges


Frova 1969, 71-72; Falezza 2009, 331

Frova 1969, figs. 20-21, tav. I-II


306 Italy Tuscany Arezzo (Arretium)

Are1.01 Via Cavour 110 Habitation. Urban

Triclinium? Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteInset piece (lozenge-shaped)

Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central field: concentric circles - wheel/radii

Late Republican period to beginning of 1st cent. AD (no stratigraphic data)

D. Bartoli in Fedeli et al. 1996, 30-31; Bueno 2006, 47-48; Bueno 2011, 42, no. AR-02

D. Bartoli in Fedeli et al. 1996, fig. 13; Bueno 2006, fig. 6; Bueno 2011, tav. IV.2

307 Italy Tuscany Casale Marittimo

CasM1.01 Località Pieve Vecchia


b/1 Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum. Grigiastro

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

1st cent. BC Shepherd 1998, 437; Bueno 2011, 51, no. CM-01

Shepherd 1998, fig. B, tav. CXIX.1-3; Bueno 2011, fig. 13, tav. X.1

308 Italy Tuscany Cosa Cos1.01 The West Block, Lots 4 and 5. House of the Treasure/of Quintus Fulvius

Habitation. Urban

6. Cubiculum? Signinum Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Period 1.3: 90-72/71 BC

R.T. Scott in Bruno & Scott 1993, 85, 92, 94

Bruno & Scott 1993, figs. 4, 23-24

309 Italy Tuscany Cosa Cos2.01 The East Block. House of the Skeleton

Habitation. Urban

13/8. Exedra (summer)

Cementizo a base fittile. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: swastika-meander.Field (except for southernmost part): grid of lozenges.

Period 1.3: 89-70 BC

V.J. Bruno in Bruno & Scott 1993, 128-131, 146-148; Bueno 2011, 62, no. Cos-04a-b

FIG. 98; Bruno & Scott 1993, fig. 33, pls. 81-83; Bueno 2011, tav. XX.4-5




Habitation. Urban

14/10 Cementizio a base fittile. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Period 1.3: 89-70 BC

V.J. Bruno in Bruno & Scott 1993, 128-131, 146-148; Bueno 2011, 63, no. Cos-06

FIG. 98; Bruno & Scott 1993, fig. 33; Bueno 2011, tav. XXI.3


Habitation. Urban

16/9. Exedra (winter)

Cementizio a base fittile. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Field: grid of lozenges.


V.J. Bruno in Bruno & Scott 1993, 128-131, 146-148; Bueno 2011, 62-63, no. Cos-05a-b

FIG. 98; Bruno & Scott 1993, fig. 33, pl. 74; Bueno 2011, tav. XXI.1-2, C.5


Habitation. Urban

23/4. Cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate


Antechamber: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.Bed area: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), orthogonal layout.


V.J. Bruno in Bruno & Scott 1993, 128-131, 146-148; Bueno 2011, 62, no. Cos-03a-b

FIG. 98; Bruno & Scott 1993, fig. 33, pl. 75; Bueno 2011, tav. XX.3

313 Italy Tuscany Cosa Cos3.01 The East Block. House of the Birds

Habitation. Urban

1/2. Atrium/courtyard (large atrium/courtyard)


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteFragments and tesserae at random: field

Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera

40-20 BC. End of 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD

R.T. Scott in Bruno & Scott 1993, 173-175; Bueno 2011, 64, no. Cos-09

FIG. 100; Bruno & Scott 1993, fig. 8; Bueno 2011, tav. XXII.2


Habitation. Urban

2/4. Cubiculum

Cementizio. Signinum


Antechamber: grid of lozenges.Dividing band: swastika-meander.Bed area: tesserae and fragments at random.

40-20 BC. End of 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD

R.T. Scott in Bruno & Scott 1993, 173-175; Bueno 2011, 64, no. Cos-Va-c

FIG. 100; Bruno & Scott 1993, fig. 8


Habitation. Urban

13/3. Cubiculum



Two bichrome fillets. Field: grid of lozenges 40-20 BC. End of 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD

Scott in Bruno & Scott 1993, 173-175; Bueno 2011, 64, no. Cos-IV



Habitation. Urban

15/2a. Ala Signinum Tesserae: black, green, white

Field: grid of lozenges 40-20 BC. End of 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD

R.T. Scott in Bruno & Scott 1993, 173-175; Bueno 2011, 64, no. Cos-III



Habitation. Urban

4. Triclinium Signinum Tesserae: white Possible fillets 40-20 BC. End of 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD

R.T. Scott in Bruno & Scott 1993, 173-175


318 Italy Tuscany Cosa Cos4.01 Forum, south-west side. House of Diana

Habitation. Urban

B/4. Atrium Cementizio a base fittile. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 19 cm).Impluvium basin: grid of lozenges.

Augustan period?

Camaiani et al. 2003; Bueno 2011, 66, no. Cos-X

FIG. 101; Cosa V, fig. 4


Habitation. Urban

G/8. Cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate


Antechamber: grid of lozenges.Bed area: scattered tesserae.

Probably Augustan period. 1st cent. BC

Camaiani et al. 2003; Bueno 2011, 66, no. Cos-13a-b

FIG. 101; Cosa V, fig. 4, pls. 70-71; Bueno 2011, tav. XXIII.3


Habitation. Urban

H/9. Ala Cementizio a base fittile. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set othogonally), orthogonal layout

Probably Augustan period

Camaiani et al. 2003; Bueno 2011, 66-67, no. Cos-14

FIG. 101; Cosa V, fig. 4, pl. 72; Bueno tav. XXIV.1


Habitation. Urban

Q/16. Portico Cementizio a base fittile. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Probably Augustan period

Camaiani et al. 2003; Bueno 2011, 67, no. Cos-16

FIG. 101; Cosa V, fig. 4, pl. 76; Bueno 2011, tav. XXV.1



322 Italy Tuscany Empoli Emp1.01 Ex-vetreria Del Vivo

Habitation. Urban

Gamma/2 Cementizio a base fittile. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black Possible semis of tesserae (set diagonally) House built late 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD. Emp1.01 is ascribed to the second phase: first half of 1st cent. AD (post-Augustan) (stratigraphic data)

Rastrelli 2001, 285; Bueno 2006, 43 and notes 13 and 21; Bueno 2011, 73, no. Emp-I

Rastrelli 2001, fig. 2

According to Bueno, the floor shows scattered white tesserae

323 Italy Tuscany Florence (Florentia)

Flo1.01 Piazza della Repubblica. Via de’ Vecchietti-via Strozzi-via Pescioni-via del Campidoglio. Below the so-called Terme Capitoline. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze

Habitation. Urban

2. Tablinum? Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus spicatum and terracotta tiles (hexagonal): impluvium basin

Field: grid of lozenges; fill: bichrome crosslet (mainly Greek cross, black centre, set orthognally-irregularly)

Late Republican period. Augustan period

Ciampoltrini & Rendini 2005, 824-825; Bueno 2006, 46; Bueno 2011, 82, no. FI-20

Ciampoltrini & Rendini 2005, fig. 4; Bueno 2006, fig. 5; Bueno 2011, tav. XXXVII.5-XXXVIII.1-2, E.1

324 Italy Tuscany Lucca (Luca) Luc1.01 Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni e Reparata. Battistero di San Giovanni. Museo di Villa Guinigi

Habitation. Urban

Cementizio a base fittile. Opus signinum. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: border (chessboard pattern)

Outer fillet of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthgonally). Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally), diagonal layout

Second half of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC (no dating evidence). 1st cent. BC

de Marinis 1993, 104; Ciampoltrini & Rendini 1996, 574-575; Bueno 2011, 100, no. LU-10

de Marinis 1993, fig. 20; Ciampoltrini & Rendini 1996, fig. 2; Bueno 2011, tav. LIV.4, H.3


Savignano sul Panaro

Sav1.01 Podere Melda di Sotto. Via Magazzino

Habitation. Villa

4 Cementizio. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum


Field: bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre) in circular composition?

Probably 1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD.

della Casa 2013, 44; Maioli 2013, 63-64

della Casa 2013, fig. 36; Maioli 2013, fig. 51, tav. 6.2

Reused together with mosaics of the 4th and the beginning of the 5th cent. AD

326 Italy Tuscany Lucca (Luca) Luc2.01 Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni e Reparata. Area of Santa Reparata

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum and opus tessellatum with inset pieces: central panel

Field: grid of lozenges (irregular) or scattering of tesserae

1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD

Ciampoltrini & Rendini 1996, 575; Bueno 2011, 100-101, no. LU-11

Ciampoltrini & Rendini 1996, fig. 3; Bueno 2011, tav. LIV.5, H.4

327 Italy Tuscany Lucca (Luca) Luc3.01 Corte delle Uova. Area of the forum


Ceramic aggregate


Frame: extra fillets of tesserae, the outermost and innermost fillets alternating black and white, the central one black. Field: grid of lozenges

First decades of 1st cent. BC. First half of 1st cent. BC

Ciampoltrini & Rendini 2005, 822-823, 825; Bueno 2011, 99, no. LU-04

Ciampoltrini & Rendini 2005, figs. 2-3; Bueno 2011, tav. LII.4, H.1



328 Italy Tuscany Nomadelfia Noma1.01 Habitation. Rural. Villa

D/6. Triclinium?

Cementizio a base fittile. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Central panel: rectangle - concentric lozenges with semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre); grid of lozenges with circle - hexafoil in corner


M. Cygielman in Nomadelfia 2004, 27; S. Rafanelli in Nomadelfia 2004, 32, 37; Cygielman & Cuniglio 2005, 315; Bueno 2011, 108, no. Nom-02

Nomadelfia 2004, figs. 6-6 part.; Cygielman & Cuniglio 2005, fig. 1; Bueno 2011, tav. LXI.2


H/7. Tablinum


Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 30 cm)

First half of 1st cent. BC. Post-Neronian




K/4. Cubiculum

Cemetizio a base fittile. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 30 cm)

First half of 1st cent. BC. Post-Neronian



331 Italy Tuscany Settefinestre Set1.01 Villa di Settefinestre. Near Orbetello


Fragments from fill below rooms 185 and 186, ascribed to room 33 (triclinium) or room 2


Stone aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre) and inset pieces, diagonal layout

First phase: mid-1st cent. BC. Second half of 1st cent. BC

G. De Tommasso in Settefinestre II, 163-164; Bueno 2011, 156, no. Sfn-25

Settefinestre II, fig. 254; Bueno 2011, tav. CIV.3

332 Italy Tuscany Sughereto di Ballantino

Sug1.01 Località Sughereto di Ballantino. Villa Le Colonne


Fragments from upper rooms, found in the portico surrounding the pool

Opus signinum

Tesserae: dark green, white

Grid of lozenges Villa built in the 2nd cent. BC

Dyson 2002, 215; S. Camaiani in Cosa V, 161

333 Italy Tuscany Ossaia Oss1.01 Habitation. Rural. Villa

Area C: room 10


Ceramic aggregate


Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), orthogonal layout


Gualtieri 2001, 296-297; Bueno 2011, 113, no. Oss-II

Gualtieri 2001, fig. 2; Bueno 2011, fig. 64

334 Italy Tuscany Pisa (Pisae) Pis1.01 Piazza dei Miracoli. Area 8000, lotto II

Habitation. Urban

Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: basin

Grid of lozenges End of 2nd to 1st cent. BC. 1st cent. BC.

Alberti & Paribeni 2005; Bueno 2011, 121, no. PI-III

Alberti & Paribeni 2005, fig. 2

335 Italy Tuscany Pisa (Pisae) Pis2.01 Piazza dei Miracoli

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre), orthogonal layout


Bueno 2006, 43 and note 16; Bueno 2011, 121, no. PI-03

Bueno 2011, tav. LXXIII.1-2



336 Italy Tuscany Pisa (Pisae) Pis2.02 Piazza dei Miracoli

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: border, possibly threshold

Semis of bichrome crosslets (white centre) End of 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD

Bueno 2006, 43 and note 16; Bueno 2011, 121, no. PI-04b

Bueno 2011, tav. LXXIII.1

337 Italy Tuscany Populonia Popu1.01 Acropolis. Eastern street. Saggio IX

Habitation. Urban

D1/1. Bathroom


Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets, diagonal layout Periodo II, fase c: end of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC (dating evidence)

C. Mascione in Mascione et al. 2003, 21; E. Giorgi in Mascione et al. 2003, 26-28; M.L. Gualandi et al. in Camilli 2006, 251-253; Bueno 2011, 128-129, no. Pop-01

Bueno 2011, tav. LXXVIII.1

Mortar revetment on the walls

338 Italy Tuscany Populonia Popu2.01 Acropolis. North of the ‘Logge’

Habitation? Urban

B3/5. Ala Cementizio a base fittile. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: threshold (bichrome scale pattern)

Semis of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre, set orthogonally), diagonal layout

Periodo II c1: end of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC (dating evidence)

C. Mascione in Mascione et al. 2003, 21; E. Giorgi in Mascione et al. 2003, 26-28; M.L. Gualandi et al. in Camilli 2006, 251-253; Gualandi & Bubba 2007, 143; Bueno 2011, 129-130, no. Pop-04b

Gualandi & Bubba 2007, tav. III.1; Bueno 2011, tav. LXXIX.1-3, L.1-2

Room B6 (caldarium) has the tesserae-in-mortar technique on the walls (semis of tesserae, diagonal layout) and on the front of the first step leading to the bathtub (two fillets of bichrome crosslets: quincunx, black centre, set diagonally)

339 Italy Tuscany Muracci Mur1.01 Northern coast of Monte Argentario. Colle dei Muracci

Habitation. Villa marittima


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Late Republican period. No later than mid-1st cent. BC.

Pasquinucci 1982, 141, 153; Ciampoltrini & Rendini 1996, 583; Bueno 2011, 107, no. Mur-01

Ciampoltrini & Rendini 1996, fig. 18; Bueno 2011, tav. LX.1

340 Italy Tuscany Roselle (Rusellae)

Ros1.01 Area of the forum. Building C

Curia? 1. Terrace Cementizio. Cocciopesto

Tesserae (rectangular): dark grey

Semis of tesserae 2nd cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Pagnini 1998, 107-108; Bueno 2011, 135-136, no. Ros-III


Ros2.01 South of the amphitheatre. So-called quartiere hellenistico

Habitation. Urban

1 Cementizio. Opus signinum


Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) 2nd cent. BC Laviosa 1965, 101; Bueno 2011, 134-135, no. Ros-I

Laviosa 1965, fig. 30


Ros2.02 South of the amphitheatre. So-called quar-tiere hellenistico

Habitation. Urban

2 Cementizio. Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Border: possible swastika-meander 2nd cent. BC Laviosa 1965, 101; Bueno 2011, 134-135, no. Ros-II



343 Italy Tuscany Saturnia Sat1.01 Piazza Vittorio Veneto. Settore I

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Grid of lozenges End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Michelucci 1982, 20; Michelucci 1985, 132; Michelucci 1987-1988, 498; Rendini 2003, 334

344 Italy Tuscany Aia Nuova AiaN1.01 Località Aia Nuova. Near Scansano


2. Triclinium Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Signino rosso

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteInset pieces

Threshold: scale pattern.Dining area: Central field, front area: grid of lozenges. Central field, rear area: inset pieces.

Mid-1st cent. BC Del Chiaro 1989, 114; Ciampoltrini & Rendini 1996, 580-581, 583; Del Chiaro 1999, 99-100; Bueno 2011, 38-39 (no. AN-01b-c)

Del Chiaro 1989, fig. 4; Ciampoltrini & Rendini 1996, fig. 14; Del Chiaro 1999, fig. 11; Bueno 2011, tav. I.2-5, A.1

345 Italy Tuscany Sestino (Sestinum)

Ses1.01 Chiesa di S. Pancrazio

Habitation. Urban

Area a Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Border: row of peltae back-to-back with squares in the interstices; fill in squares: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre, set orthogonally)

Late Republican period to beginning of 1st cent. AD

Minto 1942, 55-57; Luni, M. 1989, 21-25; Bueno 2011, 147, no. Sest-01

Minto 1942, figs. 2, 4; Luni, M. 1989, fig. 8; Bueno 2011, fig. 95, tav. XCVI.2


Ses1.02 Chiesa di S. Pancrazio

Habitation. Urban

Area d Cementizio. Cocciopesto


Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), diagonal layout

Late Republican period to beginning of 1st cent. AD?

Minto 1942, 55-57; Luni, M. 1989, 21-25; Bueno 2011, 147, no. Sest-II

Minto 1942, figs. 2, 4; Luni, M. 1989, fig. 8


Ses2.01 Area of the Scuola Elementare. Western house

Habitation. Urban



Linear motifs End of Republican or early Imperial period (no dating evidence)

Luni, M. 1989, 21; Bueno 2011, 147-148, no. Sest-III

348 Italy Tuscany Aiano Aia1.01 Località Aiano. Near Torraccia di Chiusi


Aula with three apses

Cementizio a base mista. Ceramic fragments are rare

Mixed aggregate: stone and ceramic

Tesserae (double fillets): black, whiteRed and dark paint

Central field: pattern of round-tongued guilloche opened to form eyelets. Side panels: grid of oblong hexagons (honeycomb).Northern apse: Semicircular band: alternating poised squares and circles, strapwork.Southern apse: Field: pattern of staggered rows of adjacent octagons and recumbent rectangles forming lozenges.Western apse: Semicircular band: simple guilloche opened to form eyelets, kantharos as central motif.

End of 4th to beginning of 5th cent. AD (stratigraphy)

Cavalieri et al. 2007, 612, 615-617, 626; Cavalieri et al. 2008, 500-504; Cavalieri 2010

FIG. 96; Cavalieri et al. 2007, figs. 5, 8-11; Cavalieri et al. 2008, figs. 7, 12; Cavalieri 2010, figs. 2, 4-7

349 Italy Tuscany Vetulonia Vet1.01 Via Garibaldi Habitation. Urban

Signinum Tesserae: polychrome

Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Built end of 1st cent. BC. Third Style wall paintings in the room

Cygielman 2010, 179-180

Cygielman 2010, fig. 13

350 Italy Umbria Alviano Alv1.01 Località Alviano scalo


Scasso 5 Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Around 50 BC (finds, impluvium type)

M.A. Tomei in Ville e insediamenti 1983, (no. 30), 205-206, 208; M. Archer in Ville e insediamenti 1983, 220-223

Ville e insediamenti 1983, fig. 50





Scasso 6 Opus signinum


Main field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

Around 50 BC (finds, impluvium type)





B Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Around 50 BC (finds, impluvium type)





Atrium Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: blackOpus tessellatum: borders

Main field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

Around 50 BC (finds, impluvium type)


Ville e insediamenti 1983, fig. 60, tav. Xb.

354 Italy Umbria Città di Castello (Tifernum Tiberinum)

Cit1.01 Via del Borghesi 4

Signino Tesserae: black, white

Field: pattern of eight-lozenge stars and squares making poised squares; fill in squares: quatrefoil or poised concave square with bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally); fill in poised squares: bichrome crosslet (black centre).Field: grid of intersecting octagons making squares and irregular oblong hexagons; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally).

Late Republican period (stylistic criteria)

Scarpignato 2001, 328, 333

FIG. 102; Scarpignato 2001, fig. 2

355 Italy Umbria Colfiorito di Foligno (Plestia)

Col1.01 Next to the forum

Habitation. Urban

h/8. Cubiculum (right side)


Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout. Central panel: concentric squares - pseudo-shield of lozenges; pelta with scattering of tesserae in spandrel

First phase: 40-20 BC (dating evidence)

Bonomi Ponzi 2005, 191-193, 195; Occhilupo 2009, 80

FIG. 104; Bonomi Ponzi 2005, fig. 4; Occhilupo 2009, fig. 4

356 Italy Umbria Colfiorito di Foligno (Plestia)

Col1.02 Next to the forum

Habitation. Urban

7. Cubiculum. Upper floor

Cocciopesto Tesserae (irregular): green

Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Second phase: end of 1st cent. AD

Bonomi Ponzi 2005, 191-193, 195; Occhilupo 2009, 80

Occhilupo 2009, fig. 5

357 Italy Umbria Gualdo Tadino (Tadinum)

Gua1.01 West of the Via Flaminia

Habitation. Urban

Below room 9 Cementizio di calcare


Tesserae: black Grid of recumbent and upright lozenges and tilted squares; fill: tessera

First phase: beginning of 1st cent. BC. Terminus ante quem of the mid-1st cent. BC

Sisani 2009 FIG. 108; Sisani 2009, figs. 3, 10



Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room

Cementizio a base laterizia

Ceramic aggregate


Field, western end: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre)

Second phase: mid-1st cent. BC (dating evidence)

Sisani 2009, 51 FIG. 106; Sisani 2009, fig. 2





Habitation. Urban

5. Tablinum? Cementizio a base laterizia

Ceramic aggregate


Concentric squares - pseudo-shield of lozenges; pelta in spandrel


Sisani 2009 FIGS. 106-108; Sisani 2009, figs. 2, 4, 10



Habitation. Urban

2. Triclinium? Cementizio a base laterizia

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Central field: in concentric squares, surrounding a concentric composition: quartercircle and diagonal line along the diagonals; at centre: circle - concave poised square bisected by an orthogonal cross


Sisani 2009 FIGS. 106, 108; Sisani 2009, figs. 2, 5, 10.



Habitation. Urban

3. Triclinium? Cementizio a base laterizia

Ceramic aggregate


Band: semis of tesserae and bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthognally), diagonal layout. Fillet of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), fillet of tesserae. Central panel: concentric squares - spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally)


Sisani 2009 FIGS. 106, 108; Sisani 2009, figs. 2, 6, 10



Habitation. Urban

6. Cubiculum Cementizio a base laterizia

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Antechamber: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout.Bed area: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square.


Sisani 2009 FIGS. 106, 108; Sisani 2009, figs. 2, 10

363 Italy Umbria Gubbio (Iguvium)

Gub1.01 Località Guastuglia. Domus 1

Habitation. Urban



Field: semis of tesserae and bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally), diagonal layout. Border of central panel: concentric squares - spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally). Central panel: concentric squares - rosette with multiple corollas: quatrefoil at centre, four petals with curved point and four trifid petals; circles surround and intersect the petals

Caesarian period Manconi & Scaleggi 1995, 111-122

FIGS. 109-110; Manconi & Scaleggi 1995, figs. 2-4


Gub1.02 Località Guastuglia. Domus 1

Habitation. Urban



Outer border (northern and southern sides): semis of tesserae and bichrome crosslets (black centre), diagonal layout. Inner border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a bichrome crosslet (black centre). Central panel: concentric squares - concentric octagons; fill between octagons and inner concentric squares: row of concentric squares with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre); plant with stems and leaves in corner between outer concentric squares and octagons; concentric squares - concentric circles; bichrome crosslet (black centre) in corner between inner concentric squares and circles; concentric seven-lozenge star as central motif; fill in innermost lozenge: tessera; fill between lozenges and circles: bichrome crosslet (black centre)

Caesarian period Manconi & Scaleggi 1995, 111-122

FIGS. 109, 111; Manconi & Scaleggi 1995, figs. 2, 5-6




Gub2.01 Via degli Ortacci. Below the hospital. Zone A and B

Baths B Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Second half of 1st cent. BC (preliminary dating)

Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, 85-86, 102

Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, fig. 4



Baths E Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout.Grid of lozenges.


Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, 85-86, 102




Baths F Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout


Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, 85-86, 102



Gub3.01 Via degli Ortacci. Below the hospital. Zone C and D

Habitation. Urban

L. Peristyle Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Porticoes: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Second half of 1st cent. BC (preliminary date)

Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, 92-97, 102

Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, tav. IV, VI



Habitation. Urban

P. Cubiculum on either side of central area

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Central area: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout.Thresholds to bedrooms: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Bed areas: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.

Second half of 1st cent. BC (preliminary date)

Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, 92-97, 102

Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, tav. IV



Habitation. Urban

S. Corridor Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Second half of 1st cent. BC (preliminary date)

Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, 92-97, 102



Habitation. Urban

T Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field: semis of tesserae and bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), diagonal layout

Second half of 1st cent. BC (preliminary date)

Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, 92-97, 102

Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, tav. V, VII.1



Habitation. Urban

U Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Second half of 1st cent. BC (preliminary date)

Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, 92-97, 102

Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, tav. V



Habitation. Urban

a. Portico? Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Second half of 1st cent. BC (preliminary date)

Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, 92-97, 102



Habitation. Urban

c Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Second half of 1st cent. BC (preliminary date)

Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, 92-97, 102



Habitation. Urban

d Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Second half of 1st cent. BC (preliminary date)

Braconi & Manconi 1982-1983, 92-97, 102


Gub4.01 Zona Case popolari. Via Buozzi

Habitation. Urban

1 Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout (distance: 16 cm)

1st cent. BC (stylistic criteria)

Cenciaioli 2011, 586-587

Cenciaioli 2011, figs. 7-8



Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: cubes in perspective 1st cent. BC (no dating evidence)


Cenciaioli 2011, figs. 7, 9





Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: green, white

Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Pelta



Cenciaioli 2011, figs. 7, 9

379 Italy Umbria Lugnano in Teverina

Lug1.01 Poggio Gramignano


6 Battuto di laterizi triturati. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), orthogonal layout (distance: 10 cm)

Third quarter of 1st cent. BC (stylistic criteria, wall paintings)

Monacchi 1999, 425

Monacchi 1999, pls. 77-81, figs. 63-64

380 Italy Umbria Orvieto (Volsinii)

Orv1.01 Campo della Fiera

Temple Vestibule. East

Signino (rosato)

Ceramic aggregate


Scattered bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre)

Third quarter of 1st cent. BC

Stopponi 2007, 498-499; Giontella 2009

Stopponi 2007, fig. 27; Giontella 2009, fig. 4

The temple has a terminus ante quem of the 4th cent. BC


Orv1.02 Campo della Fiera

Temple Cella. West Signino (rosato)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteInset piecesOpus tessellatum: border

First zone: scattering of crosslets.Second zone: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre, set diagonally), diagonal layout.

Third quarter of 1st cent. BC

Stopponi 2007, 498-499; Giontella 2009

Stopponi 2007, fig. 26; Giontella 2009, fig. 5

The temple has a terminus ante quem of the 4th cent. BC


Orv2.01 Campo della Fiera. North of temple

Corridor Signino TesseraeRectangular tesseraeInset pieces

Semis of crosslets Third quarter of 1st cent. BC

Giontella 2009, 114 Giontella 2009, fig. 6

383 Italy Umbria Penna in Teverina

PenT1.01 Località Pennavecchia


C Battuto bianco



Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (white centre) (distance: ca. 14 cm)

Augustan period (stylistic criteria)

A. Martin in Ville e insediamenti 1983, (no. 32), 260, 263, 268


384 Italy Umbria Perugia (Perusia)

Peru1.01 Via Caporali Habitation? Signino nero. Signino scuro

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: ca. 20 cm)

Second half of 2nd cent. BC (stylistic criteria)

Feruglio 1991, 228-229; Cenciaioli 2001; Cenciaioli 2005, 210-211; Cenciaioli 2009, 223

Feruglio 1991, figs. 174, 179-180; Cenciaioli 2001, fig. 3; Cenciaioli 2005, fig. 7; Cenciaioli 2009, fig. 2

385 Italy Umbria Perugia (Perusia)

Peru2.01 Località Valcaprara (Podere Piaggia)




Double swastika-meander.Spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a black crosslet.

First phase: 1st cent. AD (finds)

A. Rastrelli in Ville e insediamenti 1983, 64, (no. 10)


386 Italy Umbria Spello (Hispellum)

Spel1.01 Località Orticello. Casa Silvi


A Opus signinum

Tesserae: grey Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 20 cm)

End of 1st cent. BC (historical criteria)

L. Sensi in Ville e insediamenti 1983, (no. 20), 110-111, 116

Ville e insediamenti 1983, tav. IIIb

387 Italy Umbria Todi (Tuder) Tod1.01 Palazzo Ciuffelli Habitation. Urban

Signino bianco


Tesserae: blackOpus tessellatum: band


1st cent. AD (no dating evidence)

Bergamini 1989, 12-14; Tascio 1989, 63-65; Bergamini Simoni 2001, 157-158

Bergamini 1989, fig. 6

388 Italy The Marches

Castelleone di Suasa (Suasa)

CastSu1.01 South-west of the amphitheatre. Below the Domus dei Coiedii

Habitation. Urban

Below room AO


Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: scale pattern

Second half of 2nd cent. BC

De Maria 1996, 404 and note 14, 413-414; De Maria 2009, 172-183

De Maria 1996, fig. 16

Lost




Pesaro (Pisaurum)

Pes1.01 Palazzo Montani Habitation? Urban

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Possible swastika-meander Late Republican to early Imperial period (no dating evidence)

Mercando 1984, 181, 183, 190 (no. 5); Di Cocco 2004, 97; Mazzeo Saracino 2005, 53

Mercando 1984, figs. 9-10


Pesaro (Pisaurum)

Pes2.01 Palazzo Comunale. Near the Church of San Ubaldo

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Republican period? (no dating evidence)

Mercando 1984, 181, 183, 199 (no. 18); Di Cocco 2004, 99-100; Mazzeo Saracino 2005, 53

Mercando 1984, fig. 26


Pesaro (Pisaurum)

Pes3.01 Via Mazzolari Habitation. Urban

I Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate


First border: row with alternating semis of tesserae (set orthogonally, 3 x 3 tesserae) and bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre, set orthogonally, somewhat irregularly). Second border: row with alternating semis of tesserae (set orthogonaly, 3 x 3 tesserae) and bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre, set orthogonally, somewhat irregularly). Rectangular field, tripartite: Northern panel: Border: row of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre, set orthogonally, somewhat irregularly). Panel: square - concentric poised squares; fill: bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black or white centre, set orthogonally). Central rectangular panel: Border on three sides (not towards the southern panel, only fillet of tesserae here): row of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black or white centre, set orthogonally or diagonally). Panel: rectangle - concentric lozenges, bisected by an orthogonal cross; fill: bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black or white centre, mainly set diagonally) and inset pieces, some used as centre of crosslets. Southern panel: Border on three sides (not towards the rectangular central panel): row of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black or white centre, set orthogonally, somewhat irregularly). Panel: concentric circles - hexafoil; fill: inset pieces


Lani & Tassinari 2011

FIG. 112; Lani & Tassinari 2011, figs. 2-3


La Pineta LaPin1.01 Località La Pineta. Near Porto Recanati


Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges; fill: tessera First decades of 1st cent. AD (dating evidence)

Mercando 1979a, 190; Mercando 1979b, 35

Mercando 1979a, fig. 109; Mercando 1979b, tav. 4


Senigallia (Sena Gallica)

Sen1.01 Archeological area “La Fenice”

Habitation. Urban

East side of atrium

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Augustan period Area archeologica e Museo La Fenice 2003, 30-32; Trebellini 2008, 23

Area archeologica e Museo La Fenice 2003, 31 figs. 1, 3


Senigallia (Sena Gallica)

Sen1.02 Archeological area “La Fenice”

Habitation. Urban

South-east part of house

Cocciopesto Diagonal lines.Meanders.

Augustan period Area archeologica e Museo La Fenice 2003, 30-32; Trebellini 2008, 23



395 Italy Lazio Alatri (Aletrium)

Ala1.01 Pseudo-shield of lozenges Carfora et al. 2011, 405 note 32

396 Italy Lazio Albano Laziale

AlbL1.01 Località S. Maria della Stella


40 Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteRed paint

Field: parallel rows of tesserae End of 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD (stratigraphic data)

Caserta 2006, 169-170

Caserta 2006, fig. 6


AlbL1.02 Località S. Maria della Stella



Grid of lozenges End of 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD (stratigraphic data)

Caserta 2006, 169-170


AlbL2.01 Località Cavallacci


B/LVIII Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

Chiarucci & Succi 2011, 560-561; Aglietti & Cuccurullo 2014

Chiarucci & Succi 2011, fig. 2; Aglietti & Cuccurullo 2014, figs. 2-3

Later covered by floor in opus sectile

399 Italy Lazio Anzio (Antium)

Anz1.01 Area of the Arco Muto

A Cocciopesto. Signino (rosso)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 8 cm)


Morricone Matini 1975, 21 (no.1)

Morricone Matini 1975, tav. XXIII


Anz1.02 Area of the Arco Muto

B Cocciopesto (rosso)

Ceramic aggregate


Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally). Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), diagonal layout


Morricone Matini 1975, 21-22 (no. 2)

Morricone Matini 1975, tav. XXIII-XXIV


Anz2.01 Area of the Lighthouse


Lower level Cocciopisto. Signino

Tesserae: black, whiteInset piecesRed paint

Border: swastika-meander. Main field: grid of lozenges. Central field: scattering of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre), tesserae and inset pieces

Mid-2nd cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Morricone Matini 1971, 11 (no. 29); Morricone Matini 1975, 43-45 (nos. 35)

Morricone Matini 1971, tav. IX-X; Morricone Matini 1975, tav. XXXVII-XXXVIII




D Cocciopisto. Signino

Tesserae: black, whiteInset piecesOpus tessellatum: border of central fieldRed paint

Field: grid of lozenges. Central field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally) and inset pieces, diagonal layout

End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Morricone Matini 1971, 14 (no. 52); Morricone Matini 1975, 29-30 (no. 8)

Morricone Matini 1971, tav. V, XIV; Morricone Matini 1975, tav. XXVI-XXVII




I Cocciopisto. Signino

Tesserae: black, whiteIrregular and rectangular tesserae: fieldOpus tessellatum: central field

Mat at southern corner: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), diagonal layout (distance: 3/4 cm).At western corner of room: grid of lozenges.

End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Morricone Matini 1971, 14-15 (no. 57); Morricone Matini 1975, 35 (no. 18)

Morricone Matini 1975, tav. XXXI-XXXII



404 Italy Lazio Ardea Ard1.01 North-east of the acropol. Località Campetto

Nymphaeum? Signinum Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges 2nd cent. BC Morricone Matini 1971, 15-16 (no. 67); Morselli & Tortorici 1982, 90-91 (no. 86); Vassal 2006, 138-139 (no. 168)

405 Italy Lazio Bolsena (Volsinii Novi)

Bols1.01 Poggio Moscini. Maison aux Salles souterraines

Habitation. Urban

18/B Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges; rosette in corner Rooms 18 and 16 were added in the period between the mid-1st cent. BC and mid-1st cent. AD

Andreau et al. 1970, 210-212; Barbet 1985, 10; Vassal 2006, 142 (no. 187)

Andreau et al. 1970, fig. 18

406 Italy Lazio Bolsena (Volsinii Novi)

Bols1.02 Poggio Moscini. Maison aux Salles souterraines

Habitation. Urban

16b/E Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Central field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

Rooms 18 and 16 were added in the period between the mid-1st cent. BC and mid-1st cent. AD

Andreau et al. 1970, 210-212; Barbet 1985, 10

Andreau et al. 1970, fig. 18

407 Italy Lazio Cassino (Casinum)

Cass1.01 Località Agnone Sanctuary V. Cult room Cementizio. Tritume fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Floral motifs Ca. 280-250 BC De Cristofaro & Di Renzo 2004, 811-812

De Cristofaro & Di Renzo 2004, figs. 6-7

408 Italy Lazio Castrum Novum

CastNL1.01 Castellina Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Gianfrotta 1972, 134-136 (no. 100).

409 Italy Lazio Collatia Coll1.01 Località Fosso di Montegiardino


Cocciopesto Grid of lozenges First phase: pre-Augustan period

Quilici 1974, 391-392 (no. 242)



Cocciopesto Possible semis of tesserae.South-east zone: lozenges.

First phase: pre-Augustan period

Quilici 1974, 391-392 (no. 242)



Cocciopesto Similar to Coll1.01-1.02 First phase: pre-Augustan period

Quilici 1974, 391-392 (no. 242)

412 Italy Lazio Cures Sabini (Fara Sabina)

Cur1.01 Colle dei Pozzaroli

Habitation. Villa

Signino Grid of lozenges Republican period

Muzzioli 1980, 78-79 (no. 9)

413 Italy Lazio Ferentino (Ferentinum)

Fer1.01 Below the Palazzo Giorgi Roffi Isabelli

Fountain? Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate


Border: clusters of three and four tesserae.Main field: parallel rows of tesserae. Motif off-centre: semicircle

Mid-2nd cent. BC

Frasca, R. & Aglietti 2011

Frasca, R. & Aglietti 2011, figs. 3-5

414 Italy Lazio Fiano Romano

Fia1.01 Via Tiberina km 19,200, ‘della Standa’


11. Tablinum? Field: grid of lozenges 2nd to 1st cent. BC

De Franceschini 2005, 270-272 (no. 98)

De Franceschini 2005, fig. 98.5

415 Italy Lazio Fiano Romano

Fia1.02 Via Tiberina km 19,200, ‘della Standa’


12. Triclinium?

Field: semis of crosslets, orthogonal layout 2nd to 1st cent. BC



416 Italy Lazio Formia (Formiae)

Form1.01 Via Vitruvio. Piazza della Vittoria


X (or C) Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre, set orthogonally) with alternating T-shapes and tesserae in outmost row, diagonal layout

End of 2nd cent. BC

Cassieri 2003, 221-222; Cassieri 2007, 34

Cassieri 2007, tav. II, tav. V.3


Form1.02 Via Vitruvio. Piazza della Vittoria


E (or D) Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges End of 2nd cent. BC

Cassieri 2003, 221-222; Cassieri 2007, 34

Cassieri 2003, fig. 3; Cassieri 2007, tav. II, tav. V.1-2




Form2.01 Galleria “Vitruvius”

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Meander End of 2nd cent. BC

Cassieri 2007, 39


Form3.01 Ex Hotel Ariston Habitation. Rural. Villa

E Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (alternating black and white centre).Threshold towards room F: fillet, unidentifiable motifs.

First decades of 1st cent. BC

Cassieri & Pirrone 2010


Form3.02 Ex Hotel Ariston Habitation. Rural. Villa

H Signino Tesserae: black Grid of lozenges First decades of 1st cent. BC

Cassieri & Pirrone 2010

Cassieri & Pirrone 2010, fig. 7

421 Italy Lazio Fregellae Fre1.01 Baths Baths A1 Cementizio a base fittile. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


First phase: mid-3rd cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Tsiolis 2006, 243-244, 250; Vincenti 2008, 410-414; Vincenti 2012, 278-279; Tsiolis 2013, 97

Vincenti 2008, fig. 7; Tsiolis 2013, fig. 14

422 Italy Lazio Fregellae Fre1.02 Baths Baths A2 Cementizio a base fittile. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteTerracotta slabs (lozenge-shaped, scales): south-east corner, central partOpus figlinum: border on west side

Border on north and west sides: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Central and western part on south side: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

First phase: mid-3rd cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Tsiolis 2006, 243-244, 250; Vincenti 2008, 410-414; Vincenti 2012, 278-279; Tsiolis 2013, 97-99

Vincenti 2008, fig. 7; Tsiolis 2013, fig. 16

423 Italy Lazio Fregellae Fre1.03 Baths Baths 9. Women’s section. Apo-dyterium?


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), diagonal layout

Second phase: first half of 2nd cent. BC. 185-150 BC

Tsiolis 2006, 243-244, 250; Vincenti 2008, 410-414; Vincenti 2012

Vincenti 2008, fig. 7; Vincenti 2012, fig. 2


424 Italy Lazio Fregellae Fre1.04 Baths Baths 10. Women’s section. Tepidarium


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Second phase: first half of 2nd cent. BC. 185-150 BC




425 Italy Lazio Fregellae Fre1.05 Baths Baths 11. Women’s section. Caldarium


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

Second phase: first half of 2nd cent. BC. 185-150 BC




426 Italy Lazio Trevi Tre1.01 West of the Chiesa di San Nicola

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

Quilici Gigli 1987, 148

Quilici Gigli 1987, fig. 13

427 Italy Lazio Trevi Tre2.01 Along the road leading to Ponte Can Teodoro

Habitation? Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: thresholds

Swastika-meander End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

Quilici Gigli 1987, 148-151

Quilici Gigli 1987, fig. 14

428 Italy Lazio Fregellae Fre2.01 Domus 7 Habitation. Urban

G. Tablinum. Lower floor

Cementizio a base fittile. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout 3rd cent. BC. Mid-3rd cent. BC

Coarelli 1995, 18-21; Vassal 2006, 148 (no. 219); Battaglini & Diosono 2010, 225

Coarelli 1995, figs. 4-5




G. Tablinum. Upper floor


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout First quarter of 2nd cent. BC

Coarelli 1995, 18-21

Coarelli 1995, fig. 5


E. Triclinium Cementizio a base fittile. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Antechamber: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (apart from band along the eastern and southern walls).Dining area: Central field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.

First quarter of 2nd cent. BC

Coarelli 1995, 18-21; Vassal 2006, 148 (no. 220)

Coarelli 1995, figs. 5-6; Battaglini & Diosono 2010, fig. 7



F1. Ala Cementizio a base fittile. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Border: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout. Central field: grid of lozenges.


Coarelli 1995, 18-21; Vassal 2006, 148 (no. 221)

Coarelli 1995, figs. 5-7; Battaglini & Diosono 2010, fig. 7



F. Ala Cementizio a base fittile. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessel-latum: border (defensive wall with towers)

Central field, tripartite: Central panel and side panels: grid of lozenges, the grids of the side panels orientated 90°


Coarelli 1995, 18-21; Vassal 2006, 148-149 (no. 222)

Coarelli 1995, figs. 5, 8-9




Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout Coarelli 1995, 21 note 24




Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Coarelli 1995, 21 note 24


The identification of the motif is based on a photograph


Atrium Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteTerracotta tiles (hexagonal): impluvium basin

Impluvium rim: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Mid-2nd cent. BC

Battaglini & Diosono 2010, fig. 4



Room located to the south of the atrium


Ceramic aggregate


Mid-2nd cent. BC




Room located to the south of Fre4.02


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Outer border: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Inner border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Central field: scale pattern

Mid-2nd cent. BC





Ceramic aggregate


Coarelli 1995, 21 note 24



Atrium Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteTerracotta tiles

Impluvium rim: grid of lozenges Battaglini & Diosono 2010, fig. 4



First room to the right following the atrium/entrance area


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Central panel: square with central swastika Personal observation of floor



441 Italy Lazio Fregellae Fre8.01 Northern sector. Museo di Ceprano

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: meander.Field: scale pattern.

Coarelli 1995, 21; De Albentiis & Furiani 1997, 38

Coarelli 1995, fig. 13; De Albentiis & Furiani 1997, p. 39

442 Italy Lazio Gabii Gab1.01 Sanctuary of Juno

Sanctuary Room to the west of the temenos

Opus signinum

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: border

Inscription in Latin: N? T Probably first half of 2nd cent. BC

Almagro-Gorbea 1982, 27, 607; Brem 2000, 152

Almagro-Gorbea 1982, fig. 5, lám. VII.4

443 Italy Lazio Lanuvio (Lanuvium)

Lan1.01 Via Laviniense. Particella 54


D. Triclinium Signino Tesserae: black, whiteRed paint

Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) End of 2nd cent. BC

Ghini 1995, 487


Lan2.01 Via Laviniense. Particella 854

Habitation. Rural. Villa. Association house?

D Signino Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Late Republican period

Ghini 1995, 492 Ghini 1995, fig. 11


Lan3.01 Between the Via Gramsci and Via S. Maria della Pace

Habitation? Rural

D Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Two fillets 2nd cent. BC Attenni 2010a, 273-276; Attenni 2010b, 316

Attenni 2010a, fig. 7; Attenni 2010b, fig. 8

446 Italy Lazio Lucus Feroniae

Lucu1.01 Via Tiberina. Villa dei Volusii


21 Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Swastika-meander 1st cent. BC De Franceschini 2005, 275, 278-279, 282 (no. 99)


447 Italy Lazio Marcellina Marc1.01 Località S. Maria in Monte Dominici


Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout 1st cent. BC Moscetti et al. 2003, 154

Moscetti et al. 2003, p. 156

448 Italy Lazio Minturnae Mint1.01 South of the basilica

Habitation? Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Republican period

Paper by G.R. Bellini, 7º Incontro di Studi sul Lazio e la Sabina, Roma, 9-11 marzo 2010; Bellini & Sposito 2010, 411-412

Bellini & Sposito 2010, fig. 1

449 Italy Lazio Minturnae Mint2.01 Near the market Habitation? Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Republican period


450 Italy Lazio Minturnae Mint3.01 Domus del mercato

Habitation? Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally)

Republican period




451 Italy Lazio Minturnae Mint4.01 Tesserae: white Border/field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Field/main field: grid of lozenges

Republican period


452 Italy Lazio Monte Porzio Catone

MonP1.01 Chiesetta di S. Antonino

Tomb building?

Chapel to the right


Threshold: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), diagonal layout

Valenti 2001, 575-577; Valenti 2003, 202-203 (no. 331); Vassal 2006, 154 (no. 250)

Valenti 2001, fig. 1; Valenti 2003, fig. 160

The floor was reused in the church


MonP1.02 Chiesetta di S. Antonino

Tomb building?

Chapel to the right


Threshold: grid of lozenges Valenti 2001, 575-577; Valenti 2003, 202-203 (no. 331); Vassal 2006, 154 (no. 251)

Valenti 2001, fig. 2; Valenti 2003, fig. 161

The floor was reused in the church


MonP2.01 Collegio Nazionale/i Talolacci/Villa Lucidi


Room in the bath building

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Valenti 2003, 210-211 (no. 367)

Valenti 2003, fig. 174

455 Italy Lazio Nomentum Nom1.01 Casali di Mentana, point 66 on map (vicinity of the Via A. Gramsci)

Signinum Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

Pala 1976, 57 Pala 1976, fig. 126

456 Italy Lazio Nomentum Nom2.01 Casali di Mentana, via A. Gramsci


Grid of lozenges End of Republican period or beginning of Imperial period

Moscetti & Greggi 2004, 182

Moscetti & Greggi 2004, 185-186

457 Italy Lazio Norma (Norba)

Norm1.01 Valle dell’Acropoli Minore. Domus I

Habitation. Urban

c. Cubiculum Cementizio. Cocciopesto

Tesserae: white Antechamber: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges.Dividing band: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.Bed area: grid of lozenges.

2nd cent. BC. City destroyed 81 BC

Quilici Gigli 1996, 546; Carfora et al. 2008, 216-222, 236, 239-241; Carfora et al. 2010, 235-236

FIGS. 113-114; Carfora et al. 2008, figs. 21-25, 31, 45; Carfora et al. 2010, fig. 4; Carfora et al. 2011, fig. 3



Habitation. Urban

f. Cubiculum Cementizio. Battuto. Cotto, calcare, calcare colorato

Possible mixed aggregate: ceramic, stone

Tesserae: green, whiteTiles (lozenge-shaped): fieldOpus tessellatum: motif in corner (dolphin)

Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: caduceus at centre, combined with lozenge-shaped tiles and opus tessellatum

2nd cent. BC. City destroyed 81 BC


FIGS. 113-115; Carfora et al. 2008, figs. 15-20, 31, 45; Carfora et al. 2010, figs. 4-5





Habitation. Urban

m Cementizio. Cocciopesto

Tesserae: dark Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout 2nd cent. BC. City destroyed 81 BC


FIG. 113; Carfora et al. 2008, figs. 15-25, 31, 45


Norm2.01 Valle dell’Acropoli Minore. Quarto terrazzo. Street from Acropoli Minore to Porta Serrone di Bove. Domus II

Habitation. Urban

Sidewalk Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 24-26 cm)


Quilici Gigli 1996, 547-548; Carfora et al. 2008, 210; S. Ferrante in Carfora et al. 2011, 403

Carfora et al. 2008, figs. 4, 6-8


Norm3.01 Edificio I Habitation. Urban

Atrium Cementizio Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae P. Carfora in Carfora et al. 2011, 402


Norm4.01 Near the baths. Along the decumanus


Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Semis of tesserae P. Carfora in Carfora et al. 2011, 403

Carfora et al. 2011, fig. 8 (bottom, left)

463 Italy Lazio Ostia Ost1.01 Regio I. Insula VIII, 7 and 8. Caseggiato a taberne

Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Grid of lozenges First half of 1st cent. BC

Becatti 1961, 18 (no. 19); Morricone Matini 1971, 11 (no. 30)

Becatti 1961, fig. 9, tav. VI; Morricone Matini 1971, tav. I

464 Italy Lazio Ostia Ost2.01 Regio I. Insula IX. Domus A (below the Caseggiato a pianta basilicale)

Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: white Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera or inset piece

End of 2nd cent. BC

Becatti 1961, 19 (no. 23); Morricone Matini 1971, 14 (no. 42); Vassal 2006, 165-166 (no. 313)

Becatti 1961, pl. IV.23; Morricone Matini 1971, tav. III.42

465 Italy Lazio Ostia Ost2.02 Regio I, Insula IX. Domus A (below the Caseggiato a pianta basilicale)

Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: white Outer border: scattered tesserae. Border of central field: grid of lozenges. Central field: rectangle - lozenge with spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera; scattered tesserae and inset pieces in spandrel

End of 2nd cent. BC

Becatti 1961, 19-20 (no. 24); Morricone Matini 1971, 14 (no. 43); Vassal 2006, 166 (no. 314)

Becatti 1961, pl. IV.24; Morricone Matini 1971, tav. III.43

466 Italy Lazio Ostia Ost3.01 Regio III. Insula II. Edificio a peristilio, first phase

West of the peristyle

Cocciopesto. Signino (rossiccio)

Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally) with T-shapes in outmost rows, diagonal layout

End of 2nd cent. BC

Becatti 1961, 95, no. 162; Morricone Matini 1971, 14 (no. 46); Vassal 2006, 166 (no. 317)

Becatti 1961, pl. III; Morricone Matini 1971, tav. IV.46

467 Italy Lazio Ostia Ost3.02 Regio III. Insula II. Edificio a peristilio, first phase

Cocciopesto. Signino (rossiccio)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges End of 2nd cent. BC



468 Italy Lazio Ostia Ost3.03 Regio III. Insula II. Edificio a peristilio, first phase. Antiquarium

Cocciopesto. Signino (rosso)

Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally or diagonally), orthogonal layout

End of 2nd cent. BC





469 Italy Lazio Ostia Ost4.01 Beneath ‘Schola du Trajan’. La Maison aux Bucranes

Habitation. Urban

Sondage E, F, S. ‘Tablinum’


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally) with T-shapes in outmost rows, orthogonal layout

Around the mid-1st cent. BC

Morard 2003; Perrier 2003; Pellegrino et al. 2005, 799-800; Vassal 2006, 166-167 (no. 318); Morard 2007, 59-64

Morard 2003, fig. 4; Pellegrino et al. 2005, fig. 6; Morard 2007, figs. 63, 70, 75


Habitation. Urban

Sondages T. Reception room

Opus signinum


Field: grid of lozenges Around the mid-1st cent. BC

Morard 2003; Perrier 2003; Pellegrino et al. 2005, 799-800; Morard 2007, 59-64

Morard 2007, figs. 59-60, 71

471 Italy Lazio Ostia Ost5.01 Region V. Insula V, 2. Taberna dell’Invidioso

Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

Mid-3rd cent. BC or shortly after (stratigraphic data)

Carta et al. 1987, 12, 21-22, 27-28

Carta et al. 1987, figs. 13, 23

472 Italy Lazio Palestrina (Praeneste)

Pale1.01 The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia. Western ramp with portico

Sanctuary Square room to the west of room with pilasters

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Fasolo, F. & Gullini 1953, 82, 307-308; Morricone Matini 1971, 14; Vassal 2006, 168 (no. 327)

Fasolo, F. & Gullini 1953, fig. 423; Morricone Matini 1971, tav. XIII


Pale2.01 Viale Pio XII Habitation. Urban

Pavimento A Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: double latchkey meander Late Republican period. Second half of 1st cent. BC

Di Mario 1991, 50-52

Di Mario 1991, fig. 22


Pale2.02 Viale Pio XII Habitation. Urban

Pavimento C Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteTesserae and polychrome inset pieces: main field

Border: double (at least) spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

Late Republican period. Second half of 1st cent. BC

Di Mario 1991, 50-52

Di Mario 1991, fig. 23

475 Italy Lazio Rome RomC1.01 Capitoline Hill. Rooms below the Tabularium. Upper terrace. Two fragments, one on display in the Tabularium

Pavimento 5a and 5b


Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally), diagonal layout. Bichrome fillet. Central panel: rectangle - lozenge with four smaller concentric lozenges; scattered tesserae in corner

End of 3rd cent. BC

Morricone Matini 1971, 8 (no. 3); Mazzei, P. 2014, 280-281, 283-286

Morricone Matini 1971, fig. 3.c, tav. VIII.3; Mazzei, P. 2014, figs. 3, 7-9

476 Italy Lazio Rome RomC1.02 Capitoline Hill. Rooms below the Tabularium. Upper terrace. Fragment on display in the Tabularium

Pavimento 3 Cementizio a base fittile. Signino

Ceramic aggregate


Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares. Bichrome fillet. Main field: grid of lozenges

End of 3rd cent. BC

Morricone Matini 1971, 8 (no. 4); Mazzei, P. 2014, 279-280, 283-286

Morricone Matini 1971, tav. VIII.4; Mazzei, P. 2014, figs. 3, 5

477 Italy Lazio Rome RomC2.01 Forum Romanum. Domus publica

Habitation. Urban

Signino rosso Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: grid of lozenges

Morricone Matini 1971, 10-11 (nos. 24)

Morricone Matini 1971, tav. IX.24

The floor is ascribed to Atrium Vestae by Papi (1995, 345)



478 Italy Lazio Rome RomC2.02 Forum Romanum. Domus publica

Habitation. Urban

Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate


Intercolumniation: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre, orthogonally set) with T-shapes and chevrons in outmost rows, diagonal layout

Morricone Matini 1971, 10-11 (no. 27)

Morricone Matini 1971, tav. I.27

479 Italy Lazio Rome RomC3.01 Forum Romanum. Atrium Vestae. House of the Vestals

Habitation. Urban

Signino Tesserae: white Border: possible meander Morricone Matini 1971, 12 (no. 36)

Morricone Matini 1971, tav. III.36

480 Italy Lazio Rome RomC4.01 Forum Romanum. Basilica Julia. Below the Augustan floor. Fragment

Basilica? Habitation?

Signino Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges From the Caesarian period or from Basilica Sempronia (169 BC) or the house of P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus

Morricone Matini 1971, 19 (no. 73); Papi 1995, 345 and note 41

Morricone Matini 1971, tav. VI

481 Italy Lazio Rome RomC5.01 Palatine Hill. Northern slope. Casa VIII

Habitation. Urban

130 Battuto di cementizio. Signino



Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

End of 3rd to beginning of 2nd cent. BC (dating evidence)

Papi 1995, 344-345, 348; E. Papi in Palatium, 46-47; Vassal 2006, 173 (no. 352)

Papi 1995, figs. 4, 7; Palatium, figs. 27-29

482 Italy Lazio Rome RomC5.02 Palatine Hill. Northern slope. Casa VIII

Habitation. Urban

131 Battuto di cementizio. Signino


Tesserae: whiteRectangular tesserae and inset pieces: outer border

Outer border: scattered rectangular tesserae and inset pieces. Border of central field: no motifs. Central field: grid of lozenges

End of 3rd to beginning of 2nd cent. BC (dating evidence)

Papi 1995, 344-345, 348; E. Papi in Palatium, 46-47; Vassal 2006, 173 (no. 351)

Papi 1995, figs. 4, 6; Palatium, figs. 27-28 and 31-33

484 Italy Lazio Rome RomC6.01 Palatine Hill. Below the southern façade of the Domus Augustana

Habitation. Urban

A Cocciopesto. Signino

Tesserae: white Border: swastika-meander End of 2nd cent. BC

Morricone Matini 1967, 12-13 (no. 1), 112-113; Morricone Matini 1971, 10 (no. 21)

Morricone Matini 1967, fig. 2

485 Italy Lazio Rome RomC6.02 Palatine Hill. Below the southern façade of the Domus Augustana

Habitation. Urban

D Cocciopesto. Signino


End of 2nd cent. BC

Morricone Matini 1967, 12-13 (no. 4), 112-113; Morricone Matini 1971, 10 (no. 20)

Morricone Matini 1967, tav. A.4, tav. I.4; Morricone Matini 1971, fig. 4.b

486 Italy Lazio Rome RomC7.01 Palatine Hill. Below the Domus Augustana. Aula Regia

Habitation. Urban

Signino Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout Morricone Matini 1971, 19 (no. 75)


487 Italy Lazio Rome RomC9.01 Esquiline Hill. Beneath Domus Aurea. Southern wing of the rectangular peristyle

Habitation. Urban

Pavimento B Signino Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Republican period. End of 2nd cent. BC

Sanguinetti 1958; Morricone Matini 1971, 11-12 (no. 31); Luciani & Sperduti 1993, 73; Vassal 2006, 170 (no. 337)

Sanguinetti 1958, fig. 6; Morricone Matini 1971, tav. X.31



488 Italy Lazio Rome RomC9.02 Esquiline Hill, beneath Domus Aurea, southern wing of the rectangular peristyle

Habitation. Urban

47/pavimento C


Semis of tesserae and bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally or diagonally), diagonal layout

Republican period. End of 2nd cent. BC


Sanguinetti 1958, fig. 6; Morricone Matini 1971, tav. XI.33

489 Italy Lazio Rome RomC9.03 Esquiline Hill. Beneath Domus Aurea. Southern wing of the rectangular peristyle

Habitation. Urban

48/pavimento D

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Republican period. End of 2nd cent. BC


Sanguinetti 1958, fig. 6; Morricone Matini 1971, tav. XII.34; Luciani & Sperduti 1993, fig. 36

490 Italy Lazio Rome RomC10.01 Esquiline Hill. Chiesa di San Pietro in Vincoli

Habitation? Urban

Lower level Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. Main field: scattering of tesserae

Mid-2nd BC. Second half of 2nd cent. BC

Morricone Matini 1971, 10 (no. 18)

Collini 1966, fig. 9

491 Italy Lazio Rome RomC11.01 Viminal Hill. Chiesa di Santa Pudenziana


Frame: triple fillet End of 2nd cent. BC


Morricone Matini 1971, tav. II.40

492 Italy Lazio Rome RomC12.01 Viminal Hill. Via Palermo (ex vigna de Merode)



Castagnoli 1949-1950, fig. 8

Lost

493 Italy Lazio Rome RomC13.01 Viminal Hill. Basilica di S. Susanna

Habitation. Urban

B Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Possible fillets Late Republican period

Laurenti 2005, 325 Laurenti 2005, fig. 9

494 Italy Lazio Rome RomC13.02 Viminal Hill. Basilica di S. Susanna

Habitation. Urban

C Cocciopesto Tesserae: blackRed paint

Semis of tesserae Late Republican period

Laurenti 2005, 325

495 Italy Lazio Rome RomC14.01 Isola Tiberina. Below Chiesa di San Giovanni Calibita. Sanctuary of Juppiter Jurarius

Sanctuary Signino Tesserae: white Inscription in Latin: C. VOLCACI(US) C.F. HAR(USPEX) DE STIPE IOVI IURARIO [---M]ONIMENTOM (or PAVIMENTOM?)

Around mid-2nd cent. BC

Morricone Matini 1971, 7 (no. 2); Degrassi, D. 1996; Brem 2000, 152

Morricone Matini 1971, fig. 1

496 Italy Lazio Rome RomC15.01 Trastervere. Chiesa di Santa Cecilia

Signino Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: scattering of tesserae

End of 2nd cent. BC

Morricone Matini 1971, 12 (no. 37); Vassal 2006, 171 (no. 343)

Morricone Matini 1971, tav. VII.37, XII.37

497 Italy Lazio Rome RomC16.01 Trastevere. Lungotevere. Vie Ippolito Nievo and Portuense

Signino Grid of lozenges Morricone Matini 1971, 19 (no. 77)

498 Italy Lazio Rome RomC17.01 Trastevere. «In hortis ecclesiae S. Mariae dell’orto»

operis Signini Inscription in Latin: [---, | mag.(ister)] pagi Ianic [olensis], | […]-astos et mace[riam] | [de p]agi sen(tentia) fac(iundum) coer(avit), eidemque p[rob(avit)]

CIL I.2, 577 no. 1001; CIL VI.1, 612 no. 2220; Degrassi, A. 1963, 133 no. 700; Brem 2000, 152



499 Italy Lazio Rome RomP1.01 Via Flaminia km 8,400. Località Grottarossa. Monte delle Grotte


2. Tablinum. Later entrance room

Signino Tesserae: white Border of central panel: swastika-meander. Central panel: pseudo-shield of lozenges; scattering of tesserae and fragments in spandrel

End of 2nd cent. BC

Stefani 1944-1945; Morricone Matini 1971, 8 (no. 6); Vassal 2006, 171 (no. 344)

FIG. 117; Stefani 1944-1945, fig. 6; Morricone Matini 1971, fig. 2; De Franceschini 2005, fig. 28.6



4. Ala to the left

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold: double swastika-meander.Field: grid of lozenges.

End of 2nd cent. BC

Stefani 1944-1945; Morricone Matini 1971, 8 (no. 7); Vassal 2006, 171-172 (no. 345)

FIG. 118; Stefani 1944-1945, figs. 9-10; Morricone Matini 1971, figs. 3d-e



5. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.Field: scale pattern.

End of 2nd cent. BC

Stefani 1944-1945; Morricone Matini 1971, 8 (no. 10); Vassal 2006, 172 (no. 347)

FIG. 119; Stefani 1944-1945, fig. 11; Morricone Matini 1971, figs. 3b, 4a; De Franceschini 2005, fig. 28.9



7. Lower floor Coccipesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges End of 2nd cent. BC

Stefani 1944-1945; Morricone Matini 1971, 8 (no. 11)



10 Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

End of 2nd cent. BC

Stefani 1944-1945; Morricone Matini 1971, 10 (no. 12)

Morricone Matini 1971, fig. 3a

504 Italy Lazio Rome RomP2.01 Via Tiberina km 7. Tenuta di Procoio Nuovo


2. Atrium. Lower floor


Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally). Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally), diagonal layout

2nd to 1st cent. BC

Messineo 1998, 355-357; De Franceschini 2005, 1-2 (no. 1)

Messineo 1998, fig. 136; De Franceschini 2005, figs. 1.2-1.3

505 Italy Lazio Rome RomP3.01 Tenuta Radicicoli Del Bene. Loc. Accorrabone/Via di Tor Pignattara and Via di Tor S. Giovanni (area between Via Nomentana and Via Salaria), Villa di Cinquina


A. Courtyard with porticoes. Later storeroom

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black Field: grid of lozenges 1st cent. BC De Franceschini 2005, 54-55 (no. 11)




506 Italy Lazio Rome RomP3.02 Tenuta Radicicoli Del Bene. Loc. Accorrabone/Via di Tor Pignattara and Via di Tor S. Giovanni (area between Via Nomentana and Via Salaria), Villa di Cinquina


B. Tablinum? Cocciopesto Tesserae: black Field: grid of lozenges 1st cent. BC De Franceschini 2005, 54-55 (no. 11)

507 Italy Lazio Rome RomP4.01 Via Tiburtina. Località S. Eusebio. Between Via Monteflavio and Via Carciano


L3(?) Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

Calci 1993, 37-38; De Franceschini 2005, 122-124 (no. 42)

Calci 1993, fig. 1

508 Italy Lazio Rome RomP5.01 Torre Maura Habitation. Rural. Villa

38 Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Unknown 1st cent. BC-1st cent. AD


509 Italy Lazio Rome RomP6.01 Via Labicana. Tor Vergata. Località Carcaricola


B. Atrium (residential part)

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Second half of 2nd cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence)

Morelli et al. 1984, 91-92, 100 note 3; De Franceschini 2005, 205-207 (no. 73)

De Franceschini 2005, fig. 73.3d



2 Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Second half of 2nd cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence)




3. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Second half of 2nd cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence)


De Franceschini 2005, fig. 73.3b



4 Cocciopesto Threshold: rectangle - lozenge.Field: grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: crosslet.

Second half of 2nd cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence)


De Franceschini 2005, figs. 73.3c, 73.3e



5 Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Second half of 2nd cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence)


De Franceschini 2005, fig. 73.3b




Semis of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout



De Franceschini 2005, fig. 73.3f





8 Cocciopesto Threshold: grid of bands divided into small squares and rectangles with large square in the interspace; fill in small squares: crosslet; fill in rectangles: lozenges; fill in large square: poised square with crosslet.Field: grid of lozenges.



De Franceschini 2005, fig. 73.3e



12. Passage in the bath building








13. Located in the bath building






518 Italy Lazio Rome RomP7.01 Ciampino. Via di Torricola. Border between the V and VI miglio of the Regina Viarum

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Durante 2008, 39 Durante 2008, figs. 2 and 4

519 Italy Lazio Rome RomP8.01 Via Appia. Near the tomb “Berretta da Prete”


Battuto in cocciopesto


Crosslets.Semis of tesserae.Grid of lozenges.Meander.

The villa probably built 1st cent. BC

De Rossi 1979, 237-239 (no. 200)

De Rossi 1979, fig. 385

520 Italy Lazio Rome RomP9.01 IV km della Via Appia Pignatelli. Fosso di Capo di Bove. Saggio 36

Sanctuary Cult room Signino rosso Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whitePolychrome stone fragmentsRed paint

Fillets. Field between bench at eastern wall and northern wall: concentric rectangles (three) with row parallel to the short sides in the innermost rectangle

Beginning of 2nd cent. BC (building techniques, comparanda)

Tella 1998, 209-218; Vassal 2006, 174 (no. 358)

Tella 1998, figs. 4-7

521 Italy Lazio Rome RomP10.01 Via Boccea. Fragment in Museo Nazionale Romano

Signino Scale pattern Morricone Matini 1971, 19 (no. 76)

522 Italy Lazio Rome RomP11.01 Via Cassia, km 11. Loc. Casale Ghella


35 Cocciopesto Unknown 1st cent. BC De Franceschini 2005, 64-65 (no. 16)

“…con disegno in tessere…”

523 Italy Lazio Segni (Signia) Segn1.01 Colle Noce Sanctuary. Curative baths

f Battuto rosso Ceramic aggregate


Border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: scattering of inset pieces


Alvino et al. 2003, 87

Alvino et al. 2003, figs. 2-3


g. Portico Battuto rosso Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Second half of 2nd cent. BC



Situated along the portico

Battuto rosso Ceramic aggregate

Border: meander. Main field: grid of lozenges Second half of 2nd cent. BC



Situated along the portico

Battuto rosso Ceramic aggregate

Border: meander. Main field: scale pattern Second half of 2nd cent. BC




527 Italy Lazio Sora Sor1.01 Area of Ponte S. Lorenzo

Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally). Main field: grid of lozenges

2nd cent. BC Paper by S. Gatti at 4° Incontro di Studi sul Lazio e la Sabina

528 Italy Lazio Sperlonga (Spelunca)

Sper1.01 Villa of Tiberius Habitation. Seaside. Villa

Cubiculum Signino Tesserae: black, white

Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (white centre), orthogonal layout. First border of central panel: wave pattern. Second border of central panel: row of recumbent lozenges. Central panel: rectangle - lozenge - circle - hexafoil

Augustan period Cassieri 2006, 42-43

Cassieri 2006, fig. 18


Sper2.01 Prato. Villa Prato Habitation. Rural. Villa

A2. Reception room

Opus signinum



Broise, H. & Lafon 2001, 145-149; Vassal 2006, 178 (no. 379)

FIG. 120; Broise, H. & Lafon 2001, figs. 89, 91, 93, 107, 242-243, pl. I

The tesserae-in-mortar technique is also used for the walls in the bath suite (rooms A7 and A8) and the front of the bathtub (Vassal 2006, nos. 377-378)



A5. Cubiculum

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Second half of 2nd cent. BC

Broise, H. & Lafon 2001, 145-149

FIG. 120; Broise, H. & Lafon 2001, figs. 89, 95, 107, 218, 244, 290, pl. I



A6. Cubiculum

Opus signinum



Broise, H. & Lafon 2001, 145-149

FIG. 120; Broise, H. & Lafon 2001, figs. 73, 75, 89, 96, 107, 245-246, pl. I

532 Italy Lazio Terracina (Tarracina)

Terr1.01 Via Greggi Habitation. Urban

X Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Second half of 2nd cent. BC

Cassieri 2005, 764-765

Cassieri 2005, figs. 7-8


Terr1.02 Via Greggi Habitation. Urban

II Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field: grid of lozenges Cassieri 2005, 764-765

Cassieri 2005, figs. 7, 9


Terr2.01 Via Appia between Terraci-na and the Torre dell’Epitaffio, upper part. Villa di Galba


Cocciopisto Tesserae: grey, whiteOpus tessellatum: central field

Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, grey centre, set diagonally)

Lugli 2006, col. 197 (no. 28)

Lugli 2006, fig. G

535 Italy Lazio Tivoli (Tibur) Tiv1.01 Via Tiburtina. Villa Adriana. Below Imperial palace, courtyard


35a. Atrium Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: grid of lozenges

First phase: end of 2nd or beginning of 1st cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Morricone Matini 1971, 13-14 (no. 41); De Franceschini 1991, 128 (no. PI 57), 412; Vassal 2006, 179-180 (no. 387); Valenti 2009, 580-581

Morricone Matini 1971, tav. XIII.41; De Franceschini 1991, p. 128





35b Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Fillet. Scattering of tesserae, rectangular tesserae and stone chips

First phase: end of 2nd or beginning of 1st cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Valenti 2009, 580-581




35d Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white (2 x 2 cm)

Semis of tesserae First phase: end of 2nd or beginning of 1st cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Valenti 2009, 580-581


538 Italy Lazio Tivoli (Tibur) Tiv2.01 Località Barco Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate


First field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.Dividing band: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.Second field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre, set orthogonally) with T-shapes in outmost row, orthogonal layout. Central panel: rectangle - lozenge with grid of lozenges.



Apart from the white centre of the crosslets, all motifs are made with black tesserae

539 Italy Lazio Tivoli (Tibur) Tiv3.01 Vicolo Prassede b Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Giuliani 1970, 229 (no. 127); Morricone Matini 1971, 20-21 (no. 89)

540 Italy Lazio Tivoli (Tibur) Tiv4.01 Piazza del Comune

Signino Grid of lozenges Morricone Matini 1971, 21 (no. 92)

541 Italy Lazio Tivoli (Tibur) Tiv5.01 Le Cese di Galli Habitation. Rural. Villa

II Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteRed paint

Grid of lozenges Morricone Matini 1971, 21 (no. 93); Mari 1991, 221 (no. 137)

542 Italy Lazio Tivoli (Tibur) Tiv6.01 Via del Tempio d’Ercole

Cryptoporti-cus

Battuto di opus signinum

Tesserae: white Border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Main field: grid of lozenges

Probably end of 1st cent. BC or beginning of 1st cent. AD

Giuliani 1970, 82-87 (no. 50)

Giuliani 1970, figs. 43, 49

543 Italy Lazio Tivoli (Tibur) Tiv7.01 Grotta di Paris. Via S. Vittorino km 1


Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Quilici 1969, 10; Mari 1991, 253 (no. 172)

544 Italy Lazio Torrimpietra Torr1.01 Monte del Sasso Signino Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Tartara 1999, 271 (no. 594)

545 Italy Lazio Tuscolo (Tusculum)

Tus1.01 Forum. South-western corner. Temple of Mercury

Temple Pronaos Opus scutulatum

Tesserae: white Dividing band towards the cella: possible meander

End of 2nd or first decades of 1st cent. BC

Núñez Marcén 2010, 293-294

Núñez Marcén 2010, fig. 1


Tus2.01 Forum. Southern part

Sanctuary US P330 Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Scattering of crosslets (mostly composed of five, occasionally of seven tesserae), large tesserae and fragments of coloured limestone


Mañas Romero 2005, 750, 754

Mañas Romero 2005, fig. 3


Tus3.01 Forum. Southern part

Basilica Signinum Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

Middle Repu-blican period or Augustan to Julio-Claudian period

Tortosa 2009, 6 Tortosa 2009, fig. 7



548 Italy Lazio Veii Vei1.01 Via Veientana. Località Campetti. Near the Portonaccio gate. Area C

Habitation? Villa? Sanctuary?

34. USR 1136 Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Signino

Ceramic aggregate



2nd cent. BC (stratigraphic data, stylistic criteria)

Morricone Matini 1971, 20 (no. 81); De Franceschini 2005, 5-7 (no. 2); C.M. Marchetti in Fusco & Marchetti 2011, 541

De Franceschini 2005, fig. 2.11; Fusco & Marchetti 2011, fig. 3

549 Italy Lazio Velletri (Velitrae)

Vell1.01 Piazza S. Clemente

Courtyard US 8, saggio II


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Second half of 2nd cent. BC (stylistic criteria)

Angle & Garofalo 2009, 187-188; Garofalo & Mengarelli 2010, 282, 285

Angle & Garofalo 2009, figs. 3-5; Garofalo & Mengarelli 2010, figs. 3-4

550 Italy Abruzzo Alba Fucens AlbF1.01 Forum. Below the basilica

Atrium publicum?

Q Battuto di cocciopesto. Cementizio a base fittile. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout (distance: 9 cm)

2nd cent. BC. Terminus ante quem: end of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

Liberatore 2004, 136-138; Salcuni 2006, 117; Salcuni 2012, 10-11 (Alba 01A)

Salcuni 2012, fig. 7

551 Italy Abruzzo Alba Fucens AlbF2.01 Sanctuary of Hercules. Below the cella

Habitation? Urban

Cementizio a base fittile. Ciment. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges 2nd cent. BC? Balty 1969, 86-87; Salcuni 2006, 117; Salcuni 2012, 13-15 (Alba 04C)

Balty 1969, fig. 23, pl. LV.b; Salcuni 2012, fig. 19

552 Italy Abruzzo Tortoreto Torto1.01 Località Le Muracche


A46. Peristyle Cementizio Tesserae: blackPebbles at random

Portico: North: semis of black crosslets (no central tessera), orthogonal layout.Portico: East: semis of black crosslets (no central tessera), orthogonal layout.

Late Third Style phase?

Salcuni 2012, 102 (Tortoreto 01A)


553 Italy Abruzzo Alba Fucens AlbF4.01 Area of the Porta Fellonica. Domus di Porta Fellonica

Habitation. Urban

C Béton. Cementizio a base litica

Stone aggregate


Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre, set diagonally); the central square of the field contains an ‘enlarged’ crosslet with a centre composed of nine poised tesserae adjoined by four poised squares, each square composed of four black tesserae

Wall paintings dated to 2nd cent. AD. Floors might be contemporary or earlier

Mertens 1969, 102; Salcuni 2006, 120-122; Salcuni 2012, 38-44 (Alba 09C)

Alba Fucens I, pl. XXXVII.b; Salcuni 2012, fig. 69

554 Italy Abruzzo Atessa Ates1.01 Località Passo Porcari

Temple Cella Cementizio. Signino. Signinum

Tesserae: white Unknown Second half of 2nd cent. BC. Prior to the Social War

Fabbricotti 1982-1983; La Torre 1989, 145; Fabbricotti 1997; Salcuni 2008, 278 and note 12; Salcuni 2012, 136 (Atessa 01A)

La Torre 1989, fig. 58

555 Italy Abruzzo Atri (Hatria) Atr1.01 Between Via della Circonvallazione and Via Roma (proprietà Macera)

Habitation? Urban

Peristyle? Cementizio. Cocciopesto


Republican period?

Azzena 1987, 48-50, 79; Salcuni 2012, 78 (Hatria 10A)

Azzena 1987, fig. 50; Salcuni 2012, figs. 148-149

556 Italy Abruzzo Luco dei Marsi (Lucus Angitiae)

Luco1.01 Località “il Tesoro”. Nemus Angitiae. Building C

Central room Cementizio Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets First half of 1st cent. BC (Second Style wall paintin-gs), probably after the Social War

Salcuni 2008, 282; Salcuni 2012, 58-60 (Lucus 01C)



557 Italy Abruzzo Popoli Pop1.01 Località Capo Pescara. Sanctuary. Building within the sanctuary

A Cementizio a base litica. Signino bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Grid of lozenges 2nd or beginning of 1st cent. BC

van Wonterghem 1984, 205; La Torre 1989, 145; Salcuni 2008, 278; Salcuni 2012, 110 (Popoli 01A)

van Wonterghem 1984, figs. 272-273; Salcuni 2008, fig. 2; Salcuni 2012, figs. 216-217

558 Italy Abruzzo San Benedetto dei Marsi (Marruvium)

SanB1.01 Corso Vittorio Veneto

Habitation. Urban

R. Reception room

Battuto bianco-grigiastro. Cementizio a base litica

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Border: no motifs. Main field: semis of black crosslets (possibly different types) (distance: 13 cm) and inset pieces (distance: ca. 30 cm), diagonal layout

First phase: end of 2nd cent. BC, prior to the Social War

Campanelli & Cairoli 1995, 90; Campanelli 2001, 215-217; Salcuni 2012, 60-69 (Marruvium 01O)

Campanelli & Cairolo 1995, fig. 3; Campanelli 2001, fig. 9, tav. I; Salcuni 2012, figs. 127-128

559 Italy Abruzzo Schiavi d’Abruzzo

Sch1.01 Località Colle della Torre. Sanctuary. Small temple/Temple B

Temple Cella Battuto di signino rosso. Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate


Behind the threshold: Inscription in Oscan: m.t. Ni. Dekitiùd Mi.[…] legú tanginúd //aaman(a)fed esídúm prúfatted; úpsed G Paapii(s) G. f.Border of central panel: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, orthogonally set), orthogonal layout. Central panel: grid of lozenges.Side fields along the walls: grid of lozenges, black tessera at intersections.

Early 1st cent. BC, before the Social War

Franchi dell’Orto & La Regina 1978; La Torre 1989, 144; Lapenna 1997; Brem 2000, 152; Lapenna 2001, 48-50; Salcuni 2012, 135 (Schiavi 01A)

Franchi dell’Orto & La Regina 1978, pl. 320; La Torre 1989, fig. 57; Lapenna 1997, pl. X; Lapenna 2001, 48; Salcuni 2012, figs. 252-254

560 Italy Abruzzo Teramo (Inte-ramna Prae-tuttiorum)

Tera1.01 Corso Cerulli, Palazzo Savini. Domus del Leone

Habitation. Urban

F. Corridor to the right

Battuto di calce e cocciopesto. Cementizio a base fittile. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC. First half of 1st cent. BC. Late Sullan period.

Guidobaldi, M.P. 1995, 231-232; Angeletti 2006, 121; Salcuni 2012, 80-86 (Interamna 01D)

Angeletti 2006, fig. 176; Salcuni 2012, figs. 157, 161


Tera1.02 Corso Cerulli, Palazzo Savini. Domus del Leone

Habitation. Urban

H Signinum Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: central motif

Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC. First half of 1st cent. BC. Late Sullan period

Guidobaldi, M.P. 1995, 231-232; Angeletti 2006, 121; Salcuni 2012, 80-86 (Interamna 01F)

Angeletti 2006, figs. 176-177; Salcuni 2012, fig. 162


Tera2.01 Piazza Madonna delle Grazie

Habitation. Urban

M Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum di colore rosso. Signino

Ceramic aggregate



2nd cent. BC Guidobaldi, M.P. 1995, 227-228; Angeletti 2006, 131-132; Di Vincenzo 2012; Salcuni 2012, 91-93 (Interamna 06C)

Angeletti 2006, figs. 197, 201; Di Vincenzo 2012, fig. 3



Habitation. Urban

Q Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum di colore rosso. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: spandrel (dolphin)

Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges; dolphin (opus tessellatum) in spandel

2nd cent. BC. End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

Guidobaldi, M.P. 1995, 227-228; Angeletti 2006, 131-132; Di Vincenzo 2012; Salcuni 2012, 91-93 (Interamna 06D)

FIG. 121; Angeletti 2006, figs. 198, 201; Di Vincenzo 2012, fig. 4; Salcuni 2012, figs. 179-180





Habitation. Urban

U Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum di colore rosso. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges; caduceus and two four-tessera squares on either side of the caduceus in spandrel

2nd cent. BC. End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

Guidobaldi, M.P. 1995, 227-228; Angeletti 2006, 131-132; Di Vincenzo 2012; Salcuni 2012, 91-93 (Interamna 06E)

FIG. 122; Angeletti 2006, figs. 199, 201; Di Vincenzo 2012, fig. 2; Salcuni 2012, figs. 181-182


Tera3.01 Below the Antica Cattedrale. Largo Torre Bruciata

Habitation. Urban

A Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Probably 2nd cent. AD (wall paintings in room A)

Angeletti 2006, 135; Salcuni 2012, 87-88 (Interamna 02A)

Angeletti 2006, fig. 215


Tera4.01 Vico Corto. Saggio C

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate




Staffa 1990, 19; Staffa 2006, 80; Salcuni 2012, 95 (Interamna 10A)

Staffa 1990, fig. 5; Staffa 2006, fig. 118; Salcuni 2012, fig. 187

567 Italy Abruzzo Vacri Vac1.01 Loc. Porcareccia. Sanctuary. Small temple

Temple Cella Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of crosslets. Central panel: square -concentric circles

2nd cent. BC. Mid-2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

La Torre 1989, 128, 144-145; La Torre 1997; Salcuni 2008, 278 and note 12; Salcuni 2012, 134 (Vacri 01A)

La Torre 1989, fig. 56; Salcuni 2012, fig. 251

568 Italy Molise Casalpiano Casa1.01 Abbazia benedettina di S. Maria di Casalpiano


Battuto bianco. Signino


Tesserae: black Field: grid of lozenges End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

De Benedittis 1993, 18; Terzani 1993, 39-40; De Benedittis & Terzani 1995; Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 15)

Terzani 1993, 46; De Benedittis & Terzani 1995, figs. 2-3



Signino Tesserae: black, blue, white

Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Field: grid of lozenges. Central field, tripartite: Central panel: square - concentric circles (alternating white and blue tesserae) and inscription in Latin: C VOLUSIUS GALLUS FECIT. Side panels: scale pattern (blue tesserae)



FIG. 123; Terzani 1993, 46 (top and bottom); De Benedittis & Terzani 1995, figs. 2-5



Signino Grid of hexagons (honeycomb) End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC


De Benedittis & Terzani 1995, figs. 2-3



Signino Grid of lozenges End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC


De Benedittis & Terzani 1995, fig. 2

573 Italy Molise Lariano (Larinum)

Lar1.01 Piana S. Leonardo, Via Jovine 24. Magazzino di Casa Calvitti

Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto. Signinum (rosso)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: grid of lozenges

End of 2nd cent. BC

Di Niro 1980, 289-290; Stelluti 1988, 161-166; De Felice 1994, 64-66 (no. 1.70); Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 7)

Di Niro 1980, fig. 51; Stelluti 1988, fig. 134 tav. V, figs. 136-139; De Felice 1994, fig. 50




Lar1.02 Piana S. Leonardo, Via Jovine 24

Habitation. Urban

Signinum Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

End of 2nd cent. BC

Di Niro 1980, 289-290; Stelluti 1988, 161-166; De Felice 1994, 64-65 (no. 1.70); Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 7)

Stelluti 1988, p. 165


Lar2.01 Via Fara Signino. Signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of white crosslets, orthogonal layout De Felice 1994, 88 (no. 1.99); Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 7)

576 Italy Molise San Giovanni in Galdo

SanG1.01 Colle Rimontato. Sanctuary. Fragments in the Prefettura di Campobasso

Temple Cella Cementizio. Signino (rosso)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout

End of 2nd cent. BC

Di Niro 1978; Cecalupo 2014; Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 32)

Di Niro 1978, pls. 326 and 329; Cecalupo 2014, figs. 3-5

577 Italy Molise Sepino (Saepinum)

Sep1.01 Forum. North-east side. Area 2° (saggio D)

Habitation. Urban



Fillet.Field: scattered tesserae.

End of 2nd cent. BC

Cenciaioli 1982, 89-90; Matteini Chiari 1982, 23; Gaggiotti 1991, 37; Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 44)

Matteini Chiari 1982, fig. 12


Sep2.01 Forum. North-east side. Area of the Capitolium. North-western part (saggio G/R)

Habitation. Urban




End of 2nd cent. BC

Cenciaioli 1982, 94-95; Matteini Chiari 1982, 23; Gaggiotti 1991, 37; Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 44)

Matteini Chiari 1982, figs. 10, 68, 70; Gaggiotti 1991, fig. 2


Sep3.01 Forum. North-east side. Area of the baths (saggio P)

Habitation. Urban

Signino Tesserae: whiteRed paint

Possible dolphin.Circle with central tessera.

End of 2nd cent. BC?

Matteini Chiari 1982, 23; Gaggiotti 1991, 38; Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 44)

Matteini Chiari 1982, fig. 11


Sep4.01 Forum. North-western side. Area of the basilica. In front of the tribunal

Habitation. Urban

Signino Tesserae: whiteRed paint

Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout End of 2nd cent. BC

Matteini Chiari 1982, 23; Gaggiotti 1991, 38; Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 44)

Gaggiotti 1991, fig. 5


Sep5.01 Forum. North-western side. Area of the basilica. Inside the aula behind the tribunal. Museo Documentario dell’Altilia-Sezione di Porta Benevento

Habitation. Urban

b Cementizio a base fittile. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus vermiculatum: central rectangular panel (hunting scene)

Border: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout. Narrow field divided into two areas of different sizes: scale pattern; grid of lozenges. Main field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

Shortly after the mid-2nd cent. BC. No later than the third quarter of the 2nd cent. BC. End of 2nd cent. BC. Terminus post quem of the mid-2nd cent. BC and terminus ante quem of the end of the 1st cent. BC

Matteini Chiari 1982, 24; Gaggiotti 1991, 38; Del Vecchio 2014; Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 44)

Matteini Chiari 1982, fig. 13; Gaggiotti 1991, figs. 6-7; Del Vecchio 2014, figs. 3-9



584 Italy Molise Venafro (Venafrum)

Vena1.01 Località Madonna della Libera


Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges End of 2nd cent. BC

Capini 1991, 25; Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 62)

Capini 1991, fig. 7

585 Italy Campania Alife (Allifae) Alif1.01 Via San Pietro Habitation. Urban


Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Main field: semis of tesserae

End of 1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD (Third Style wall paintings)

Miele 2009, 418 Miele 2009, fig. 2

586 Italy Campania Alife (Allifae) Alif1.02 Via San Pietro, Via Gian Francesco Trutta

Habitation. Urban


Grid of bands divided into small squares and rectangles with larger squares in the interspaces; fill in small squares: poised square with white crosslets; fill in rectangles: lozenge with white crosslets; fill in large squares: poised square with white crosslet


Miele 2009, 418 Miele 2009, fig. 3

587 Italy Campania Alife (Allifae) Alif2.01 Località Le Cappelle. Two fragments


Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of white crosslets.Grid of lozenges; fill: white crosslet.

Republican period. 2nd to 1st cent. BC

Miele 2009, 423

588 Italy Campania Atripalda (Abellinum)

Atri1.01 Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: whiteGeometric-shaped inset pieces

Border: alternating squares and rectangles with lozenge. Main field: grid of octagons and poised squares; fill in octagons: square and inset piece; fill in poised squares: inset piece

Built in the last quarter of 1st cent. BC (dating evidence)

Colucci Pescatori 1991, 113-114, 116; Vassal 2006, 150 (no. 230, Irpina)

Colucci Pescatori 1991, fig. 41



Cubiculum Opus signinum

Identical with Atri1.01? Built in the last quarter of 1st cent. BC (dating evidence)

Colucci Pescatori 1991, 113-114, 116



Cubiculum Opus signinum

Grid of lozenges Built in the last quarter of 1st cent. BC (dating evidence)

Colucci Pescatori 1991, 113-114, 116

591 Italy Campania Avella (Abella) Ave1.01 Signinum Tesserae: blue, whiteOpus tessellatum: motif in spandrel (pair of dolphins)

Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, blue centre), diagonal layout. Central field: square - circular border with swastika-meander - pseudo-shield of lozenges, blue tessera at intersections; palmette with a dolphin (opus tessellatum) on either side in spandrel

Late Hellenistic period

D’Agostino 1967 D’Agostino 1967, fig. 1

592 Italy Campania Avella (Abella) Ave1.02 Signinum Tesserae: blue, whiteOpus tessella-tum: motif in spandrel (pair of dolphins)

Central field: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges; palmette with a dolphin on either side (opus tessellatum) in spandrel

Late Hellenistic period

D’Agostino 1967

593 Italy Campania Baia (Baiae) Bai1.01 Castello Aragonese, Padiglione Cavaliere

Habitation. Seaside. Villa

A Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Phase Ib: end of 2nd to 1st cent. BC

Miniero 2001a; Miniero 2007, 160-167

Miniero 2001a, fig. 3; Baia 2003, p. 45; Miniero 2007, fig. 16

Covered by mosaic



D1 Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a four-tessera square (two white tesserae and two black tesserae)

Phase 1c: 1st cent. BC, between Sullan and Caesarian time

Miniero 2001a; Vassal 2006, 139 (no. 173); Miniero 2007, 160-167

Miniero 2001a, fig. 8; Miniero 2007, fig. 15





D2. Corridor Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field: grid of lozenges Phase 1c: 1st cent. BC, between Sullan and Caesarian time

Miniero 2001a; Vassal 2006, 139 (no. 172); Miniero 2007, 160-167

Miniero 2001a, fig. 7; Miniero 2007, fig. 14



E Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: double latchkey meander Phase 1c: 1st cent. BC, between Sullan and Caesarian time

Miniero 2001a; Miniero 2007, 160-167

Miniero 2007, fig. 17



G Cocciopesto Red paint Unidentifiable Miniero 2001a; Miniero 2007, 160-167

Covered by mosaic

598 Italy Campania Buccino (Volcei)

Buc1.01 Contrada Vagni Habitation. Rural. Villa

22 Cocciopesto Tesserae: black Field: grid of lozenges End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC?

Dyson 1972, 159; Bracco 1978, 69-70; Dyson 1983, 77, 80-81; Vassal 2006, 143 (no. 193)

Dyson 1972, pl. 31 fig. 1; Bracco 1978, fig. 110; Dyson 1983, fig. 175

According to Vassal, the tesserae are white

599 Italy Campania Casalbore Cas1.01 Località Macchia Porcara

Temple Cella Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border along side walls and rear wall: grid of lozenges. Main field: semis of tesserae

Mid-3rd cent. BC. Terminus ante quem of the Second Punic War (218-201 BC)

Johannowsky 1991, 64-65; Johannowsky 1997, 585-586; Johannowsky 2001, 232-236

Also fragment with row of tesserae not in situ, from fill below present structure. From earlier phase of the temple, possibly end of 4th/beginning of 3rd cent. BC

600 Italy Campania Casalbore Cas1.02 Località Macchia Porcara

Temple Pars antica Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Band in front of the cella: grid of lozenges. Semis of tesserae.

Mid-3rd cent. BC. Terminus ante quem of the Second Punic War (218-201 BC)

Johannowsky 1991, 64-65; Johannowsky 1997, 585-586; Johannowsky 2001, 232-236

Johannowsky 1991, fig. 5

Also fragment with row of tesserae not in situ, from fill below present structure. From earlier phase of the temple, possibly end of 4th/beginning of 3rd cent. BC

601 Italy Campania Casola di Napoli

Caso1.01 Località Monticelli


Triclinium Cocciopesto. Signinum

Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae. Main field: grid of lozenges

Pre-Sullan period (dating evidence)

Sodo 1995-1996, 193-195; Vassal 2006, 178 (no. 381, Stabies)

Sodo 1995-1996, fig. 1

602 Italy Campania Castellamma-re di Stabia (Stabiae)

CastSt1.01 Collina di Varano. Villa di S. Marco


8. Corridor Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteRed paint

Fillet Stabiae 1989, 13 Stabiae 1989, pl. IV



603 Italy Campania Sant’Antonio Abate

SanA1.01 Località Casa Selese


Triclinium Cocciopesto. Opus signinum. Signinum


Central panel: square - circle with grid of recumbent and upright lozenges and poised squares; fill: black crosslet (quincunx, set orthogonally); plant in spandrel

Augustan-Tiberian period (Third Style wall paintings)

D’Amore 1977, 226-227, 230; Stabiae 1989, 59-63; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 428-429; Vassal 2006, no. 547 (Pompei)

FIG. 146; Stabiae 1989, figs. 17-18, pl. XXXII




119. Reception room

Cocciopesto. Opus signinum. Signinum

Tesserae: black Central panel: rosette of lobed petals Augustan-Tiberian period (Third Style wall paintings)

D’Amore 1977, 226-227, 230; Stabiae 1989, 59-63; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 428-429

Stabiae 1989, figs. 17, 19, pl. XXXII



Habitation. Villa

120. Kitchen Cocciopesto. Opus signinum. Signinum

Tesserae: white Rectangular panel, off-centre: grid of squares, orthogonal layout; with fill

Augustan-Tiberian period

D’Amore 1977, 226-227, 230; Stabiae 1989, 59-63; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 428-429; Vassal 2006, no. 548 (Pompeii)

Stabiae 1989, fig. 17

606 Italy Campania Cuma (Cumae)

Cum1.01 Forum. Capitolium

Temple Behind the cella

Cocciopesto (rosso)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), diagonal layout.Inscription in Oscan: min(is).heíi(s).pak(ieis).mv.íním.mx.ekík.pavmentúm.úpsannúm dedens.

Around the end of the 3rd cent. BC

Sgobbo 1977, 248-250, 260; Brem 2000, 152

Sgobbo 1977, tav. IX

Inscription lost

607 Italy Campania Falciano del Massico

Fal1.01 Castelluccio Habitation. Rural. Villa

Pseudo-shield of lozenges S. Quilici Gigli in Carfora et al. 2011, 405 note 32

608 Italy Campania Francolise Fra1.01 San Rocco Habitation. Rural. Villa

7. Corridor Cementizio a base fittile. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, green, white

Semis of rectangular tesserae (black, green) and bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), orthogonal layout

Phase IIA: ca. AD 50 or a little later

Cotton & Métraux 1985, 127-128, 261; Cascella 2007, 35-36; De Rosa 2014, 75

Cascella 2007, fig. 8

609 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc1.01 II, 1. Casa di Aristide

Habitation. Urban

A. Atrium Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of tesserae and bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally), diagonal layout. Tesserae at random

First or early Second Style phase

Maiuri 1958, 372-375; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 313; Ercolano 2014, no. 81, 115-116

Ercolano 2014, tav. XI


610 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc4.01 III, 4-12. Casa del Tramezzo di legno

Habitation. Urban

Entrance room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of squares, orthogonal layout. Threshold towards atrium: parallel rows of tesserae.

First Style phase Maiuri 1958, 207-222; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 322; Ercolano 2014, no. 134, 162

Ercolano 2014, tav. VI and fig. 6



Habitation. Urban

Atrium Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Field to the east, south and west of the impluvium: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.In front of tablinum and impluvium rim: grid of squares, orthogonal layout.Impluvium basin: Field: grid of squares, orthogonal layout, black tessera at intersections; diagonal cross; inset pieces. Impluvium basin: Central panel: square - circle - concave hexagon - hexafoil; inset pieces.

First Style phase (semis of tes-serae, grid of squares in front of tablinum). Late Second Style phase (motifs in impluvium basin).Late Fourth Style phase (repair of grid of squares in front of tablinum)

Maiuri 1958, 207-222; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 322; Ercolano 2014, nos. 135.A, 135.B and 136, 162-165

Maiuri 1958, figs. 165-166; Ercolano 2014, tav. II, VI, XIII, XXIII





Habitation. Urban

6. Triclinium Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 6 cm)

First Style phase Maiuri 1958, 207-222; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 322; Ercolano 2014, no. 139, 168-169

Ercolano 2014, tav. III and fig. 8


613 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc5.01 IV, 3-4. Casa dell’Alcova

Habitation. Urban

19. Biclinium Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white In front of couch area: grid of squares (large variant), orthogonal layout

Fourth Style phase

Maiuri 1958, 388-393; Ercolano 2014, no. 188, 207

Maiuri 1958, fig. 326; Ercolano 2014, tav. XIX


614 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc6.01 IV, 5-7. Casa della Fullonica

Habitation. Urban

4. Ala/exedra Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate


First Style phase Maiuri 1958, 422-423; Ercolano 2014, no. 200, 218

Ercolano 2014, tav. III


615 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc7.01 IV, 14. Taberna Vasaria

Shop with upstairs room. With habitation

Shop Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate


Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout; fill: inset piece. Row of white crosslets on one side of central panel. Central panel: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre) and large inset pieces, orthogonal layout.Threshold towards room 7: foliate scroll, crosslets (bichrome).

Third Style phase Maiuri 1958, 436; Ercolano 2014, nos. 206a-b, 207, 225-226

Ercolano 2014, tav. XIX, XXXIV

Personal observation of floor, apart from threshold

616 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc8.01 V, 1-2. Casa Sannitica

Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: scale pattern.Threshold towards atrium: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.

End of 2nd cent. BC. First Style phase

Maiuri 1958, 197-206; Clarke 1991, 85-93; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 346; Ercolano 2014, no. 231a-b, 258-260

Clarke 1991, figs. 8, 23; Ercolano 2014, tav. VII, X



Habitation. Urban

5. Atrium Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: impluvium rim

Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Impluvium rim: North and east sides: more rows of spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Impluvium rim: South side: row of spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.

End of 2nd cent. BC. First Style phase. Repair in Second and Fourth Style phases (semis of tesserae). Repair in Fourth Style phase (spaced swastika-meander)

Maiuri 1958, 197-206; Clarke 1991, 85-93; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 346; Ercolano 2014, no. 232a-b, 260-262

Maiuri 1958, figs. 157, 159; Clarke 1991, fig. 23; Ercolano 2014, tav. I-II, VII



Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

First Style phase Maiuri 1958, 197-206; Clarke 1991, 85-93; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 346; Ercolano 2014, nos. 234.A-B, 264

Clarke 1991, fig. 23; Ercolano 2014, tav. II, VII



Habitation. Urban

1. Cubiculum Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

First Style phase Maiuri 1958, 197-206; Clarke 1991, 85-93; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 346; Ercolano 2014, no. 233, 263

Clarke 1991, fig. 23; Ercolano 2014, tav. I





Habitation. Urban

4. Tablinum Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: motif in spandrel (palmette with dolphin on either side)Bronze disc: centre of pseudo-shield of lozenges

Western field: grid of lozenges.Southern field: grid of lozenges - almost squares; fill: swastika, enlarged crosslets and illegible motifs. Border of main field: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: square - circle - pseudo-shield of lozenges; palmette with dolphin on either side (opus tessellatum) in spandrel.

End of 2nd cent. BC. First Style phase.Third or Fourth Style phase (southern field and south-west part of western field)

Maiuri 1958, 197-206; Clarke 1991, 85-93; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 346; Vassal 2006, 150 (no. 229); Ercolano 2014, nos. 236.A-D, 265-268

FIG. 124; Maiuri 1958, fig. 161; Clarke 1991, figs. 23, 27; Ercolano 2014, tav. V, IX-X, XIX, fig. 12



Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


First Style phase Maiuri 1958, 197-206; Clarke 1991, 85-93; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 346; Ercolano 2014, no. 237, 268

Clarke 1991, fig. 23; Ercolano 2014, tav. IX


622 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc9.01 V, 5. Casa del Mobilio Carbonizzato

Habitation. Urban

Entrance room


Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre, set diagonally) and inset marble pieces, diagonal layout (distance: 13-14 cm). Mat at entrance to atrium: grid of hexagons (honeycomb); fill: inset piece.

1st cent. AD. Late Third Style phase

Maiuri 1958, 255-261; Lugari et al. 2005, 517, 521; Ercolano 2014, nos. 238-239, 272-273

Ercolano 2014, tav. XXXIV



Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) and inset marble pieces, possible diagonal layout (distance: 14-15 cm)


Maiuri 1958, 255-261; Lugari et al. 2005, 517, 521; Ercolano 2014, no. 240, 273

Maiuri 1958, fig. 205; Ercolano 2014, tav. XXXIV


Habitation. Urban

8. Corridor (east)


Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre, set diagonally-irregularly) and inset pieces, diagonal layout (distance: 16 cm)


Maiuri 1958, 255-261; Lugari et al. 2005, 517, 521; Ercolano 2014, no. 248, 279-280

Maiuri 1958, fig. 205; Lugari et al. 2005, fig. 7; Ercolano 2014, tav. XXXIV


Habitation. Urban

2A. Antechamber to cubiculum

Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Signino

Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre, set orthogonally), diagonal layout (distance: 16-17 cm).Dividing band: row of recumbent rectangle with an upright rectangle at either end; fill in recumbent rectangle: two juxtaposed horizontal lozenges (each with an upright lozenge); fill in upright rectangles: lozenge.

No earlier than 1st cent. BC. Second Style phase

Maiuri 1958, 255-261; Lugari et al. 2005, 517, 521; Ercolano 2014, nos. 242-243, 275-276

Lugari et al. 2005, fig. 4; Ercolano 2014, tav. XIV, XVI

Originally a single room with room 2Personal observation of floor


Habitation. Urban

2. Cubiculum Cementizio a base fittile. Signino

Ceramic aggregate


Central field: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill: bichrome crosslet (black centre)

No earlier than 1st cent. BC. Second Style phase

Maiuri 1958, 255-261; Lugari et al. 2005, 517, 521; Ercolano 2014, no. 244, 276-277

Ercolano 2014, tav. XVI

Originally a single room with room 2APersonal observation of floor

627 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc10.01 V, 15-16. Casa del Bicentenario

Habitation. Urban

4. Cubiculum Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre, set diagonally-irregularly), orthogonal layout (distance: 12-13 cm)

Probably Augustan period/1st cent. AD. Third Style phase

Maiuri 1958, 222-239; Lugari et al. 2005, 517, 520-521; Ercolano 2014, no. 279, 310-311

Lugari et al. 2005, fig. 6; Ercolano 2014, tav. XVII




Habitation. Urban

5. Cubiculum Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Signino

Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 10 cm)

Republican period/2nd cent. BC. First Style phase

Maiuri 1958, 222-239; Lugari et al. 2005, 517, 520-521; Ercolano 2014, no. 280, 311

Lugari et al. 2005, fig. 2; Ercolano 2014, tav. V

629 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc11.01 V, 31. Casa del Sacello di legno

Habitation. Urban

3. Tablinum Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: North and west sides: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Main field: South side: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.

Republican period. First Style phase

Maiuri 1958, 252-255; A. Hendricks in Van Binnebeke & De Kind 1996, 194, 223-224; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 356-357; Ercolano 2014, no. 309.A-C, 333

FIG. 125; Van Binnebeke & De Kind 1996, illu. 18; Ercolano 2014, tav. II, VI, VIII


630 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc12.01 VI, 11-13. Casa del Salone nero

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.In front of tablinum: inset pieces.

First Style phase. Fourth Style phase (repair or remaking)

Maiuri 1958, 239-242; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 364; Ercolano 2014, no. 331, 353-354

Ercolano 2014, tav. XIII


631 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc13.01 VI, 16-17, 18, 26. Casa del Colonnato tuscanico

Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room

Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Area towards the exterior: semis of tesserae, bichrome crosslets (black centre, various types) and bichrome poised squares, orthogonal layout (distance: 9-10 cm).Area towards the interior (atrium): concentric rectangles - concentric lozenges.Possible scale pattern.

2nd cent. BC. Second to Third Style phase

Cerulli Irelli 1974, 19; Lugari et al. 2005, 516, 520-521 (placed in the group with orthogonal semis, but described as diagonal on p. 516); Ercolano 2014, no. 339.A-B, 360-361

Lugari et al. 2005, fig. 3; Ercolano 2014, tav. XVII



Habitation. Urban

4. Atrium. Upper floor


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of white crosslets (quincunx, set diagonally) with T-shapes in outmost row, orthogonal layout (distance: 10 cm); concentric diagonal crosses from corner to corner

1st cent. AD. Third Style phase

Cerulli Irelli 1974, 22-25; Lugari et al. 2005, 516, 520-521; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 367; Ercolano 2014, no. 340b, 361-362

Cerulli Irelli 1974, fig. 11; Ercolano 2014, tav. XVII and fig. 13

Lugari et al. 2005, 520: diagonal layout.Personal observation of floor


Habitation. Urban

4. Atrium. Lower floor


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Republican period. Second Style phase

Cerulli Irelli 1974, 22-25; Lugari et al. 2005, 516; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 367; Ercolano 2014, no. 340a, 361-362

Cerulli Irelli 1974, fig. 11; Ercolano 2014, tav. XIV-XV

Personal observation of floor. Only visible at the impluvium


Habitation. Urban

V. Upstairs room

Opus signinum


Grid of hexagons (honeycomb); fill: inset piece Late Third Style phase

Cerulli Irelli 1974, 67; Ercolano 2014, 360

Cerulli Irelli 1974, fig. 9



635 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc14.01 Insula Orientalis I, 1a. Casa di M. Pilius Primigenius Granianus

Habitation. Urban

B. Cubiculum. Later service room

Cementizio a base litica. Cocciopesto

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Grid of lozenges Third quarter of 1st cent. BC. Late Second Style phase

Maiuri 1958, 342-345; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006a, 243; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 375-376; Ercolano 2014, no. 21, 57

Ercolano 2014, tav. XXXV

Originally belonging to the Casa della Gemma

636 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc15.01 Insula Orientalis I, 2-3. Casa del Rilievo di Telefo

Habitation. Urban

Entranceway 2. Entrance room

Cementizio a fittile. Cocciopesto. Signino

Ceramic aggregate


Possible grid of squares, orthogonal layout Pre-Augustan period. First Style phase

Maiuri 1958, 345-360; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 379; Ercolano 2014, no. 27, 67

Ercolano 2014, tav. VI


Habitation. Urban

Corridor between peristyle and exedra 16


Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 10 cm)

Pre-Augustan period/2nd cent. BC. First Style phase (southern part). Late Second Style phase (northern part).

Maiuri 1958, 345-360; Lugari et al. 2005, 518, 520-521; Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 379; Ercolano 2014, no. 35, 71-72

Lugari et al. 2005, fig. 1; Ercolano 2014, tav. V

638 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc16.01 Building to the north of the decumanus maximus. 33 fragments not in situ

Commerical building


Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 16-17 cm)

First or Second Style phase

Lugari et al. 2005, 518, 521; Ercolano 2014, no. 367, 389-390

Lugari et al. 2005, fig. 5; Ercolano 2014, tav. XII

The building is dated to the post-Claudian period, but the fragments are more likely of Republican date. Their belonging to the building is thus questionable

639 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc17.01 L’area degli “Scavi Nuovi”. Le Insulae nord-occidentali

Baths Porticoes surrounding terrace on two sides

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Guidobaldi, M.P. 2006b, 391

640 Italy Campania Miseno (Misenum)

Mis1.01 Piscina Mirabilis. External rooms. Earlier structure


Room number two from the north. Beneath external room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteInset pieces in vitreous paste, marble and limestone: central panelRegular and irregular opus tessellatum: central panel

Labyrinth Late Republican period

Borriello & D’Ambrosio 1979, 118-122; Miniero 2001b; Baia 2003, 73; Vassal 2006, 169 no. 333 (Piscina Mirabile); Tang 2010, 633

Miniero 2001b, figs. 2, 12, 14-16; Baia 2003, p. 73; Tang 2010, fig. 1



641 Italy Campania Miseno (Misenum)

Mis2.01 Sacello degli Augustali

Shrine A/2. Cella-triclinium


Tesserae: whiteOpus sectile: central part

Side panels: grid of bands divided into small squares and rectangles with larger squares in the interspaces; fill in squares: lozenge

The shrine was built in the Julio-Claudian period, rebuilt in the Antonine period (mid-2nd cent. AD) and destroyed probably at the beginning of the 3rd cent. AD

Borriello 1987, 19; De Franciscis 1991, 38; Buonaguro 2008.

Borriello 1987, fig. 13; De Franciscis 1991, figs. 39-40; Buonaguro 2008, figs. 5-7

642 Italy Campania Naples (Neapolis)

Nap1.01 Piazza Nicola Amore

Banqueting hall

Dining-room Cocciopesto. Signinum

Tesserae: white Mat/band at threshold: semis of tesserae End of 4th cent. BC (stratigraphic data)

Giampaola & Carsana 2005, 118-119; Pesando 2008, 167; Pesando 2012, 537

643 Italy Campania Nola Nol1.01 Via Saccaccio Habitation. Villa

Below area with rooms IV-VI. Triclinium?


Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: central field

Western field: scale pattern.Eastern field: grid of lozenges.

Late 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Sampaolo 1991; Vassal 2006, 162 (no. 297)

Sampaolo 1991, figs. 55-58

644 Italy Campania Paestum Pae1.01 In (n-2). Southern part. Maison A-B-C

Habitation. Urban

AB5. Internal courtyard

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Basin: semis of tesserae Lemaire et al. 2000; I. Bragantini in Paestum V, 63-70


Habitation. Urban

AB22. Cubiculum

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: motif in spandrel (circle - hexafoil)

Antechamber: Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Field: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges; circle - hexafoil (opus tessellatum) in spandrel.Dividing band: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.Bed area: tessera at random.


Lemaire et al. 2000; Vassal 2006, 168 (no. 325); I. Bragantini in Paestum V, 63-70

Lemaire et al. 2000, pl. 12,3; Vassal 2006, fig. 3; Paestum V, figs. 198-200, 261, 268


Habitation. Urban

AB20/AB23. Reception room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteRed paint

Field: grid of intersecting octagons forming squares and irregular oblong hexagons; fill: bichrome crosslets. Side panels: pattern of irregular hexagons and poised squares making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill: bichrome crosslets

Early Imperial period

Lemaire et al. 2000; I. Bragantini in Paestum V, 63-70

FIGS. 126, 129; Paestum V, figs. 33, 42-43, 268


Habitation. Urban

AB30. Western ala

Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteInset pieces




Lemaire et al. 2000, fig. 19; Paestum V, figs. 14, 192, 268


Habitation. Urban

AB33 Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteInset pieces




Paestum V, figs. 24, 193, 268


Habitation. Urban

AB34. Eastern ala

Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteGeometric-shaped and irregular inset pieces

Field: grid of irregular octagons and poised squares



Lemaire et al. 2000, fig. 20; Paestum V, figs. 15, 191, 268




Habitation. Urban

AB35 Cocciopesto. Signinum


Field: grid of lozenges Lemaire et al. 2000; I. Bragantini in Paestum V, 63-70

Paestum V, figs. 16, 268


Habitation. Urban

AB42. Atrium. Lower level

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteInset piecesOpus tessellatum: centre of pseudo-shield of lozenges

Impluvium basin: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges, black tessera at intersections; inset pieces in corners.Impluvium rim: white crosslets.



Lemaire et al. 2000, pls. 13,1-13,2; Paestum V, figs. 18, 23, 194-197, 268


Habitation. Urban

AB48. Triclinium

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, grey, white

Threshold: grid of hexagons (honeycomb); fill: bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre).Antechamber: Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally) with T-shapes in outmost rows, orthogonal layout.Dining area: Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: scattering of tesserae.


Lemaire et al. 2000; Vassal 2006, 167-168 (no. 324, tablinum); I. Bragantini in Paestum V, 63-70

FIGS. 126-127, 130; Torelli 1999, figs. 71, 75; Lemaire et al. 2000, figs. 16-17, pl. 12,2; Vassal 2006, fig. 16; Paestum V, figs. 22, 26-27, 201, 268


Habitation. Urban

C1. Entrance room

Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Field: scale pattern The house is tentatively dated 3rd to 2nd cent. BC


Lemaire et al. 2000, pl. 11,1; Paestum V, figs. 52, 202, 268


Habitation. Urban

C2. Atrium Battuto bianco. Cocciopesto

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: WhiteRed paint

Field: fillet.Impluvium rim: fillet.

The house is tentatively dated 3rd to 2rd cent. BC


Lemaire et al. 2000, pl. 11,2; Paestum V, figs. 53-54, 203-204, 268


Habitation. Urban

C9. Peristyle Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Impluvium: grid of lozenges The house is tentatively dated 3rd to 2rd cent. BC


Paestum V, figs. 78-79, 87, 268


Habitation. Urban

C10. Exedra Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteRed paint: upper floor

Lower floor: fillet The house is tentatively dated 3rd to 2rd cent. BC


Paestum V, figs. 75-76, 268


Habitation. Urban

C13 Cocciopesto. Signinum


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally or diagonally) with T-shapes and tesserae in outmost rows, orthogonal layout



Lemaire et al. 2000, tav. 12,1; Paestum V, figs. 73-74, 268


Habitation. Urban

C15 Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout



Paestum V, figs. 69-70, 72, 268


Habitation. Urban

C19. “Garden”

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Western part: semis of tesserae The house is tentatively dated 3rd to 2rd cent. BC


Paestum V, figs. 64, 68, 207, 268




Habitation. Urban

C33 Cocciopesto Tesserae: coloured

Field: semis of tesserae The house is tentatively dated 3rd to 2rd cent. BC



661 Italy Campania Paestum Pae2.01 In (n-2). Southern part. Espace S. I.

Habitation. Urban

3 Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Lemaire et al. 2000; I. Bragantini in Paestum V, 157

Lemaire et al. 2000, fig. 9; Paestum V, fig. 269

662 Italy Campania Paestum Pae3.01 In (n-2). Southern part. Maison D

Habitation. Urban

3. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges The house is dated between the end of 3rd and first half of 2nd cent. BC at the latest

I. Bragantini in Paestum V, 176-178

Paestum V, figs. 121, 210, 269


Habitation. Urban

2. Peristyle. In front of room D13

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central field: pseudo-shield of lozenges

The house is dated between the end of 3rd and first half of 2nd cent. BC at the latest




Habitation. Urban

12. Exedra Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteRed paint

Field: semis of tesserae (different positioning), orthogonal layout



Lemaire et al. 2000, pl. 13,3; Paestum V, figs. 117-118, 213, 269


Habitation. Urban

13. Dining-room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Outer border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Inner border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: grid of lozenges. Around outlet grating: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), diagonal layout.



Lemaire et al. 2000, pl. 13,4; Paestum V, figs. 122, 211-212, 269

Drain in the room

666 Italy Campania Paestum Pae4.01 In (n-2). Southern part. Espace S.V

Habitation. Urban

5 Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander. Main field: grid of lozenges



Paestum V, figs. 140-141, 145, 269

667 Italy Campania Paestum Pae4.02 In (n-2). Southern part. Espace S.V

Habitation. Urban

6 Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteRectangular tesseraeOpus tessellatum: threshold

Field: grid of intersecting circles, forming quatrefoils and concave squares; fill: chevrons

Probably late Republican period



668 Italy Campania Paestum Pae5.01 In (n-2). Southern part. Maison E

Habitation. Urban

2. Atrium Cocciopesto. Signinum

Tesserae: whiteTiles

Fillet combined with marble tiles (only description).Impluvium basin: grid of lozenges, marble tile at centre (lost)

Probably early Imperial period




Habitation. Urban

5. Lowermost floor

Cocciopesto Tesserae: greyish, white

Border: meander (based on description) I. Bragantini in Paestum V, 225-229

Paestum V, fig. 270


Habitation. Urban

7 Tesserae: greyish, white

Border: double meander. Field: squares - pseudo-shield of lozenges (based on description and drawings)

1st cent. BC I. Bragantini in Paestum V, 225-229

FIG. 128; Paestum V, figs. 152, 270




Habitation. Urban

16. Lowermost floor. Triclinium?

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteRed paint: border

Grid of bands with double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera, and two juxtaposed panels. Northern panel: concentric squares - concentric circles - concentric semicircles - concentric circles. Southern panel: possible grid of lozenges

1st cent. BC I. Bragantini in Paestum V, 225-229

FIGS. 128, 131; Paestum V, figs. 166-168, 172, 270


Habitation. Urban

19. Uppermost floor

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Circular border: swastika-meander. Field: unknown




Habitation. Urban

21. Atrium/peristyle


Tesserae: black, grey, white

Impluvium rim: North side: double meander. Impluvium rim: East side: grid of lozenges, black tessera at intersections. Impluvium rim: South side: meander. Impluvium rim: West side: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, grey centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (based on description and drawings)


Paestum V, figs. 157a, 270

674 Italy Campania Paestum Pae6.01 In (n-2). Northern part. Maison F

Habitation. Urban

4 Cocciopesto. Signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Phase E R. De Bonis in Paestum V, 265-266, 270-271


Habitation. Urban

20. Cubiculum

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Phase D: 2nd cent. BC onwards

R. De Bonis in Paestum V, 265-266, 270-271



Habitation. Urban

21 Cocciopesto. Signinum

Tesserae: white Threshold: scale pattern.Outer border: South and west sides: possible spaced swastika-meander. Inner border: North, east and west sides: spaced swastika-meander. Inner border: South side: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Main field: grid of lozenges.

Phase D: 2nd cent. BC onwards


Paestum V, figs. 185, 237-239


Habitation. Urban

23-24. Porticoes

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Phase D: 2nd cent. BC onwards


678 Italy Campania Paestum Pae7.01 In (n-2). Northern part. Maison G

Habitation. Urban

13. Reception room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Phase C: Republican period

R. De Bonis in Paestum V, 261, 266, 296-297

Paestum V, fig. 270

679 Italy Campania Paestum Pae8.01 Southern insulae. Is 10-12

Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: white Inscription in Latin: Q(uinto) Lautinio P(ubli) f(ilio) arcitecto.

1st cent. BC Mello & Voza 1968, 229-230, no. 155; Mello 1974, 58, no. 92; A. Lemaire & R. Robert in Paestum V, 241, note 16

681 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom1.01 I.2, 22. Caupona Caupona. With habitation

b. Triclinium Cocciopesto Inscription in Latin: HAVE PPM I, 49-50 Lost

682 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom2.01 I.3, 3-4.31 Habitation. Urban

x. Courtyard Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Intercolumniations: geometric motifs PPM I, 64-70

683 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom5.01 I.6, 2.4.16. Casa del Criptoportico, Casa del Sacello Iliaco

Habitation. Urban

I.6, 4: d. Cubiculum

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

2nd cent. BC PPM I, 193-195, 280-329; Pesando 1997, 38; Vassal 2006, 183 (no. 404)

PPM I, 292 fig. 15




Habitation. Urban

I.6, 4: e. Cult room


Threshold: grid of lozenges 2nd cent. BC PPM I, 193-195, 280-329; Pesando 1997, 38; Vassal 2006, 183 (no. 405)

PPM I, 295 fig. 19


Habitation. Urban

I.6, 4: f. Tablinum


Threshold: grid of lozenges, black tessera at intersections.South-east corner: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally) with T-shapes in outmost row, diagonal layout; at corner of outmost frame: carpet loop.

Second Style phase

PPM I, 193-195, 280-329; Pesando 1997, 38; Vassal 2006, 183 (no. 406)

PPM I, 306 figs. 44-45


Habitation. Urban

I.6, 4: l. Cubiculum

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout 2nd cent. BC PPM I, 193-195, 280-329; Pesando 1997, 38; Vassal 2006, 183 (no. 407)

PPM I, 315 fig. 58

687 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom6.01 I.6, 8-9.11. Casa dei Quadretti Teatrali/di P. Casca Longus

Habitation. Urban

I.6, 9: c. Atrium

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Impluvium basin: Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Impluvium basin: Field: grid of lozenges

2nd cent. BC PPM I, 352-353 PPM I, 353 fig. 1

688 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom7.01 I.6, 10 Shop n. Rear room Battuto di cocciopesto



PPM I, 354-360 PPM I, 357 fig. 5


Habitation. Urban

I.6, 11: b. Atrium

Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteTesserae, inset pieces and tiles: impluvium basin


PPM I, 361-396 PPM I, 366 fig. 5, 367 figs. 7-8, 370-371 fig. 17, 374 fig. 23


Habitation. Urban

I.6, 11: 4. Cubiculum


Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Central panel: square - circle - eight-lozenge star; fill: inset pieces

PPM I, 361-396; Vassal 2006, 184 (no. 410)

PPM I, 391 fig. 52

691 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom8.01 I.6, 13-14. Casa di Stallius Eros

Habitation. Urban

b. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Impluvium rim: grid of squares, diagonal layout with band on either side; fill: bichrome crosslet (white centre)

Underwent later restoration

PPM I, 400-406 Pernice 1938, Taf. 11.1; PPM I, 402 fig. 2


Fal2.01 La Romita Habitation. Rural. Villa

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges.Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Swastika-meander.


Zannini 2001, 58-59

Zannini 2001, fig. 81


Fal2.02 La Romita Habitation. Rural. Villa


Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Band: scale pattern. Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), diagonal layout

Zannini 2001, 58-59

Zannini 2001, fig. 82


Habitation. Urban

4. Triclinium Battuto di cocciopesto

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: border of central panel, central motif in central panel (hedera leaves, sixteen-petalled rosette)

Field: grid of lozenges. Border of central panel: foliate scroll with hederae. Central panel: square - circle

Original phase: 3rd to 2nd cent. BC

PPM I, 400-406; Pesando 1997, 167-168; Vassal 2006, 184 (no. 411)

Pernice 1938, Taf. 11.5; PPM I, 402 fig. 3




Habitation. Urban

6. Tablinum Battuto di cocciopesto

Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Central panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.


PPM I, 400-406; Pesando 1997, 168; Vassal 2006, 184 (no. 412)

Pernice 1939, Taf. 11.4; PPM I, 404-405, fig. 6


Habitation. Urban

7 Battuto di cocciopesto

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum (fillets three or four tesserae wide): field (grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: quatrefoil), second border of central panel (wave pattern), central panel (rectangle - lozenge)

First border of central panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Third border of central field: foliate scroll with hederae


PPM I, 400-406; Pesando 1997, 168

Pernice 1938, Taf. 11.6; PPM I, 404-405, fig. 7

697 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom9.01 I.6, 15. Casa dei Ceii

Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room

Cocciopesto. Lavaestrich


Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: ca. 9/10 cm)

Original phase: 2nd cent. BC

PPM I, 407-482; Michel 1990, 18

PPM I, 414-415, fig. 7; Michel 1990, Abb. 50


Habitation. Urban

b. Atrium Lavaestrich. Lavapesta

Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white (2-2.7 cm)Opus tessellatum: band

Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 15-18 cm)


PPM I, 407-482; Michel 1990, 22

PPM I, 418-419, fig. 12, 420 fig. 15, 423-424, figs. 19-20, 425 fig. 24; Michel 1990, Abb. 50, 92-93, 124


Habitation. Urban

c. Cubiculum Cocciopesto. Opus signinum (rot)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: pattern of octagons and four-pointed stars with square as centre; fill in octagons: tessera

PPM I, 407-482; Michel 1990, 32; Vassal 2006, 184-185 (no. 413)

PPM I, 430-431, fig. 35; Michel 1990, Abb. 50, 53, 171


Habitation. Urban

d. Tablinum. Later summer triclinium


Tesserae: whiteInset piecesOpus tessellatum: central fieldOpus sectile: central field

Threshold on northern side: row of orthogonal squares; fill: poised square - square - hexagon - geometric-shaped inset piece.Threshold on eastern side: bird.Field: grid of eight-lozenge stars and squares, making smaller poised squares; fill: tessera.

Renewed in 1st cent. AD

PPM I, 407-482; Michel 1990, 35-36; Vassal 2006, 185 (nos. 414-415)

PPM I, 438-439 figs. 46 and 48; Michel 1990, Abb. 50-51, 180, 182-184


Habitation. Urban

e. Triclinium Lavaestrich. Lavapesta


Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: border, central panelOpus sectile: border, central panel


Original phase: second half of 2nd cent. BC. Central panel added later

PPM I, 407-482; Michel 1990, 37

PPM I, 441 figs. 51-52; Michel 1990, Abb. 50




Habitation. Urban

r. Portico Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 13-15 cm)

Original phase: second half of 2nd cent. BC

PPM I, 407-482; Michel 1990, 43

PPM I, 439 fig. 48; Michel 1990, Abb. 50

703 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom11.01 I.7, 2.3. Casa di M. Fabius Amandius

Habitation. Urban

c. Triclinium Battuto di lavapesta


Tesserae: whiteInset piecesOpus tessellatum: central panelOpus sectile: central panel

Field: grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: inset pieces

1st cent. AD PPM I, 553-575 PPM I, 557 fig. 7

704 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom11.02 I.7, 2.3. Casa di M. Fabius Amandius

Habitation. Urban

i Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: central panel

Field: grid of recumbent and upright rectangles; fill: lozenges, subdivided by lines

1st cent. AD PPM I, 553-575 PPM I, 569 fig. 27

705 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom12.01 I.7, 5 Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room


2nd cent. BC PPM I, 576-585; Vassal 2006, 185 (no. 416)

PPM I, 577 fig. 1


d. Tablinum. Later triclinium

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges (cancelled at a later time).Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.

2nd cent. BC PPM I, 576-585; Pesando 1997, 202; Vassal 2006, 185 (no. 417)

PPM I, 582-583 figs. 12-13

707 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom13.01 I.7, 7. Casa del Sacerdos Amandus

Habitation. Urban

b. Triclinium Cocciopesto. Ziegelsigni-num

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteTiles: central panelOpus tessellatum: central panelOpus sectile: central panel

Outer border: semis of tesserae and bichrome crosslets (black centre), diagonal layout. Border of field: row of rectangles; fill: lozenge, poised square with circle, circle with hexafoil, circle with square with crosslet, concave rectangle. Main field: grid of squares, diagonal layout, black tessera at intersections. Border of central panel: row of poised squares; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally). Central panel: square - concentric circles; tile in spandrel

Mid-1st cent. AD PPM I, 586-618; Vassal 2006, 185-186 (no. 418)

Pernice 1938, Taf. 46.1; PPM I, 589 figs. 3-4


Habitation. Urban

c. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

At entrance: crosslets.Grid of lozenges, black tessera at intersections.

Second Style phase

PPM I, 586-618 PPM I, 606 fig. 26


Habitation. Urban

f. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges PPM I, 586-618 PPM I, 612 fig. 39


Habitation. Urban

m. Peristyle Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Portico: East: semis of tesserae (alternating black and white tesserae)


PPM I, 586-618; Pesando 1997, 168; Vassal 2006, 186 (no. 419)

PPM I, 617 fig. 49

711 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom14.01 I.7, 10-12.19. Casa dell’Efebo/di P. Cornelius Tages

Habitation. Urban

I.7, 12: 4. Tablinum

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), diagonal layout

PPM I, 619-727; Vassal 2006, 205 (no. 520)

PPM I, 632 fig. 21


Habitation. Urban

I.7, 12: 15. Passage

Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava


PPM I, 619-727 PPM I, 676 fig. 103




Habitation. Urban

I.7, 12: 16. Triclinium

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: central panel

Threshold: row of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: poised concave square with bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre). Fillet of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre, set ortogonally).Couch area: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout.


PPM I, 619-727; Vassal 2006, 186 (no. 422)

Pernice 1938, Taf. 47.4; PPM I, 667 fig. 84, 670-671 figs. 88-89

714 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom15.01 I.7, 18. Bottega di Niraemius

Shop c. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: panel (lost)

Border of central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (black or white centre). Central field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), orthogonal layout

PPM I, 730-749; Vassal 2006, 186-187 (no. 423)

PPM I, 738 fig. 16

715 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom15.02 I.7, 18. Bottega di Niraemius

Shop g Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: whiteTiles: central panel

Central panel: square - concave square with square tile as centre; triangular tile in spandrel

PPM I, 730-749 PPM I, 744 fig. 28

716 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom14.04 I.7, 10-12.19. Casa dell’Efebo/ di P. Cornelius Tages

Habitation. Urban

I.7, 19: a. Cubiculum


Threshold: grid of squares (rounded), black tessera at intersections, diagonal layout. Antechamber: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Dividing band: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Bed area: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.

Probably original phase: 2nd cent. BC

PPM I, 750-789; Vassal 2006, 187 (nos. 424-425)

PPM I, 753 figs. 4-5


Habitation. Urban

I.7, 19: b. Triclinium

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout


PPM I, 750-789; Vassal 2006, 187 (no. 426)

PPM I, 755 fig. 9


Habitation. Urban

I.7, 19: c. Tablinum

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout 2nd cent. BC PPM I, 750-789 PPM I, 765 fig. 26


Habitation. Urban

I.7, 19: f. Cubiculum



PPM I, 750-789; Vassal 2006, 187 (no. 427)

PPM I, 780-781, fig. 52

720 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom16.01 I.8, 8-9. La casa-caupona di L. Vetutius Placidus

Habitation. With caupona. Urban

2. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteOpus sectile and inset pieces: central panel

Threshold: square - circle - two concave hexagons.Antechamber: orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diagonal grid of squares.

Second Style phase

PPM I, 802-825; Guiral et al. 1991, 302, 308; Guiral Pelegrin et al. 1991-1992, 96-98; Vassal 2006, 187 (no. 428)

PPM I, 806 fig. 5; Guiral et al. 1991, fig. 5; Guiral Pelegrin et al. 1991-1992, fig. 4



6. Cubiculum Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Tessera: black, white

Antechamber: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), diagonal layout. Dividing band: grid of lozenges.

First phase: towards mid-1st cent. BC

PPM I, 802-825; Guiral et al. 1991, 302, 308; Guiral Pelegrin et al. 1991-1992, 96-98; Vassal 2006, 188 and 207? (no. 429, no. 529?)

PPM I, 810-811 figs. 12-13, 812 fig. 15; Guiral et al. 1991, figs. 5-6; Guiral Pelegrin et al. 1991-1992, figs. 4-5





7. Corridor Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout PPM I, 802-825; Guiral et al. 1991, 302, 308; Guiral Pelegrin et al. 1991-1992, 96-98



I.8, 9: 10. Triclinium

Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteInset pieces: central panel

Threshold: row of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: poised concave square.Antechamber: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.Dining area: Central panel: fillet as frame.

Third Style phase PPM I, 802-825; Guiral et al. 1991, 302, 308; Guiral Pelegrin et al. 1991-1992, 96-98

PPM I, 816-817 figs. 25-26; Guiral et al. 1991, fig. 5; Guiral Pelegrin et al. 1991-1992, fig. 4

724 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom17.01 I.9, 1-2. Casa del Bell’Impluvio

Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room



Threshold: row of rectangles (two upright and one recumbent); fill: lozenges, tesserae and crosslets (quincunx, set diagonally). Field: rectangle with tesserae and inset pieces.

Around AD 40-45

PPM I, 919-941 PPM I, 921 fig. 1


Habitation. Urban

2. Atrium Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: impluvium rimOpus tessellatum with inset pieces: impluvium basin


PPM I, 919-941 PPM I, 923 figs. 4-5


Habitation. Urban



Semis of tesserae (distance: 9 cm) We are grateful to Christina Trier for this information


Habitation. Urban



Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) (distance: 7 cm)

We are grateful to Christina Trier for this information


Habitation. Urban



PPM I, 919-941 PPM I, 925 fig. 8


Habitation. Urban

7. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteOpus sectile and inset pieces: central panel

Field: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill: tessera

PPM I, 919-941; Vassal 2006, 188 (no. 431)

PPM I, 926 figs. 10-11

730 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom18.01 I.9, 5-7. Casa dei Cubicoli Floreali/del Frutteto

Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room

Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

PPM II, 1-137 PPM II, 4 fig. 3


Habitation. Urban

2. Atrium Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate


PPM II, 1-137 PPM II, 5 fig. 4, 7 fig. 7


Habitation. Urban

5. Tablinum Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: blackOpus tessellatum: threshold, border, central panel

Main field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

2nd cent. BC PPM II, 1-137 PPM II, 13-14 figs. 20-22

Mosaic threshold and panel added in the late Republican period




Habitation. Urban

6. Corridor Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate


Semis of tesserae (distance: 9-10 cm) We are grateful to Christina Trier for this information


Habitation. Urban

7. Ala Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate


PPM II, 1-137 PPM II, 11 fig. 15


Habitation. Urban

10. Peristyle/courtyard


North and east porticoes: semis of tesserae (set diagonally) and clusters of three tesserae, diagonal layout.North and east porticoes, intercolumniations: row of rectangles; fill: lozenges, squares, circles, poised concave squares; semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), orthogonal layout; row of squares; fill: poised squares.South portico: grid of intersecting octagons making squares and irregular oblong hexagons; fill: inset piece.

PPM II, 1-137; Vassal 2006, 188 (no. 432)

PPM II, 36 fig. 48, 41 figs. 57-58, 42 figs. 59-61, 43 fig. 62


Habitation. Urban

11. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: central panel

Antechamber: grid of recumbent and upright lozenges (concentric) and four-pointed stars (concentric) with square (concentric); fill: crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally)

Post 80 BC PPM II, 1-137; Vassal 2006, 188 (no. 433)

PPM II, 51 figs. 72-73


Habitation. Urban

14 Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whitePanel: inset pieces

Panel: square - circle - two octagons - poised square - square with hexagon(?) as centre along with horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines

Third Style phase PPM II, 1-137; Vassal 2006, 189 (no. 434)

PPM II, 135 fig. 171


Habitation. Urban

17. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: central panel

Threshold: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a poised square and white crosslet (quincunx, enlarged version with chevrons at ends).Field: grid of recumbent and upright lozenges and poised squares with swastika-meander; fill in lozenges: lines and black crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally).

Third Style phase PPM II, 1-137; Vassal 2006, 189 (no. 435)

PPM II, 136-137 figs. 172-175

739 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom19.01 I.9, 9-10 Habitation. Urban

I.9, 10: 8. Corridor

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout 2nd cent. BC PPM II, 142-145; Vassal 2006, 189 (no. 436)

PPM II, 145 fig. 5

740 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom21.01 I.9, 13-14. Casa di Cerere

Habitation. Urban

b. Atrium Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: green, whiteOpus tessella-tum: band, im-pluvium rim

Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout PPM II, 172-229 PPM II, 185 figs. 19-20


Habitation. Urban

e. Cubiculum Tesserae: black, white


PPM II, 172-229; Vassal 2006, 189 (no. 437)

PPM II, 199 fig. 43


Habitation. Urban

m. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteInset pieces: central panel

Mat: square - circle - two concave hexagons.Antechamber: orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diagonal grid of squares.Central panel: square - circle - octagon - eight-lozenge star with triangles between the points; fill: crosslets (composed of tesserae and inset pieces).

PPM II, 172-229; Vassal 2006, 205-206 (no. 522)

PPM II, 226 fig. 81, 228 figs. 83-84




1. “Atrium” Cocciopesto. Mortar

Tesserae: white Threshold between rooms 1 and 3: fillet Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, 176

744 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom23.01 I.10, 2-3 Habitation. Urban. With caupona in the last phase.

5 Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 5 cm)

PPM II, 238-239; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, 170, 179

745 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom23.02 I.10, 2-3 Habitation. Urban. With caupona in the last phase

6. “Tablinum” Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold: lozenges.Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.

PPM II, 238-239; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, 170, 179; Vassal 2006, 189-190 (no. 439)

PPM II, 239 fig. 1

746 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom24.01 I.10, 4.14-15. Casa del Menandro. Protocasa

Habitation. Urban

A (beneath room 18). Tablinum?


Tesserae: white Threshold: scale pattern.Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 3-4.5 cm). Central field: Southern part: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central field: Northern part: double latchkey meander.

End of 3rd to beginning of 2nd cent. BC. 2nd cent. BC. First Style phase

Maiuri 1933, 184-185; PPM II, 240-397; Pesando 1997, 55-56; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, 6-9, 228-229; Pisapia 2013, 434

Maiuri 1933, fig. 86; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, fig. 64; Pisapia 2013, fig. 10


Habitation. Urban

B (beneath room 18)


Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 3-3.5 cm). Central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

First Style phase Maiuri 1933, 185; PPM II, 240-397; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, 6-9, 229

Maiuri 1933, fig. 86; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, fig. 64


Habitation. Urban

C (beneath room 18)

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 2-3 cm)

First Style phase Maiuri 1933, 185; PPM II, 240-397; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, 6-9, 229

Maiuri 1933, fig. 86

749 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom24.04 I.10, 4.14-15. Casa del Menandro

Habitation. Urban

13. Exedra Mortar (white)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Threshold: spaced swastika-meander Second Style phase

PPM II, 240-397; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, 6-9, 215


Habitation. Urban

14 Mortar (white)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Field: orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diagonal grid of squares

Second Style phase


Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, fig. 48A


Habitation. Urban


Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Threshold: scroll with curling tendrils.Field: semis of black crosslets (quincunx, set diagonally), orthogonal layout.

Second Style phase

PPM II, 240-397; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, 6-9, 235; Vassal 2006, 190 (no. 440)

PPM II, 363 fig. 198; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, fig. 48B


Habitation. Urban


Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Threshold: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a black crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally).Field: grid of lozenges.

Second Style phase


PPM II, 365 figs. 200-201, 367; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, fig. 48B


Habitation. Urban


Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Threshold: row of poised squares; fill: black crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally).Field: semis of black crosslets (quincunx, set diagonally), orthogonal layout.

Second Style phase






Habitation. Urban


Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Threshold: orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diagonal grid of squares. Field: grid of hexagons (honeycomb); fill: black crosslet (quincunx, set orthgonally)

Second Style phase



755 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom25.01 I.10, 7. Casa del Fabbro

Habitation. Urban

3. Atrium Cocciopesto Impluvium rim: semis of tesserae.Spaced meander?

Third Style phase or earlier

PPM II, 398-420; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, 132-133, 256-257

756 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom25.02 I.10, 7. Casa del Fabbro

Habitation. Urban

9. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteRed paint

Threshold: row of back-to-back peltae, bi-chrome crosslet in the interstices.Front area and at sides: grid of lozenges. Couch area: semis of white crosslets, orthogo-nal layout.Central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a white crosslet.

Third Style phase PPM II, 398-420; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, 132, 262-263

PPM II, 408-409, figs. 12-14; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, fig. 111

757 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom26.01 I.10, 8. Tessitoria di Minucius

Habitation. Urban


Threshold: grid of lozenges.Border: semis of tesserae. Central field: spaced swastika-meander.

PPM II, 421-432; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, 148, 170, 267

758 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom27.01 I.10, 10-11. Casa degli Amanti

Habitation. Urban

Lower floor. Shop or workshop

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Central field: grid of lozenges Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, 270


Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room

Lavapesta with terracot-ta fragments. Mortar

Mixed aggregate: ceramic, stone (lava)

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae and clusters of three tesserae, diagonal layout

Fourth Style phase?



Habitation. Urban

1. Atrium Cocciopesto (impluvium rim). Lavape-sta with ter-racotta frag-ments

Ceramic aggregate. Mixed aggregate: ceramic, stone (lava)


Field: semis of tesserae and clusters of three tesserae, diagonal layout.Impluvium rim: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), orthogonal layout.

Second Style phase: impluvium rim. Possibly Fourth Style phase: field

PPM II, 433-499; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, 108-112, 271; Vassal 2006, 190-191 (no. 444)

PPM II, 438 figs. 7-8, 440-442 figs. 10-12; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, fig. 127


Habitation. Urban

6. Ala Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteRed paint

Field: grid of lozenges Second Style phase


PPM II, 462 figs. 35-36; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, fig. 127, pl. 99


Habitation. Urban

9. Peristyle Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white East portico: Northern intercolumniation: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square (two of which contain a central stone); the spaced swastika-meander is framed by an upright rectangle at each end, each rectangle containing a lozenge, and the northern lozenge also with a white crosslet (quincunx). East portico: Central intercolumniation: grid of hexagons (honeycomb); fill: white crosslet (quincunx, set orthogonally or diagonally). East portico: Southern intercolumniation: row composed of alternating lozenges (subdivided into four smaller lozenges; fill: tessera) and poised squares, each poised square containing a concave square with a tessera; arches in the interstices

Late Third or early Fourth Style phase


PPM II, 484 figs. 65-67; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, fig. 147, pls. 85-86




Habitation. Urban

10. Reception room


Tesserae: white Threshold panel: concentric squares - circle - concave poised square - lozenge; fill: tesserae.Field: square - concentric circles - shield of lozenges (one row of concentric lozenges) with separate central motif: concentric circles - eight-lozenge star at centre (concentric lozenges), square (with tessera) and triangles between the points of the star; plant in spandrel



FIG. 132; PPM II, 488 fig. 75; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, fig. 154, pl. 92


Habitation. Urban

11. Reception room


Tesserae: white Threshold: square with two back-to-back peltae.Field: grid of bands divided into small squares and rectangles with larger squares in the interspaces; fill in small squares: tessera; fill in rectangles: lozenge; fill in larger squares: white crosslet (quincunx).



FIG. 132; PPM II, 488 fig. 76; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, fig. 154, pl. 87


Habitation. Urban


Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) Second Style phase



Habitation. Urban

Above rooms 11 and 12. Triclinium



Field: pattern of recumbent and upright lozenges and four-pointed stars with square; fill in lozenges: tessera; fill in stars: crosslet. Central panel: square - concentric circles - octagon - eight-lozenge star, lozenges between the points of the star making arrow-shaped spaces; peltae bisected in halves by vertical line in spandrels


PPM II, 433-499; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, 108-112, 296-297

FIG. 133; Ling, R. & Ling, L. 2005, figs. 168, 176

767 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom28.01 I.11, 5.8. Casa di Lollius Synodus

Habitation. Urban

Tablinum? Signino Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.

First phase: end of 3rd to beginning of 2nd cent. BC

PPM II, 522-525; Vuat 2000, 137

Vuat 2000, fig. 11

768 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom29.01 I.11, 9.15. Casa del Primo Piano

Habitation. Urban

9. Reception room


Tesserae: black, whiteOpus sectile: central panel

RectanglesCentral panel: square - circle

Second phase: between Caligula and early reign of Claudius

Cerato 2000, 118-121

769 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom30.01 I.12, 3. Caupona di Sotericus

Habitation. Urban. Later caupona with thermopolium

1. Entrance room. Later thermopo-lium

Battuto di lava. Lavapesta


Tesserae: white Threshold towards atrium: rectangle - lozenge 1st cent. AD PPM II, 701-732 PPM II, 706 fig. 7

770 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom31.01 I.12, 5. Caupona all’Insegna di Africa/di Alessandria

Caupona 3. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Antechamber: square with scattered tesserae and inscription in Latin in box: AN(I)CIVS.Dinining area: Central panel: pseudo-shield of lozenges.

Beginning of 1st cent. BC

PPM II, 735-746; Pesando 1997, 204-207; Brem 2000, 152

PPM II, 737-738 figs. 2-4

Transformed into caupona, probably in the early Imperial period

771 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom32.01 I.12, 9.14 Habitation. Urban

5. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.

Republican period

PPM II, 784-793; Vassal 2006, 191 (no. 448)

PPM II, 790 fig. 11

772 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom33.01 I.13, 2. Casa di Sutoria Primigenia

Habitation. Urban

2. Atrium Cocciopesto. Signino

Tesserae: white Impluvium basin: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

2nd cent. BC PPM II, 860-880; Pesando 1997, 178; Vassal 2006, 191-192 (no. 449)

PPM II, 861 fig. 1




Habitation. Urban

7. Ala Cocciopesto. Signino

Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.

2nd cent. BC PPM II, 860-880 PPM II, 865 fig. 6


Habitation. Urban

11. Tablinum Cocciopesto. Signino


Central panel: rectangle - lozenge with spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (white centre)

2nd cent. BC PPM II, 860-880; Vassal 2006, 192 (no. 450)

PPM II, 867 fig. 10

775 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom34.01 I.13, 7 Hospitium? 7 Cocciopesto. Signino

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout 2nd to 1st cent. BC

PPM II, 892-895 PPM II, 894 fig. 4

776 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom35.01 I.13, 12.14 Habitation 1. Entrance room


Tesserae: white Threshold: semis of crosslets.Panel: semis of crosslets, orthogonal layout.

PPM II, 920-927 PPM II, 922 fig. 1


7. Triclinium. Later workshop

Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: spandrel (palmette)

Outer border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Border of central panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central panel: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges

2nd cent. BC Nappo 2001, 344-345; Vassal 2006, 209-210 (no. 542)

Nappo 2001, fig. 1

778 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom36.01 I.14, 1.11-15 Hospitium? I.14, 12: 13. Triclinium

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteInset pieces: central panel

Antechamber: Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout; fill: white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally).Dividing band: row of recumbent lozenges; fill: bichrome crosslet (white centre).Dining area: Front area: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), orthogonal layout. Couch area: no motifs. Panel: concentric squares - circle - concave hexagons - hexafoil.

Augustan period Nappo 2001, 346; Vassal 2006, 210 (no. 543)

Nappo 2001, figs. 2-3; De Simone & Nappo 2001, p. 227 (Poster 19a)

779 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom36.02 I.14, 1.11-15 Hospitium? I.14, 12: 34. Triclinium

Cocciopesto Tessere: white Mat: grid of lozenges.Dining area: Couch area: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.

Nappo 2001, 347 Nappo 2001, fig. 4

780 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom38.01 I.15, 2-4.6. Casa della Nave Europa

Habitation. Urban

5. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout PPM II, 963-977; Vassal 2006, 192 (no. 453)

PPM II, 969 fig. 10


Habitation. Urban

6. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

PPM II, 963-977; Vassal 2006, 192 (no. 454)

PPM II, 970 fig. 12


Habitation. Urban

8. Ala Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.

PPM II, 963-977; Vassal 2006, 192-193 ( no. 455)

PPM II, 975 fig. 18


2. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Impluvium rim: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout.Impluvium basin: Border: spaced swastika-meander. Panel: pseudo-shield of lozenges; palmette in spandrel

Beginning of 2nd cent. BC

PPM II, 998-1023; Vassal 2006, 193 (no. 456)

PPM II, 999 fig. 1


6. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Central panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a bichrome crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally)

2nd cent. BC PPM II, 998-1023; Vassal 2006, 193 (no. 457)

PPM II, 1017 fig. 29




13. Triclinium Cocciopesto Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteInset pieces: outer border, central field

Inner border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with an inset piece

Terminus ante quem of the Third Style phase

Nappo 2001, 347-348; Vassal 2006, 210 (no. 544)

Nappo 2001, figs. 5-6

Originally a single room including rooms 14 and 15

786 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom41.01 I.17, 1. Casa di P. Axius

Habitation. Urban

2. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Impluvium rim: row of semicircles with radii. Impluvium basin: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

Impluvium basin: Republican period. Impluvium rim: 1st cent. AD

PPM II, 1024-1027 PPM II, 1026 figs. 2-3

787 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom42.01 I.17, 2.3 Habitation. Urban. With shop

2. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteOpus sectile: central part of impluvium basin

Impluvium basin: concentric rectangles with three rows parallel to the short sides in the innermost rectangle - concentric rectangles; at centre rectangular tile with lozenge-shaped cuttings for smaller tiles

PPM II, 1028-1037 PPM II, 1030 figs. 2-3

788 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom42.02 I.17, 2.3 Habitation. Urban. With shop

4. Triclinium Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava


Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Central panel: concentric rectangles, inset pieces, tesserae and crosslets

PPM II, 1028-1037 PPM II, 1033-1034 figs. 8-9

789 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom43.01 I.20, 4 Habitaiton. Urban

2. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field/impluvium rim: semis of tesserae. Impluvium basin: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.


Nappo 1988, 189-190; PPM II, 1071-1078; Nappo 1993, 669-670

Nappo 1993, tav. CLXVI.2


4. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae First quarter of 2nd cent. BC

Nappo 1988, 189-190; PPM II, 1071-1078; Nappo 1993, 670


6. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Antechamber: grid of lozenges.Dividing band: meander.Bed area: semis of tesserae.


Nappo 1988, 189-190; PPM II, 1071-1078; Pesando 1997, 180; Nappo 1993, 670


7. Possible summer triclinium. Later kitchen and latrine

Signino Tesserae: white Outer border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Border of central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central field: grid of lozenges



Nappo 1993, CLXVII.3

Originally a single room with room 8

793 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom44.01 I.21, 1.2. Orto dei Fuggiaschi

Habitation. Urban. Later vineyard

3 Opus signinum. Signino

Tesserae: white Field: meander PPM II, 1083-1085; Pesando 2006, 136-137

PPM II, 1085 fig. 3

794 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom46.01 II.2, 1-3.5-6. Casa di D. Octavius Quartio

Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges First Style phase PPM III, 42-108; Vassal 2006, 193 (no. 458)

PPM III, 44-45, fig. 2a-b

795 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom46.02 II.2, 1-3.5-6. Casa di D. Octavius Quartio

Habitation. Urban

h. Reception room


Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre) with T-shapes in outmost row, orthogonal layout. Central panel: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges; palmette in spandrel

PPM III, 42-108; Vassal 2006, 193 (no. 459)

PPM III, 85-86, figs. 66-67

796 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom47.01 II.3, 1-3. Casa della Venere in Conchiglia

Habitation. Urban

4. Cubiculum Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Central area: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout Mid-1st cent. BC PPM III, 112-172 PPM III, 118-119, fig. 9




Habitation. Urban

11. Cubiculum


Tesserae: white Threshold: semicircles.Antechamber: grid of squares, orthogonal layout.

Mid-1st cent. BC PPM III, 112-172 PPM III, 151 fig. 59


Habitation. Urban

14. Cubiculum

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold: square - circle; quartercircle in corner.Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout.

Mid-1st cent. BC PPM III, 112-172; Vassal 2006, 206 (no. 526)

PPM III, 160 fig. 74, 162

799 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom48.01 II.8, 6. Casa del Giardino di Ercole. Sidewalk in front of house

Habitation. Urban

Sidewalk Battuto Tesserae: white Inscription in Latin: CRAS CREDO Republican period

PPM III, 326-327; Rizzo, B. 2007, 97 no. 12

PPM III, 326-327 fig. 1; Rizzo, B. 2007, fig. 16

800 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom49.01 II.9, 2. Casa del Gemmario

Habitation. Urban

Room east of atrium and with window towards the garden

Signino Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Sodo 1988, 200

801 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom50.01 III.2, 1. Casa di A. Trebius Valens

Habitation. Urban

m. Ala Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteRed paint

Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), orthogonal layout

Late Republican period: second half of 1st cent. BC

PPM III, 341-391 PPM III, 359-360 figs. 26-27


Habitation. Urban

p. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteTiles

Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre). Main field: scattering of tesserae

Late Republican period. The tiles were added later

PPM III, 341-391 PPM III, 374 fig. 49, 375


Habitation. Urban

q. Caldarium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges PPM III, 341-391; Vassal 2006, 194 (no. 461)

Pernice 1938, Taf. 29.6; PPM III, 383 fig. 66

804 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom51.01 V.1, 3.7.9. Casa del Toro

Habitation. Urban

8. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

First Style phase PPM III, 481-532; Pesando 1997, 59; Vassal 2006, 194 (no. 464)

PPM III, 496, 497 fig. 29

805 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom52.01 V.1, 14-16 Habitation. Urban

b. Atrium Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava


Crosslets Transition from 3rd to 2nd cent. BC

PPM III, 536-538

806 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom53.01 V.1, 18.11-12. Casa degli Epigrammi Greci

Habitation. Urban

n. Reception room


Tesserae (also rectangular): black, white

Border: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Main field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with an enlarged bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally). Central panel (lost): square - circle - concave hexagon - hexafoil; fill: bichrome crosslets

Around 40 BC PPM III, 539-573; Staub Gierow 2005, 148

Presuhn 1882, Abtheilung II, Taf. VII; PPM III, 554 fig. 29, 555; Staub Gierow 2005, fig. 4

807 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom54.01 V.1, 23.25-27.10. Casa di L. Caecilius Iucundus

Habitation. Urban

V.1, 26: p. Cubiculum

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: tessera.Bed area: semis of large and small tesserae, orthogonal layout.

1st cent. AD PPM III, 574-620; http://www.pompejiprojektet.se

PPM III, 614, 616 fig. 84

808 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom57.01 V.2, h. Casa del Cenacolo

Habitation. Urban

f. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Main field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central panel: grid of lozenges

2nd cent. BC PPM III, 650-675; Vassal 2006, 194-195 (no. 465)

PPM III, 662 fig. 27



809 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom57.02 V.2, h. Casa del Cenacolo

Habitation. Urban

i. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

PPM III, 650-675 PPM III, 666 fig. 41

810 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom58.01 V.2, i. Casa delle Nozze d’Argento

Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges First decades of 1st cent. BC at the latest

PPM III, 676-772; Pesando 1997, 62; Ehrhardt 2004, 30-31; Vassal 2006, 195 (no. 466)

PPM III, 678 fig. 1; Ehrhardt 2004, Abb. 130, 792


Habitation. Urban

d. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 9-13 cm)

PPM III, 676-772; Ehrhardt 2004, 40-41

PPM III, 680 fig. 4; Ehrhardt 2004, Abb. 166


Habitation. Urban

6. Ala Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold: row with squares, recumbent and upright rectangles; fill: two lozenges, lozenge, poised square with cross.Field: grid of lozenges.

PPM III, 676-772; Ehrhardt 2004, 59

PPM III, 767 fig. 194; Ehrhardt 2004, Abb. 244, 801


Habitation. Urban

q Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons. Central panel: two circles - grid of lozenges and triangles; poised square with fill as centre

First decades of 1st cent. BC at the latest

PPM III, 676-772; Pesando 1997, 62; Ehrhardt 2004, 83-84; Vassal 2006, 195 (no. 467)

PPM III, 707 fig. 64; Ehrhardt 2004, Abb. 324

814 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom59.01 V.2, 4. Casa del Triclinio

Habitation. Urban

r. Triclinium Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: whiteOpus sectile: centre of panel

Central panel: square - circle - poised square with hexagonal tile at centre; fill: bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally)

PPM III, 797-823 PPM III, 811 fig. 34

815 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom60.01 V.2, 7 Habitation. Urban

e. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Impluvium rim: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout.Impluvium basin: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 4 cm).

2nd cent. BC PPM III, 824-829 PPM III, 825 fig. 1

816 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom61.01 V.3, 8 Habitation. Urban. Later bakery

11. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Impluvium basin: Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central panel: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges; palmette in spandrel.

PPM III, 915-922; Vassal 2006, 195 (no. 468)

PPM III, 917-918 figs. 3-5

817 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom61.02 V.3, 8 Habitation. Urban. Later bakery

10. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 6 cm average). Central field: spaced swastika-meander

PPM III, 915-922 PPM III, 919 figs. 7-8


Sidewalk in front of house

Cocciopesto. Lava

Tesserae: white Inscription in Latin: [HAVE TIS] INTRO.Semis of tesserae.Plant motifs.

Republican period

PPM III, 929-943; Rizzo, B. 2007, 99 no. 20

PPM III, 930 fig. 1; Rizzo, B. 2007, fig. 24


a. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Impluvium basin: fillet as frame. Impluvium basin: central motif not visible

Republican period?

PPM III, 929-943; Vassal 2006, 195-196 (no. 470)

PPM III, 931 fig. 2

820 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom63.01 V.4, a.11. Casa di M. Lucretius Fronto

Habitation. Urban

2/b. Atrium Lavapesta. Terrazzo nero. Stone fragments in red, black and white


Tesserae: whiteGeometric-shaped inset pieces: field

Threshold/mat at entrance: grid of recumbent and upright lozenges and poised squares.Field: semis of white crosslets (quincunx, set diagonally) and geometric-shaped inset pieces, orthogonal layout

Augustan period PPM III, 966-1029; T.L. Heres in Peters 1993, 59 (entrance room-fauces), 138

PPM III, 970, 971 figs. 7-8; Peters 1993, fig. 55




Habitation. Urban

4/f. Triclinium (winter)

Lavapesta. Signino



Antechamber: Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), orthogonal layout. Central panel: grid of squares, diagonal layout.Dining area: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), orthogonal layout.

Augustan period PPM III, 966-1029; T.L. Heres in Peters 1993, 72, 138

PPM III, 987 fig. 41; Peters 1993, fig. 64


Habitation. Urban

5/g. Cubiculum

Battuto in terrazzo. Cocciopesto. Signino


Threshold: rectangle with concentric lozenges and white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally).Antechamber: grid of eight-lozenge stars and squares making poised squares; fill in squares: bichrome crosslet (black centre).

Augustan period PPM III, 966-1029; T.L. Heres in Peters 1993, 74, 138; Vassal 2006, 196 (no. 471)

Pernice 1938, Taf. 44.3; PPM III, 988 figs. 44-45, 989; Peters 1993, fig. 65


Habitation. Urban

6/i. Cubiculum

Battuto in terrazzo. Cocciopesto

Tesserae: blackGeometric-shaped pieces: central part, dividing band (added later)

Antechamber: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

Fourth Style phase

PPM III, 966-1029; T.L. Heres in Peters 1993, 78-79, 138; Vassal 2006, 206 (no. 523)

PPM III, 1001 fig. 71, 1002; Peters 1993, fig. 66

824 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom64.01 V.4, c Habitation. Urban

A. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Republican period

PPM III, 1033-1046


D. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander. Central field: grid of lozenges. Couch area: semis of tesserae (distance: 5.5-6 cm). Central panel: meander

Republican period

PPM III, 1033-1046, esp. 1033-1034


G. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 5-5.5 cm) Republican period

PPM III, 1033-1046, esp. 1040


I. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of recumbent and upright lozenges and four-pointed stars (with orthogonal square); fill: white crosslets (quincunx, set diagonally)

1st cent. AD PPM III, 1033-1046 PPM III, 1044 fig. 18

828 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom65.01 VI.1, 6-8.24-26. Casa delle Vestali

Habitation. Urban

11? Tablinum. 4?


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: upright rectangles with lozenges and unindentifiable motif(s)

PPM IV, 5-49; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 1

PPM IV, 15 fig. 21; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 14

Assignment of this floor to a specific room is uncertain (Zulini 2011-2012, 14-16 and notes)

829 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom65.02 VI.1, 6-8.24-26. Casa delle Vestali

Habitation. Urban

16 Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Late Republican period (1st cent. BC)?

PPM IV, 5-49; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 2

PPM IV, 16 fig. 24; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 16-17

830 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom66.01 VI.2, 3-5.30-31. Casa di Sallustio

Habitation. Urban. Later hospitium with thermo-polium

1. Entrance room


Ceramic aggregate


Field: grid of lozenges, black tessera at intersections

1st cent. BC PPM IV, 87-147; Pesando 1997, 190; Vassal 2006, 196 (no. 472); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 7




17. Ala Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Late Samnite period (mid-2nd cent. BC)

PPM IV, 87-147; Pesando 1997, 190; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 9


Destroyed



28 Cementizo a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Late Samnite period (mid-2nd cent. BC) (stratigraphic data)

PPM IV, 87-147; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 12







Ceramic aggregate


Late Samnite period (mid-2nd cent. BC)

PPM IV, 87-147; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 10


834 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom67.01 VI.2, 9-10 Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Unknown PPM IV, 149-150; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 14


835 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom68.01 VI.2, 11 Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Antechamber: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout.Bed area: no motifs.

Republican period. Late Samnite period (2nd cent. BC)

PPM IV, 151-157; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 17




Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Unknown Republican period

PPM IV, 151-157; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 19



6. Tablinum. Lower level


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: double latchkey meander Republican period. Late Samnite period (2nd cent. BC)

PPM IV, 151-157; Vassal 2006, 196 (no. 473); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 18; Pisapia 2013, 435

PPM IV, 155 figs. 8-9, 156; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 52; Pisapia 2013, fig. 15



Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Unknown Republican period. Late Samnite period (second half of 2nd cent. BC)

PPM IV, 158-161; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 23




Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteTilesRed paint

Antechamber: circle - eight-lozenge star; fill: lozenge-shaped tiles, hexagonal tile as centre.Dividing band: row of squares and rectangles; fill: tile.Bed area: semis of white crosslets (quincunx, set diagonally), orthogonal layout.

Early Imperial period. 1st cent. AD. Julio-Claudian period (first half of 1st cent. AD)

PPM IV, 158-161; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 24; Zulini 2013, 446 note 6




Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. Central field: rectangle - lozenge with spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera; foliate scrolls in corner

Late Samnite period (end of 2nd cent. BC)

PPM IV, 162-167; Vassal 2006, 196 (no. 474); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 25

Pernice 1938, Taf. 11.2; PPM IV, 163 figs. 1-3; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 76-79



Ceramic aggregate


Field: grid of lozenges 1st cent. BC and 1st cent. AD (north-eastern part). Late Republican period (1st cent. BC)


PPM IV, 166 figs. 7-8; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 83



Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: row of recumbent rectangles; fill: lozenges. Main field: orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diagonal grid of squares


PPM IV, 162-167; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 27


843 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom71.01 VI.2, 16.21. Casa di Narciso

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate



2nd cent. BC. Late Samnite period (mid-2nd cent. BC) (stratigraphic data)

PPM IV, 198-220; Vassal 2006, 196-197 (no. 476); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 32

PPM IV, 209 fig. 22a; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 112



844 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom72.01 VI.2, 17.20. Casa di Iside

Habitation. Urban. Hospitium in rear part


Ceramic aggregate


Late Samnite period (first half of 2nd cent. BC)

PPM IV, 221-227; M. Turco in Panzetti et al. 2010, 28; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 34

PPM IV, 224-225 figs. 7-8; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 121-122



5. Tablinum Cemenzio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 5.5 cm).

Late Samnite period (first half of 2nd cent. BC)

PPM IV, 221-227; M. Turco in Panzetti et al. 2010, 28; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 35

PPM IV, 225-226 figs. 10-11; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 124-125



12. Cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate


Late Samnite period/first half of 2nd cent. BC

PPM IV, 221-227; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 36


847 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom73.01 VI.2, 18-19. Casa dell’Esedra/Stabulum

Habitation. Urban. Later stabulum. Possibly association house in the first phase

Atrium Cocciopesto (impluvium)

Tesserae: white Impluvium rim: grid of lozenges.Impluvium basin: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.

Period II: third quarter of 2nd cent. BC

A. Correale in Coarelli et al. 2005, 171-174; Pesando 2007, 111; F. Panzetti in Pesando et al. 2008, 102-103; F. Panzetti in Panzetti et al. 2010, 16-18; Pesando 2012, 541

Pesando 2007, figs. 7-8; Panzetti et al. 2010, fig. 5; Pesando 2012, fig. 9


Habitation. Urban. Possibly association house in the first phase

2a (below VI.2, 17.20/Casa di Iside, room 16)(saggio 12)

Cementizio a base fittle. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

First phase: second half of 2nd cent. BC. Last quarter of 2nd cent. BC

A. Correale in Coarelli et al. 2005, 171-174; Pesando 2007, 111; F. Panzetti in Pesando et al. 2008, 102-103; F. Panzetti in Panzetti et al. 2010, 16; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 38; Pesando 2012, 541

Coarelli et al. 2005, fig. 7; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 128

The room was incorporated into VI 2, 17.20/Casa di Iside in the 1st cent. BC and replaced by room 16



2b (below VI.2, 17.20/Casa di Iside, room 17) (saggio 13). Triclinium


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Central rectangular panel: grid of lozenges

First phase: last quarter of 2nd cent. BC (stratigraphic data)


Coarelli et al. 2005, fig. 8; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 129






2c (below VI.2, 17.20/Casa di Iside, room 18) (saggio 14). Ala/exedra


Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. Possible central panel.

First phase: second half of 2nd cent. BC/last quarter of 2nd cent. BC (stratigraphic data)


Coarelli et al. 2005, figs. 10-11; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 131-132


851 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom74.01 VI.2, 22.15. Casa delle Danzatrici

Habitation. Urban

7. Peristyle Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Intercolumniation: semis of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre, set orthogonally), diagonal layout.Grid of lozenges.

Republican period/1st cent. BC

PPM IV, 230-262; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 50

PPM IV, 240-241 fig. 25, 242 fig. 26; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 166

852 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom75.01 VI.2, 23-24. Casa di Narcisso

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre, set diagonally), orthogonal layout


PPM IV, 265 fig. 3, 266; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 178-179

853 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom76.01 VI.3, 3.27. Casa del Forno

Habitation. Urban. With bakery

C. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Eastern part: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 5 and 10 cm)

2nd cent. BC Carocci 1990, 35-36

Carocci 1990, tav. 7.2



G/14. Tablinum

Signino Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges 2nd cent. BC or later

Carocci 1990, 37-38

Carocci 1990, tav. 9.2, fig. 6



N. Kitchen Lavapesta, scaglie di coccio


Tesserae: white (2.5 x 2.5 cm)

Semis of tesserae (distance: 25 cm).Field: possible pattern of circles.

2nd cent. BC or later

Carocci 1990, 44-46

Carocci 1990, tav. 13.2

856 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom77.01 VI.3, 4 Shop with habitation

T/7. Shop Signino Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 8 cm). Central field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 4 cm)

Probably 2nd cent. BC

Carocci 1990, 50 Carocci 1990, tav. 16.3

857 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom78.01 VI.3, 6-7.25-26. Casa dell’Accademia di Musica

Habitation. Urban

A. Atrium Opus signinum (inclusi testacei)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white (2.5 x 2.5 cm)

Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (average distance: 22 cm)

No later than the 1st cent. BC

De Albentiis 1990, 66-69

De Albentiis 1990, tav. 20.2


Habitation. Urban

C. Cubiculum Opus signinum (scaglie di cocciopesto, sabbia vulcanica)


Antechamber: grid of squares; fill: possibly concave squares.Dividing band: row of rectangles.Bed area: no motifs.



De Albentiis 1990, tav. 22.4


Habitation. Urban

D. Cubiculum Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Antechamber: grid of hexagons (honeycomb); fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally). North-east corner of grid with hexagons: triangle.Bed area: no motifs.

1st cent. BC De Albentiis 1990, 71-73

De Albentiis 1990, tav. 23.4; fig. 7


Habitation. Urban

E. Reception room

Opus signinum (inclusi testacei)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: unidentifiable.Field: orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diagonal grid of squares.


De Albentiis 1990, tav. 25.1-2; fig. 7




Habitation. Urban

F. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae (irregular): whiteOpus tessellatum: antechamberPossibly opus sectile: antechamber

Dividing band: fillet.Bed area: no motifs.




Habitation. Urban

I. Triclinium Opus signinum (scaglie di cocciopesto)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus sectile: central panel

Unidentifiable 1st cent. BC De Albentiis 1990, 84-88


Habitation. Urban

L. Tablinum Cocciopesto (scaglie testacee). Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Grid of bands divided into small squares and rectangles with larger squares in the interspaces; fill in small squares: diagonal line; fill in rectangles: poised square with bichrome crosslets (white centre); fill in larger squares: bichrome crosslet (white centre)



De Albentiis 1990, tav. 30.2-3, fig. 8


Habitation. Urban

N. Originally ala

Opus signinum (scaglie di cocciopesto)

Ceramic aggregate


Unidentifiable.Bichrome crosslets (white centre).



Habitation. Urban

O. Cubiculum Opus signinum (scaglie testacee)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Antechamber: grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: white crosslet.Bed area: no motifs.


De Albentiis 1990, tav. 33.2, fig. 7


Habitation. Urban

P. Cubiculum Cocciopesto (scaglie testacee). Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Antechamber: unidentifiable.Bed area: no motifs.

Probably 1st cent. BC


De Albentiis 1990, fig. 6

867 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom79.01 VI.5, 1-3.22. Casa di Nettuno

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteTiles (added later in the five central lozenges of the composition)

Field: grid of recumbent and upright lozenges and poised squares (concentric); fill in lozenges: white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally)

First half of 1st cent. AD. Third Style phase


Pernice 1938, Taf. 47.2; Bragantini 1981, figs. 19-20; PPM IV, 301 figs. 7-8; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 186-187

868 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom81.01 VI.5, 5-6.21. Casa e Protocasa del Granduca Michele

Habitation. Urban

Protocasa del Granduca Michele: north of the entrance room (below room 8). US 15


Ceramic aggregate


End of 3rd cent. BC (stratigraphic data)

D. D’Auria in Coarelli et al. 2004, 162-167; D. D’Auria in Coarelli et al. 2005, 176-180; D. D’Auria in Pesando et al. 2008, 104-106; D’Auria 2010; Pesando 2010b, 249; Pesando et al. 2010a; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 64; Pesando 2012, 540

Coarelli et al. 2004, fig. 22; Pesando 2012, fig. 8; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 197




Habitation. Urban

Protocasa del Granduca Michele: 9c. US 30. Tablinum


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: ca. 2.5 cm).

Mid-2 cent. BC (stratigraphic data)

D. D’Auria in Coarelli et al. 2004, 162-167; D. D’Auria in Coarelli et al. 2005, 176-180; D. D’Auria in Pesando et al. 2008, 104-106; D’Auria 2010; Pesando 2010b, 249; Pesando et al. 2010a; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 65; Pesando 2012, 540

Coarelli et al. 2004, figs. 25-26; Coarelli et al. 2005, figs. 16-17; D’Auria 2010, fig. 23; Pesando 2012, fig. 8


Habitation. Urban

Protocasa del Granduca Michele: 9e. US 51. Reception room


Ceramic aggregate


Mid-2nd cent. BC (stratigrahic data)

D. D’Auria in Coarelli et al. 2004, 162-167; D. D’Auria in Coarelli et al. 2005, 176-180; D. D’Auria in Pesando et al. 2008, 104-106; Pesando 2010b, 249; D’Auria 2010; Pesando et al. 2010a; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 65; Pesando 2012, 540

Coarelli et al. 2004, figs. 25, 27; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 200; Pesando 2012, fig. 8

871 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom82.01 VI.5, 7. Below “Giardino”

Habitation. Urban

Northern part of room 5. Possible triclinium

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

End of 3rd cent. BC

E. Tommasino in Coarelli et al. 2004, 167-168; Pesando 2012, 539

Coarelli et al. 2004, fig. 29; Pesando 2012, fig. 6c

872 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom84.01 VI.5, 14.11 Habitation. Urban

Below north-west corner of room 6

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae. Main field: crosslets (black centre)

No ealier than the end of 2nd cent. BC

S. Carbone in Coarelli et al. 2004, 170-171


3 Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Threshold: grid of lozenges No ealier than the end of 2nd cent. BC

S. Carbone in Coarelli et al. 2004, 170-171


2. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Impluvium rim: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Republican period

PPM IV, 345-351 PPM IV, 346 fig. 2



Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border (only preserved on east side): semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

Republican period. Late Samnite period. 2nd cent. BC?

PPM IV, 345-351; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 78

PPM IV, 346 fig. 3; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 231, 233



876 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom86.01 VI.5, 9.19. Casa dei Fiori. Earlier structure beneath: Abitazione A

Habitation. Urban

X/11. Entrance room

Cementizio a base fittile. Opus signinum. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: scale pattern (almost hexagons).Mat/threshold towards atrium: grid of lozenges.

Second quarter of 2nd cent. BC (stratigraphic data)

O. Bardelli Mondini in Ricerche a Pompei, 335-338; C. Chiaramonte Treré in Ricerche a Pompei, 373-385; PPM IV, 355-356; Pesando 1997, 209-210; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 75

Ricerche a Pompei, tav. 19, 50; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 224


Habitation. Urban

XIII/10. Atrium


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Impluvium basin: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.

First half of 2nd cent. BC/second quarter of 2nd cent. BC


Pernice 1938, Taf. 10.2; Ricerche a Pompei, tav. 49; PPM IV, 356 fig. 1; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 222


Habitation. Urban

XI-XII (strati IX-X)/21. Cubiculum. Lowermost floor


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Second quarter of 2nd cent. BC


Ricerche a Pompei, tav. 8.2, 10.4, 22.4, 52; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 227

879 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom86.04 VI.5, 9.19. Casa dei Fiori. Earlier structure beneath: Abitazione B

Habitation. Urban

XI-XII (Abitazione B, strati II-III). 21. Cubiculum. Uppermost floor

Cemenzio a base fittile. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Bed area: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout O. Bardelli Mondini in Ricerche a Pompei, 335-338; C. Chiaramonte Treré in Ricerche a Pompei, 373-385; PPM IV, 355-356; Pesando 1997, 209-210; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 77

Ricerche a Pompei, tav. 8.2, 10.4, 22.4, 52; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 227


Habitation. Urban

XV/XVI. Tablinum. 18

Cementizio a base fittile. Opus signinum. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Mat/threshold towards atrium: grid of lozenges.Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.

Second quarter of 2nd cent. BC (stratigraphic data)


Ricerche a Pompei, tav. 23.3, 51; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 224-225



881 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom86.06 VI.5, 9.19. Casa dei Fiori

Habitation. Urban

XVIII (strati IV-V). 7. Cubiculum. Lower floor


Ceramic aggregate


Semis of tesserae and bichrome crosslets (black centre), diagonal layout



Ricerche a Pompei, tav. 32.1, 58; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 217-218

882 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom86.07 VI.5, 9.19. Casa dei Fiori

Habitation. Urban

XVIII (strati I-II). 7. Cubiculum. Upper floor


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of squares, diagonal layout; fill: white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally)

Terminus post quem of AD 62 (stratigraphy)


Ricerche a Pompei, tav. 18.3; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 217-218

883 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom87.01 VI.6, 1.8.12-13. Casa di Pansa

Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Second half of 2nd cent. BC

PPM IV, 357-361; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 79


884 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom88.01 VI.7, 18.1-2. Casa di Adone ferito

Habitation. Urban

13. Peristyle Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


East portico: Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre, set diagonally) and inset pieces, orthogonal layout

1st cent. AD. Julio-Claudian period or post AD 62?

PPM IV, 399-432; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 84


885 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom89.01 VI.7, 19. Casa di Inaco e Io

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate



PPM IV, 433-448; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 85



Habitation. Urban

4. Triclinium Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava



PPM IV, 433-448 PPM IV, 438 fig. 11, 439


Habitation. Urban

10. Corridor Cocciopesto. Lavapesta


Eastern half: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.Western half: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout.

PPM IV, 433-448 PPM IV, 445 fig. 25


Habitation. Urban

11. Cubiculum

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout PPM IV, 433-448 PPM IV, 445 fig. 26


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), diagonal layout


PPM IV, 446, 447 fig. 29; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 254

890 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom90.01 VI.7, 20-22. Casa dell’Argenteria

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Border of central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

2nd cent. BC PPM IV, 449-469; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 87

PPM IV, 452 figs. 4-5; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 256-257




Habitation. Urban

20. Exedra Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


2nd cent. BC PPM IV, 449-469; Vassal 2006, 197-198 (no. 481); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 88



Habitation. Urban

28 Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava


PPM IV, 449-469 PPM IV, 467 fig. 33


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Field: grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: tessera

Julio-Claudian period. First half of 1st cent. AD

PPM IV, 449-469; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 89


894 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom91.01 VI.8, 3-8. Casa del Poeta Tragico

Habitation. Urban

14 (southern part). Cubiculum


First border, on two sides: row of rectangles; fill: bichrome crosslet (black centre). Second border, on two sides: row of orthogonal squares; fill: circle with crosslet or diagonal cross. Central field: grid of squares, diagonal layout

End of 1st cent. BC

PPM IV, 527-603; Vassal 2006, 198 (no. 483)

PPM IV, 560 fig. 66

895 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom94.01 VI.8, 23-24. Casa della Fontana piccola

Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room



Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 11-13 cm)

Ca. 100 BC PPM IV, 621-659; Fröhlich 1996, 17

PPM IV, 624 fig. 4; Fröhlich 1996, Abb. 62, 82


Habitation. Urban

3 Lavapesto. Pesto di lava



Grid of hexagons (honeycomb); fill: bichrome crosslet (black centre)

Augustan period PPM IV, 621-659; Fröhlich 1996, 20

PPM IV, 627 fig. 10; Fröhlich 1996, Abb. 62, 105-106


Habitation. Urban

7. Ala Lavapesta. Lavapesto


Tesserae: white Southern half: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 10-12 cm)


PPM IV, 634, 635 fig. 21; Fröhlich 1996, Abb. 62, 133


Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 8.5-12 cm)


PPM IV, 651 fig. 50; Fröhlich 1996, Abb. 62, 339

899 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom95.01 VI.9, 2.13. Casa di Meleagro

Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: scale pattern.Threshold towards atrium: possible concentric lozenges.

Late Republican period/1st cent. BC


Pernice 1938, Taf. 30.1; PPM IV, 661 fig. 1; Vassal 2006, fig. 18; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 270-271


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of squares, diagonal layout, alternating with and without fill: diagonal cross.Field: semis of white crosslets (irregular quincunx, set diagonally), orthogonal layout


PPM IV, 660-818; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 94



Habitation. Urban

12. Cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate


Republican period. End of 1st cent. BC

PPM IV, 660-818; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 95



Habitation. Urban

13. Cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally)


PPM IV, 660-818; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 96





Habitation. Urban

14. Cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate


Field: grid of concentric squares, orthogonal layout; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally); bands between the squares, and a semicircle is seen

Republican period. 1st cent. BC.Inset pieces added in 1st cent. AD




Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate



1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD

PPM IV, 660-818; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 98

Blake 1930, pl. 4.4; Pernice 1938, Taf. 36.3; PPM IV, 789 fig. 245; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 288-289

905 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom96.01 VI.9, 3.5.10-12. Casa e Protocasa del Centauro

Habitation. Urban

Casa del Centauro: 5B. Cubiculum. Upper floor


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 3.2-4 cm)

Second half of 2nd cent. BC (stratigraphic data)

PPM IV, 819-859; F. Coarelli & F. Pesando in Coarelli et al. 2005, 168-169; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 103


Habitation. Urban

Protocasa del Centauro: D. Tablinum. Below atrium


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: border of central panel (red and white), central panel (white)

Threshold/mat: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout.Field: scattered tesserae.

Beginning of 3rd cent. BC (stratigraphic data)

PPM IV, 819-859; F. Coarelli & F. Pesando in Coarelli et al. 2005, 168-169; Pesando 2010b, 249; Esposito, R. 2011, 439; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 101; Pesando 2012, 539-540

FIG. 135; Coarelli et al. 2005, fig. 28; Pesando 2005, p. 92; Pesando 2010, fig. 6; Esposito, R. 2011, fig. 133a; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 307-308; Pesando 2012, figs. 6a, 7


Habitation. Urban

Protocasa del Centauro: 2. Reception room


Ceramic aggregate


Beginning of 3rd cent. BC (stratigraphic data)

PPM IV, 819-859; Esposito, R. 2011, 437-438; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 99; Pesando 2012, 539

PPM IV, 820 fig. 1; Esposito, R. 2011, figs. 131a, 132a; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 303; Pesando 2012, fig. 6b.


Habitation. Urban

Casa del Centauro: 3. Cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Antechamber: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Dividing zone: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.Bed area: scattered fragments.

Last quarter of 2nd cent. BC (stratigraphic data)


PPM IV, 823 figs. 8-9, 828 fig. 18; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 305


Habitation. Urban

Casa del Centauro: 5A. Cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate


Dividing band: grid of lozenges, black tessera at intersections.Bed area: scattered fragments.

First Style phase. Second half of 2nd cent. BC




Habitation. Urban

Casa del Centauro: VI.9, 5: 14. Entrance room


Ceramic aggregate


Republican period. First half of 2nd cent. BC

PPM IV, 819-859; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 105





Habitation. Urban

Casa del Centauro: VI.9, 5: 28. Corridor


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal and diagonal layout

Second half of 1st cent. BC?

PPM IV, 819-859; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 107


912 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom97.01 VI.9, 6-9. Casa dei Dioscuri

Habitation. Urban

44. Cubiculum

Battuto bianco di travertino. Battuto di lava

Tesserae: black Dividing band: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

Republican period

PPM IV, 860-1004; Romizzi 2006, 153

Pernice 1938, Taf. 28.4; PPM IV, 930 fig. 137

913 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom97.02 VI.9, 6-9. Casa dei Dioscuri

Habitation. Urban

61. Tablinum Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Semis of white crosslets (Greek cross, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout.Meander (only textual evidence).

Republican period

PPM IV, 860-1004; Romizzi 2006, 153

PPM IV, 1000 fig. 275

914 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom98.01 VI.10, 2. Casa dei Cinque Scheletri

Habitation. Urban

1a/1b. Entrance room

Cocciopesto. Lavapesta



Late Samnite period. Second Style phase

PPM IV, 1029-1043; Rossi, I. 2006, 59-60, 73

Rossi, I. 2006, tav. XI.1


Habitation. Urban

2. Atrium Cocciopesto. Lavapesta




PPM IV, 1029-1043; Pesando 2005, 74; Rossi, I. 2006, 59-60, 73

PPM IV, 1034 fig. 7; Pesando 2005, fig. 10; Rossi, I. 2006, tav. XI.1


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Pattern of octagons (referred to as hexagons) with swastikas and poised squares; fill in poised squares: white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally)


PPM IV, 1029-1043; Rossi, I. 2006, 59-60, 73; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 117

PPM IV, 1035 fig. 10; Rossi, I. 2006, tav. XIII.1; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 338-339


Habitation. Urban

4. Tablinum Cementizi o a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Fillet. Central field: unidentifiable Julio-Claudian period (terra sigillata)

PPM IV, 1029-1043; Rossi, I. 2006, 60; Vassal 2006, 199 (no. 487); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 118

PPM IV, 1036 fig. 12; Rossi, I. 2006, tav. XIII.2; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 341-343


Habitation. Urban

5. Corridor Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 7.5 cm)


PPM IV, 1029-1043; Rossi, I. 2006, 59-60

Rossi, I. 2006, tav. XIII.3

919 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom99.01 VI.10, 3-4.18 Habitation. Urban. With thermopo-lium


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Impluvium rim: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.Impluvium basin: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.

First phase: second half of 2nd cent. BC

Pesando 2005, 74; Zampetti 2006, 104-105; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 119; Pesando 2012, 541

Pesando 2005, fig. 9; Zampetti 2006, tav. XXIII.3; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 347; Pesando 2012, fig. 9

Both the impluvium rim and impluvium basin are decorated with “una composizione ortogonale di meandri di svastiche e quadrati caricati da tessera centrale…” (Zulini 2011-2012, 347).



920 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom99.02 VI.10, 3-4.18 Habitation. Urban. With thermopolium


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Meander? Post AD 62 Zampetti 2006, 105; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 120

921 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom99.03 VI.10, 3-4.18 Habitation. Urban. With thermopolium

Sidewalk. In front of the house and shop VI.10, 5

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white One horizontal and two vertical fillets Imperial period Zampetti 2006, 105 Zampetti 2006, tav. XX.1



Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Benedetti 2006, 151; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 127

Not visible

923 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom101.01 VI.10, 8-9.11.14. Casa del Naviglio

Habitation. Urban

15. Tablinum. First phase

Cocciopesto Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: central field

U-shaped area: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: ca. 8 cm)

Probably first half of 3rd cent. BC. Dates vary between 3rd and 1st cent. BC. Opus tessellatum added later (Fourth Style phase)

PPM IV, 1072-1101; Cassetta & Costantino 2006, 272-274, 308, 315-316; Vassal 2006, 199 (no. 488); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 136

Pernice 1938, Taf. 9.5; Cassetta & Costantino 2006, tav. LXXXVI.2-3; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 378


Habitation. Urban

17 (US2, Saggio D). Western ala


Tesserae: white Frame: two fillets. Field: unidentifiable Late Samnite period (end of 2nd cent. BC)

PPM IV, 1072-1101; Cassetta & Costantino 2006, 270-272, 308, 315, 332

Cassetta & Costantino 2006, tav. CI.4


Habitation. Urban

16 (US4, Saggio C). Reception room or triclinium


Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (mainly set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 2 cm)

Second half of 2nd cent. BC (dating evidence)

PPM IV, 1072-1101; Cassetta & Costantino 2006, 274-276, 308, 315, 327-331

Cassetta & Costantino 2006, tav. XCIV.2-3


Habitation. Urban

1 (Saggio E). Entrance room


Tesserae: white Scale pattern PPM IV, 1072-1101; Cassetta & Costantino 2006, 257-258, 333-334

Cassetta & Costantino 2006, tav. CIV.3

928 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom102.03 VI.11, 8-10. Casa del Labirinto

Habitation. Urban. Later with bakery

29. Cubiculum

Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Signino. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Scale pattern End of 2nd cent. BC. Ca. 100 BC

Strocka 1991, 31; PPM V, 1-70; Vassal 2006, 199 (no. 490); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 140

Strocka 1991, Abb. 163, 170; PPM V, 22 fig. 37; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 389



32. Ala (east) Cementizio a base fittile. Signino. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Outer border: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Inner border: swastika-meander. Main field, tripartite: Central panel: rectangle - lozenge with grid of lozenges; palmette in corner. Side panels: grid of lozenges.

End of 2nd cent. BC. Ca. 100 BC

Strocka 1991, 32-33; PPM V, 1-70; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 142

Strocka 1991, Abb. 46, 177-178, 181-182; PPM V, 22 fig. 38; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 393



39. Triclinium Cementizio a base fittile. Signino. Zie-gelsplittestri-ch

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: dividing band, frame, panel

Antechamber: semis of tesserae and bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogo-nally) with T-shapes and chevrons in outmost row, diagonal layout (distance: 7-8.5 cm).Dining area: semis of crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally) with T-shapes and chevrons in outmost rows, diagonal layout (distance: 7.5-8.5 cm).


Strocka 1991, 40; PPM V, 1-70; Vassal 2006, 199-200 (no. 491); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 143

Blake 1930, pl. 4.1; Strocka 1991, Abb. 45, 233-234; PPM V, 33 fig. 56; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 395-397




18. Ala Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Unknown PPM V, 71-75



Ceramic aggregate


2nd cent. BC PPM V, 76-79; Vassal 2006, 200 (no. 492); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 145

PPM V, 78 fig. 3; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 401

933 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom105.01 VI.12, 1-8. Casa del Fauno

Habitation. Urban

Sidewalk Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae (rectangular): polychrome

Inscription in Latin: HAVE Beginning of 1st cent. BC

PPM V, 80-141; Pesando 1997, 93-95; Rizzo, B. 2007, 100 no. 26

Pesando 1997, fig. 22; Rizzo, B. 2007, fig. 31

934 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom106.05 VI.13, 6.8-9. Casa del Forno di Ferro/di Marcus Terentius Eudoxsus

Habitation. Urban

11. Cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Republican period. 2nd cent. BC

Pernice 1938, 39; PPM V, 158-174; Lipizer & Loccardi 2009, 133

PPM V, 169 fig. 19, 170


f. Triclinium Cementizio a base fittile. Cementizio di cocciopesto. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


First half of 1st cent. AD (dating evidence)

PPM V, 175-178; E. Zulini in Coarelli et al. 2005, 192-193; Verzár-Bass et al. 2008, 191; Zulini 2009, 186-187; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 156; Zulini 2013

Coarelli et al. 2005, fig. 32; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 420-421; Zulini 2013, figs. 3-5

936 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom108.01 VI.13, 13-14.18 Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Exterior zone: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Republican period. Mid-2nd cent. BC

PPM V, 179-193; Gobbo 2009, 356; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 169

PPM V, 181 fig. 2; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 437


o. Peristyle Cocciopesto (south portico). Lavapesta (east portico). Travertino pesto

Stone aggregate: lava. Stone aggregate: travertine

Tesserae (irregular): blackOpus tessellatum: central panel

South portico: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

1st cent. BC PPM V, 179-193; Gobbo 2009, 359

PPM V, 190, 191 fig. 22

938 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom109.01 VI.13, 19.12. Casa di Sextus Pompeius Axiochus

Habitation. Urban

e. Cubiculum Cemenzio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Tonsigninum

Ceramic aggregate


Antechamber: semis of tesserae.Bed area: semis of crosslets.

PPM V, 202-239; Zanier 2009, 239, 258-259; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 160

PPM V, 210 fig. 15; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 427

939 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom110.03 VI.14, 18-20. Casa di Orfeo/Vesonius Primus

Habitation. Urban

VI.14, 20: d Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Signino

Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Cental panel: star

End of 1st cent. BC

PPM V, 264-307; Peris Bulighin 2006, 90; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 178

PPM V, 268 fig. 4; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 451


Habitation. Urban

VI.14, 20: g Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


First or Third Style phase?


PPM V, 272 fig. 11, 273; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 453




Habitation. Urban

VI.14, 20: h. Ala


Ceramic aggregate


End of 1st cent. BC


PPM V, 273, 274 fig. 16; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 454


Habitation. Urban

VI.14, 20: r. Cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of recumbent and upright lozenges and four-pointed stars; fill: white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally)



Presuhn 1882, Abtheilung III, Taf. VIII; PPM V, 297 fig. 55; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 456

943 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom111.01 VI.14, 21-22. Fullonica di Vesonius Primus

Habitation. Urban. Later with fullery

a. Entrance room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of white crosslets (quincunx, set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Threshold towards atrium: spaced swastika-me-ander, each space containing concentric squares with a white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally).

Republican period. 1st cent. BC

Pernice 1938, 79-80; PPM V, 308-332; Flohr 2005, 54-56; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 182

PPM V, 310 fig. 3; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 460-461



b. Atrium Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae.Impluvium rim: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square.

Republican period


PPM V, 312 fig. 9; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 462



f Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Threshold panel: grid of squares; fill: crosslet.Antechamber: grid of bands divided into small squares and rectangles with larger squares in the interspaces; fill: poised squares and circles, lozenges, squares and bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre, set diagonally).



PPM V, 315 fig. 12; Flohr 2005, fig. 18; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 466



g. Cubiculum Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: row of squares; fill: poised square with white crosslet.Antechamber: grid of concentric squares, orthogonal layout.



PPM V, 316 fig. 14, 317; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 468



h. Cubiculum Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Antechamber: semis of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre, set diagonally).Bed area: no motifs.






i. Ala Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Republican period. End of 1st cent. BC


PPM V, 318, 319 fig. 19; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 472



k. Tablinum Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: meander.Central area: concentric squares, white crosslet (quincunx), concentric octagons

1st cent. BC Pernice 1938, 79-80; PPM V, 308-332; Flohr 2005, 54-56; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 189

PPM V, 320 fig. 21; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 473



l Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Panel: square - concentric circles - two rosettes of eight petals (innermost with lobed petals); bichrome crosslet (quincunx, black centre, set orthogonally) in spandrel


Pernice 1938, 79-80; PPM V, 308-332; Flohr 2005, 54-56; Vassal 2006, 200 (no. 495); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 190

Presuhn 1882, Abtheilung IV, Taf. IV; PPM V, 320, 321 fig. 23; Flohr 2005, fig. 20; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 475-476





p. Triclinium Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Field: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill: bichrome crosslet (quincunx, black centre, set diagonally)

1st cent. AD Pernice 1938, 79-80; PPM V, 308-332; Flohr 2005, 54-56; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 191

PPM V, 323 fig. 26, 325; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 477


Shop. Later fullery. Later habitation with fullery. Urban

r. Shop. Later fullery


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Mat: Inscription in Latin: SALVE, two phalli, wreath with ribbon, palm branch, two cornucopiae, caduceus


Pernice 1938, 79-80; PPM V, 308-332; Brem 2000, 151; Flohr 2005, 54-56; Rizzo, B. 2007, 102 no. 29; Flohr 2008, 9-10

Pernice 1938, Taf. 35.4; Rizzo, B. 2007, fig. 36; Flohr 2008, figs. 21-22; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 459

953 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom112.01 VI.14, 28-33. Casa di Laocoonte con annessi taberna e panificio

Habitation. Urban. With bakery and shop

e. Entrance room



PPM V, 341-362 PPM V, 350 fig. 13


Habitation. Urban. With bakery and shop

d. Cubiculum Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Border: simple meander. Central field (lost) Republican period

PPM V, 341-362; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 192

PPM V, 355 fig. 18; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 481


e. Ala Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Not described PPM V, 363-365


d. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Not described PPM V, 363-365


b. Atrium Cocciopesto (impluvium basin). Lavapesta (impluvium rim)

Ceramic aggregate. Stone aggregate: lava


Impluvium rim: West side: Inscription in Latin: LVCRVM GAVDIUM (added later). Impluvium basin: Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Field: pseudo-shield of lozenges; palmette in spandrel.


Pernice 1938, 48; PPM V, 384-389; Vassal 2006, 201 (no. 497)

Presuhn 1882, Abtheilung V, Taf. V; Pernice 1938, Taf. 16.2; PPM V, 385-386 figs. 1-2, 388 fig. 6


b. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Impluvium rim: semis of tesserae.Impluvium basin: Border: spaced swastika-meander. Field: palmette in corners.

2nd cent. BC. Late Samnite period

Pernice 1938, 48; PPM V, 390-408; Marano 2010, 65-66

Pernice 1938, Taf. 16.1; PPM V, 392, 393 figs. 4-5

959 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom117.01 VI.14, 42. Casa dell’Imperatrice di Russia

Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Republican period

PPM V, 409-425 PPM V, 411 fig. 2


Habitation. Urban

2. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally) Republican period

PPM V, 409-425 PPM V, 412 fig. 4, 413


Habitation. Urban

4. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Antechamber: grid of lozenges.Dividing band: spaced swastika-meander.

Republican period

PPM V, 409-425 PPM V, 414 fig. 10


Habitation. Urban

5. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae (also rectangular): black, white

Threshold: bichrome crosslet (black centre). Central panel: concentric squares - circle; palmette in spandrel.

Republican period

PPM V, 409-425 PPM V, 420 fig. 17




Habitation. Urban

13 Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteOpus sectile: central panel

Threshold: spaced swastika-meander Republican period

PPM V, 409-425 PPM V, 424 fig. 24


Habitation. Urban

14. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Central field: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre). Central panel: square - circle - rosette; bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally) in spandrel

Third Style phase?

PPM V, 409-425 PPM V, 425 fig. 25

965 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom118.01 VI.14, 43. Casa dei Scienziati o Gran Lupanare

Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: scale pattern.Threshold towards atrium: meander.

Republican period

PPM V, 426-467 PPM V, 428 fig. 2, 430-431


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Republican period. Late Samnite period. End of 2nd cent. BC?

PPM V, 426-467; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 196

PPM V, 439 fig. 26; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 492


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate



Republican period

PPM V, 426-467; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 197

PPM V, 440, 441 fig. 30; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 495


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Hexafoil (not visible, only description) Republican period. End of 1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD

PPM V, 426-467; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 200

PPM V, 461 fig. 65, 463, Zulini 2011-2012, p. 499


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate



PPM V, 426-467; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 201

PPM V, 462 fig. 68, 463; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 501-502


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Antechamber: Border: grid of lozenges. Field: semis of clusters of tesserae, chevrons and crosslets, orthogonal layout.Rear area: circle, four dolphins.

Probably late Republican period

PPM V, 426-467; Vassal 2006, 201 (no. 499); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 202


971 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom119.01 VI.15, 1. Casa dei Vettii

Habitation. Urban

c. Atrium Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 15 cm). Impluvium basin: semis of tesserae.

1st cent. BC PPM V, 468-572 PPM V, 473-474 figs. 5-6


Habitation. Urban

d. Cubiculum Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Entrance: row of tesserae and white crosslets (quincunx, set diagonally).Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally). Central panel: concentric squares - concentric circles - hexafoil; fill: white crosslet (quincunx, set orthogonally).

1st cent. AD. 1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD


PPM V, 481 figs. 21-22; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 509


Habitation. Urban

h. Ala. Later cupboard

Cocciopesto. Lavapesta



PPM V, 468-572; Allison 2004, http://www.stoa.org/projects/ph/rooms?hou-seid=18#382

PPM V, 495 fig. 42




Habitation. Urban

l. Peristyle Porticoes: Battuto di lava. Ce-mentizio a base lavica. Lavapesta. Intercolu-mniations: Cementizio a base fittile



Porticoes: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 11 cm). North portico: First intercolumni-ation from west: grid of lozenges. North portico: Second intercolumniation from west: grid of alternating squares and rectangles; fill: lozenge with swastika or lozenge with crosslet. East portico: First intercolumniation from north: orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diagonal grid of squares. East portico: Second intercolumniation from north: orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diag-onal grid of squares (larger). East portico: Third intercolum-niation from north: row of spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. East portico: Fourth intercolumniation from north: grid of hexa-gons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill: white seven-tessera rosette. East portico: Fifth inter-columniation from north: row of orthogonal squares with fill: two horizontal lozenges, poised square - square - poised square with a white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally), two vertical lozenges. South portico: Second intercolumnia-tion from east: grid of alternating squares and rectangles; fill: lozenge with white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally) or white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally). West portico: First intercolumniation from south: row of four rectangles around a square; fill: lozenge with bichrome crosslet (white centre) or bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, set diagonally). West portico: Third intercolumniation from south: row of alternating squares and rectangles (upright); fill: paired hori-zontal lozenges with bichrome crosslet (black centre), loz-enge with bichrome crosslet (black centre) or poised square - square with bichrome crosslet (black centre). West porti-co: Fourth intercolumniation: row of spaced swastika-me-ander, each space containing concentric squares with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally). West portico: Fifth intercolumniation: orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diagonal grid of squares. West portico: Sixth intercolumniation: grid of squares, diagonal layout, black tessera at intersections; fill: tessera.


PPM V, 468-572; Vassal 2006, 202-203 (nos. 502-509); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 205

Porticoes: PPM V, 499-500 figs. 49-50; north portico: PPM V, 500-501 figs. 51-52; east portico: PPM V, 501-504 figs. 53-58, 505; south portico: PPM V, 504 fig. 59, 505; west portico: PPM V, 505-507 figs. 60-65; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 514-516

975 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom120.01 VI.15, 2.26. Casa di P. Crusius Faustus

Habitation. Urban

b. Atrium Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


In front of tablinum: bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre)

Republican period

PPM V, 573-577; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 206

PPM V, 574 fig. 1; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 519

976 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom121.01 VI.15, 5.24-25. Casa di M. Pupius Rufus

Habitation. Urban

g. Ala Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Panel, off-centre: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

2nd cent. BC PPM V, 580-621; Vassal 2006, 203 (no. 510); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 208

Pernice 1938, Taf. 46.6; PPM V, 587 figs. 13-14; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 523

977 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom121.02 VI.15, 5.24-25. Casa di M. Pupius Rufus

Habitation. Urban

l. Ala Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Central panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.

2nd cent. BC PPM V, 580-621; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 209

PPM V, 602 figs. 41-42, 603; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 524

978 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom123.02 VI.15, 7.8. Casa del Principe di Napoli

Habitation. Urban

d. Atrium Lavapesta. Signinum


Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 11.5 cm)

Around 100 BC Strocka 1984, 19; PPM V, 647-679

Strocka 1984, Abb. 63-64; PPM V, 653 figs. 8-9, 654




a. Cubiculum Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteLozenge-shaped inset pieces

Central field: grid of squares, diagonal layout 2nd cent. BC? PPM V, 680-691; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 218

PPM V, 681 fig. 1; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 542


f. Triclinium Cementizio a base fittile. Coccciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally), orthogonal layout

PPM V, 680-691; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 221


981 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom126.01 VI.16, 7.38. Casa degli Amorini Dorati

Habitation. Urban

B. Atrium Opus signinum. Signinum Ziegelsplitt

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 12.5 cm)

Seiler 1992, 23; PPM V, 714-846

Seiler 1992, Abb. 90, 130; PPM V, 726 fig. 19


Habitation. Urban

F. Peristyle Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tessserae: whiteInset piecesTiles

West portico: orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diagonal grid of squares; fill: circle, semicircle, poised square, inset pieces and tiles.North and south porticoes: semis of tesserae and inset pieces.

Julio-Claudian period or after AD 62

Seiler 1992, 40-41; PPM V, 714-846; Vassal 2006, 203-204 (no. 512); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 223

Seiler 1992, Abb. 90, 305-307; PPM V, 747, 749 figs. 66-69, 750, 751 fig. 71, 754 fig. 75, 755 fig. 78, 768 figs. 100-101; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 555-556


Habitation. Urban

M. Cubiculum Cementizio a base lavica. Cementizio a base fittile. Lavapesta. Opus signinum. Signinum. Ziegelsplitt

Mixed aggregate: ceramic, lava

Tesserae: white Grid of intersecting octagons making squares and irregular oblong hexagons

1st cent. AD Seiler 1992, 53-54; PPM V, 714-846; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 224

Seiler 1992, Abb. 90, 347-348; PPM V, 804, 805 fig. 165; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 559


Habitation. Urban

N. Cubiculum Opus signinum

Tesserae: whiteGeometric-shaped inset pieces

Semis of white crosslets and inset pieces, orthogonal layout

Fourth Style phase

Seiler 1992, 64; PPM V, 714-846

Seiler 1992, Abb. 90; PPM V, 815 fig. 179


Habitation. Urban

O. Triclinium Cementizio a base fittile. Opus signinum. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus sectile: antechamber

Couch area: grid of squares, orthogonal layout (large variant)

1st cent. AD. Fourth Style phase

Seiler 1992, 62; PPM V, 714-846; Vassal 2006, 204 (no. 514); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 225

Seiler 1992, Abb. 90, 448-449; PPM V, 818 figs. 184-185; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 561


Habitation. Urban

Q. Cubiculum Cementizio a base lavica. Cementizio a base fittile. Lavapesta. Opus signinum. Signinum


Tesserae: whiteYellow paint

Mat: hexagon - trefoil.Field: grid of recumbent and upright lozenges and poised squares; fill in lozenges: circle and lines; fill in squares: swastika.

After AD 62? Seiler 1992, 59; PPM V, 714-846; Vassal 2006, 204 (no. 513); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 226

Seiler 1992, Abb. 90, 407-410; PPM V, 831 figs. 210-211, 833; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 563-564




Habitation. Urban

R. Cubiculum Cementizio a base lavica. Cementizio a base fittile. Lavapesta. Opus signinum. Signinum


Tesserae: white Mat: row of central recumbent rectangle and two upright rectangles; fill: lozenge with orthogonal cross, poised square/lozenge - square/rectangle - hexagon).Field: grid of interlaced bands, forming small squares.

After AD 62? Third or Fourth Style phase

Seiler 1992, 56; PPM V, 714-846; Vassal 2006, 204 (no. 515); Zulini 2011-2012, no. 227

Seiler 1992, Abb. 90, 363-364, 366; PPM V, 845 figs. 236-237; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 567


A. Entrance room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout.Mat at entrance to atrium(?): spaced swastika-meander

2nd cent. BC. End of 3rd cent. BC to second half of 2nd cent. BC


PPM V, 892 fig. 3, 893; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 587


B. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Impluvium rim: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

PPM V, 890-929 Pernice 1938, Taf. 7.2; PPM V, 894-895 figs. 7-8, 896


L. Tablinum Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


End of 3rd cent. BC to second half of 2nd cent. BC

PPM V, 890-929; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 240

PPM V, 915 fig. 49; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 588


F. Tablinum. Later triclinium


Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: wave pattern or foliate scroll.Antechamber: Band: grid of squares, diagonal layout, black tessera at intersections; square - poised square - lozenge at centre of grid.Antechamber: Field, tripartite: Central area: grid of lozenges. Side areas: diagonal cross and deer in the triangle at the back.Dinining area: Central panel: concentric squares - circle - poised square with two rectangles arranged as an orthogonal cross; fill in outer squares: diagonal cross.

Julio-Claudian period or after AD 62

PPM V, 930-943; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 242

Pernice 1938, Taf. 48.6; PPM V, 934-935 figs. 5-8, 936; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 592

992 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom129.01 VI.16, 32.33 Habitation. Urban. With thermopo-lium

C Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 5.5 cm)

2nd cent. BC PPM V, 960-973; Vassal 2006, 204-205 (no. 517)

PPM V, 962 figs. 3-4, 963

993 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom132.01 VI.17, 42. Casa del Bracciale d’Oro

Habitation. Urban

19. Triclinium Coccciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of squares, orthogonal layout Beginning of 1st cent. AD

PPM VI, 44-145; Ciardiello 2006, 102; Vassal 2006, 207 (no. 530)

PPM VI, 62 fig. 44, 67 fig. 55; Ciardiello 2006, p. 103

994 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom133.01 VII.1, 25.46-47. Casa di P. Vedius Siricus

Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: red, white

Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Entrance to atrium: Inscription in Latin: SALVE LVCRV; row of spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, red centre, set diagonally)

Republican period

PPM VI, 228-353, esp. 230-231; Brem 2000, 151; Vassal 2006, 207 (no. 531); Rizzo, B. 2007, 105 no. 42

PPM VI, 230-231 figs. 2-5; Rizzo, B. 2007, figs. 52-53


Habitation. Urban

23. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons

Republican period. 1st cent. AD

PPP III, 37; PPM VI, 228-353

PPM VI, 314 fig. 160




Habitation. Urban

24. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold between entrance room and atrium: row of hexagons/octagons?Field: grid of octagons (“allaciati”)

Republican pe-riod (threshold)? Imperial period (field)

PPP III, 37; PPM VI, 228-353

PPM VI, 315 fig. 162


Habitation. Urban

31. Peristyle Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) Republican period

PPM VI, 228-353 PPM VI, 325 fig. 182

998 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom134.01 VII.1, 40-43. Casa di M. Caesius Blandus

Habitation. Urban

12. Reception room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Unidentifiable PPM VI, 380-458 PPM VI, 413 fig. 71

999 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom134.02 VII.1, 40-43. Casa di M. Caesius Blandus

Habitation. Urban

17. Peristyle Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

East portico: grid of lozenges, black tessera at intersections.Intercolumniations: unknown.


PPM VI, 380-458; Vassal 2006, 207-208 (no. 532)

PPM VI, 450-451 figs. 132-134

1000 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom135.01 VII.2, 16-17. Casa di Gavius Rufus

Habitation. Urban

d. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Antechamber: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally or diagonally), diagonal layout.Dividing band and mat: row of spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.Bed area: scattered tesseae.


PPM VI, 530-585; Vassal 2006, 208 (no. 533)

PPM VI, 536 figs. 8-9


Habitation. Urban

f. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Beginning of 1st cent. BC

PPM VI, 530-585 PPM VI, 539 figs. 15-16


Habitation. Urban

h. Peristyle Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Portico: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally or diagonally), orthogonal layout. Intercolumniations: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera.


PPM VI, 530-585 Blake 1930, pl. 4.2; Pernice 1938, Taf. 26.5; PPM VI, 554-555 figs. 36-38


Habitation. Urban

k. Cupboard Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Fillet Beginning of 1st cent. BC

PPM VI, 530-585 PPM VI, 557 fig. 43


Habitation. Urban

1. Niche Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field, tripartite: Central rectangular part: rectangle - lozenge subdivided by horizontal and vertical line; fill: upright lozenge at centre, crosslets at random; triangle in corner between rectangle and recumbent lozenge. Side panels: grid of lozenges


PPM VI, 530-585; Vassal 2006, 208 (no. 534)

PPM VI, 557-558, figs. 44-45


Habitation. Urban

m. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Antechamber: grid of squares, diagonal layout; fill: crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally).Dividing band: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares.


PPM VI, 530-585 PPM VI, 559 figs. 47-48


Habitation. Urban

n Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), orthogonal layout


PPM VI, 530-585 PPM VI, 560 fig. 49


Habitation. Urban

p. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Antechamber: grid of squares, diagonal layout; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally).Dividing band: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares.


PPM VI, 530-585; Vassal 2006, 208 (no. 535)

PPM VI, 568 fig. 61




Habitation. Urban

r. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Antechamber: grid of lozenges.Dividing band: grid of lozenges (elongated), subdivided by four vertical lines, making five sections.


PPM VI, 530-585 PPM VI, 568 fig. 62, 569 fig. 65


Habitation. Urban

t. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Antechamber: Border of panel: swastika-meander, concentric squares in corner with bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally). Panel: excerpt of grid of bands divided into squares and rectangles with large square in the centre; fill in rectangles: lozenge divided into four lozenges; fill in squares: diagonal cross; fill in large square: illegible.Dividing band: box with row of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre).


PPM VI, 530-585 PPM VI, 570 figs. 66-67


Habitation. Urban

x. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central panel: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges; scattered tesserae in spandrel


PPM VI, 530-585; Vassal 2006, 208 (no. 536)

Pernice 1938, Taf. 27.1; PPM VI, 577-578, figs. 79-80

1011 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom136.01 VII.2, 20, 40. Casa di N. Popidius Priscus

Habitation. Urban

u. Peristyle Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Porticoes: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre). Intercolumniation: grid of lozenges.

1st cent. BC PPM VI, 615-658; Vassal 2006, 208-209 (no. 537)

PPM VI, 647 fig. 62, 651 fig. 71

1012 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom137.01 VII.2, 23. Casa dell’Amore Punito

Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Mat at entrance to atrium: grid of octagons and poised squares; fill in octagons: square with tessera; fill in poised squares: white crosslet.

PPM VI, 665-678 PPM VI, 667 figs. 3-4, 668 fig. 5


Habitation. Urban

c. Atrium Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava


Semis of crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally), orthogonal layout

1st cent. BC PPM VI, 665-678 PPM VI, 668 fig. 6


Habitation. Urban

i. Garden Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Portico: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

PPM VI, 665-678 PPM VI, 678 fig. 21

1015 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom138.01 VII.2, 24-26. Casa delle Quadrighe

Habitation. Urban

i. Reception room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold: rectangle - lozenge.Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.

1st cent. BC PPM VI, 683-717; Vassal 2006, 209 (no. 538)

PPM VI, 689 fig. 11

1016 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom139.01 VII.2, 27.29-31.35. Casa di Mercurio

Habitation. Urban

d. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Antechamber: grid of squares; fill: bichrome crosslets (black centre).Dividing band: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square (only description).

Republican period

PPM VI, 722-732 PPM VI, 723 fig. 2


Habitation. Urban

e. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Square - circle - pseudo-shield of lozenges Republican period

PPM VI, 722-732; Vassal 2006, 209 (no. 539)

PPM VI, 724, 725 fig. 5

1018 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom140.01 VII.2, 44-46. Casa dell’Orso Ferito

Habitation. Urban

d. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: border of central panelOpus sectile: central panel

Border on north, south and west sides: row of superposed triangles/thorns

Mid-1st cent. AD Ehrhardt 1988, 32; PPM VI, 742-785; Vassal 2006, 209 (no. 540)

Blake 1930, pl. 8.3; Ehrhardt 1988, Abb. 249; PPM VI, 765 fig. 35




Habitation. Urban

e. Triclinium Cocciopesto. Lavapesta

Tesserae: white (2.3-3 cm)Opus tessellatum: central panel

South and west sides: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 18 cm)

Mid-1st cent. BC Ehrhardt 1988, 33; PPM VI, 742-785;

Ehrhardt 1988, Abb. 248; PPM VI, 766 fig. 36, 767


Habitation. Urban

h. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white.Opus tessellatum: border of central panel Opus sectile: central panel

Border of panel: North side: row of squares, diagonal layout. Border of panel: East side: spaced swastika-meander. Border of panel: South side: tangent circles of four spindles making poised concave squares

Mid-1st cent. BC Ehrhardt 1988, 37; PPM VI, 742-785; Vassal 2006, 209 (no. 541)

Ehrhardt 1988, Abb. 251; PPM VI, 769 fig. 41

1021 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom141.01 VII.2, 51 Habitation. Urban

n. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Unknown (only description) Republican period

PPM VI, 814-835 PPM VI, 830 fig. 33

1022 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom142.01 VII.3, 13-15.17. Casa del Larario doppio

Habitation. Urban

c. Tablinum Signinum Tesserae: white Border: semicircles. Main field: grid of squares, diagonal layout

Probably end of 2nd cent. BC

Uroz Sáez et al. 2008, 271-273

Uroz Sáez et al. 2008, fig. 9

1023 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom143.01 VII.3, 29. Casa di M. Spurius Mesor

Habitation. Urban

1. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteHexagonal tiles: central panel

Inscription in Latin: M SPVRIVS MESOR.Field: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill in hexagons: tessera. Central part: hexagonal tiles

Third Style phase PPM VI, 902-942 PPM VI, 915-916 figs. 28-31


d. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout


PPM VI, 902-942 PPM VI, 946 fig. 4, 947


i Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Crosslet. Unknown PPM VI, 902-942 PPM VI, 966 fig. 43

1026 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom145.01 VII.4, 21-22 Habitation. Urban



PPM VI, 986-988 PPM VI, 987 fig. 2

1027 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom146.04 VII.4, 31.51. Casa dei Capitelli colorati/di Arianna

Habitation. Urban

37. Reception room

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white “…formando líneas geométricas…” End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

Albiach et al. 2007, 116


Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room

Signino Tesserae: white Threshold: row of back-to-back peltae and one upright pelta at each end.Field: grid of horizontal lozenges (concentric) and upright lozenges making tilted squares; fill in lozenges: circle; fill in tilted squares: swastika

PPM VI, 996-1107 PPM VI, 998-999 figs. 1-2


Habitation. Urban

5. Cubiculum Signino Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Most likely second half of 2nd cent. BC

PPM VI, 996-1107 PPM VI, 1003 fig. 8


Habitation. Urban

36. Cubiculum

Malta di calce bianca


PPM VI, 996-1107 PPM VI, 1094 figs. 144-145

1032 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom149.01 VII.4, 29.57. Casa dei Capitelli figurati

Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room

Lavapesto. Signino


Mat at entrance to atrium: rows of triangles Staub Gierow 1994, 49-50; PPM VII, 63-92




Habitation. Urban

m Signino. Zie-gelsigninum

Ceramic aggregate


Central field: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre, set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 8 cm)

No later than the Augustan period

Staub Gierow 1994, 59-60; PPM VII, 63-92

Staub Gierow 1994, Abb. 166; PPM VII, 84 fig. 33

1034 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom150.01 VII.4, 8.58-60. Casa della Parete nera o Casa dei Bronzi

Habitation. Urban

g. Cubiculum Signino Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Border of central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

Republican period

PPM VII, 93-139; Staub Gierow 2000, 26

PPM VII, 99 fig. 9; Staub Gierow 2000, Abb. 61, 62


Habitation. Urban

o. Peristyle Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava


North portico: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 10-12 cm).South portico: semis of tesserae (set diagonally) (distance: 8-12 cm).

PPM VII, 93-139; Staub Gierow 2000, 48

PPM VII, 119 fig. 35, 121; Staub Gierow 2000, Abb. 154-155

1036 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom151.01 VII.4, 62. Protocasa e Casa delle Forme di Creta

Banqueting hall

Protocasa: below eastern part of atrium. Dining-room


Tesserae: white Raised borders: scattered tesserae. Central part: semis of tesserae

3rd cent. BC D’Ambrosio & De Caro 1989, 189, 197; Pesando 1997, 17; PPM VII, 140-153; Brun 2008, 66

1037 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom151.02 VII.4, 62. Casa delle Forme di Creta

Habitation. Urban

8. Tablinum Cocciopesto. Signino

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Border of central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central field: grid of lozenges


D’Ambrosio & De Caro 1989, 183-185; PPM VII, 140-153

D’Ambrosio & De Caro 1989, fig. 30.2; PPM VII, 153 fig. 20

1038 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom155.01 VII.6, 19-20.28 Habitation. Urban

1. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Main field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Border of central panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central panel: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges; foliate scroll with hederae along the medians; palmette in spandrel.

2nd cent. BC PPM VII, 182-196 Pernice 1938, Taf. 11.3; PPM VII, 184-185 figs. 1-3



Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Mat towards tablinum: semis of white crosslets (Greek cross, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout.

PPM VII, 182-196 PPM VII, 196 figs. 22-24

1040 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom156.01 VII.6, 30.37 Habitation. Urban

32. Entrance room



First decades of 1st cent. BC

PPM VII, 197-206 PPM VII, 198 fig. 1

1041 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom157.01 VII.6, 38. Casa di Cipius Pamphilus Felix

Habitation. Urban

21. Entrance room


2nd cent. BC PPM VII, 210-223 PPM VII, 211 fig. 1, 212 fig. 2

1042 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom158.01 VII.7, 2.5.14-15. Casa di Trittolemo

Habitation. Urban

VII.7, 2: q Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: whiteInset pieces: field

Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera




Habitation. Urban

VII.7, 2: y. Exedra

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares. Central panel: square - circle - eight-lozenge star




Habitation. Urban

VII.7, 2: z’. Cubiculum


Tesserae: white Central panel: square - circle - octagon - eight-lozenge star (concentric); fill between lozenges: poised square with white crosslet





1045 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom159.02 VII.7, 10.13. Casa di Romolo e Remo

Habitation. Urban

b. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout



Habitation. Urban

f. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Crosslets PPM VII, 258-276 PPM VII, 262 fig. 8, 263


Habitation. Urban

p. Peristyle Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of crosslets (quincunx, set diagonally), orthogonal layout

1st cent. BC PPM VII, 258-276 PPM VII, 265 fig. 15

1048 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom160.01 VII.9, 47-48.51.65. Casa delle Nozze di Ercole

Habitation. Urban



1st cent. BC PPM VII, 358-377 PPM VII, 360 fig. 3


Habitation. Urban

15. Cubiculum

Cocciopesto. Tonsigninum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 3.5 cm)

1st cent. BC Pernice 1938, 89; PPM VII, 358-377, esp. 359


Habitation. Urban

8. Courtyard Cocciopesto. Lavasigninum


1st cent. BC PPM VII, 358-377 PPM VII, 372 fig. 30, 373

1051 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom162.01 VII.12, 28. Casa del Balcone pensile

Habitation. Urban

k. Triclinium? Cocciopesto. Signinum mit Lava

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: border of central panel Opus sectile: central panel

Meander? Pernice 1938, 114; PPM VII, 594-613

PPM VII, 610 fig. 32


Habitation. Urban

Room to the left of the triclinium

Signinum Tesserae: white Unknown Pernice 1938, 114; PPM VII, 594-613


Habitation. Urban

Second room from the entrance room

Signinum Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Pernice 1938, 114; PPM VII, 594-613

1054 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom163.01 VII.13, 4.17-18. Casa di Ganimede

Habitation. Urban

i Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: central panel


Republican period

PPM VII, 616-635 Pernice 1938, Taf. 49.3; PPM VII, 629-630 figs. 24-25


Habitation. Urban

p’. Triclinium. Below room p

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: central panel

Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black cente, set diagonally), orthogonal layout

PPM VII, 616-635 PPM VII, 635 figs. 33-34

1056 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom164.01 VII.15, 2.15. Casa del Marinaio

Habitation. Urban

k. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: antechamber

Bed area: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 8 cm)





Habitation. Urban

e’. Caldarium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthohonally), orthogonal layout



Habitation. Urban

z’. Exedra Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill in hexagons: bichrome crosslet (quincunx, white centre, set diagonally)



e. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Impluvium basin: Border: two fillets. Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout.

1st cent. BC PPM VII, 766-780 PPM VII, 774, 775-776 figs. 14-15


a. Entrance room


Tesserae: white Grid of squares, diagonal layout Beginning of 1st cent. AD

PPM VII, 795-812 PPM VII, 796 fig. 2, 797

1061 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom168.01 VII.16, 12-14. Casa di A. Umbricius Scaurus (II)

Habitation. Urban

31. First lower storey. Triclinium


Tesserae: black, whiteRectangular tesserae at random (black, green, white): field

Threshold: Border: circles.Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (white centre).


PPM VII, 845-881; Esposito, D. 2006, 532

PPM VII, 860 fig. 26, Esposito, D. 2006, p. 533

1062 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom168.02 VII.16, 12-14. Casa di A. Umbricius Scaurus (II)

Habitation. Urban

32. First lower storey. Cubiculum



Threshold: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally). Antechamber: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally or diagonally).Bed area: no motifs.


PPM VII, 845-881; Esposito, D. 2006, 534

PPM VII, 865 fig. 36; Esposito, D. 2006, p. 535

1063 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom169.01 VII.16, 17. Casa di Maius Castricius

Habitation. Urban

2. First lower storey. Peristyle


Threshold: crosslet.East portico: semis of tesserae and inset pieces, orthogonal layout.

Republican period



Habitation. Urban

7. First lower storey

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteGeometric-shaped inset pieces: front area, panelInset fragments

Front area: double row of rectangles; fill: e.g. circle, concave rectangle, diagonal cross. Threshold: Inscription in Latin: NEPTUNALIS. Border of panel: three sides with row of upright lozenges with a 90° rotation and fourth side with grid of lozenges with a 90° rotation. Panel: four pairs of birds on the medians, geometric-shaped tiles along the diagonals and forming a rosette at the centre.

Imperial period De Vos 1981, 180; PPM VII, 887-946; Rizzo, B. 2007, 108 no. 53; Varriale 2006, 439

De Vos 1981, fig. 46 A 4; PPM VII, 893-894 figs. 8-10; Varriale 2006, p. 440; Rizzo, B. 2007, fig. 66


Habitation. Urban

13. First lower storey


2nd cent. BC. Early Imperial period

PPM VII, 887-946; Varriale 2006, 444

PPM VII, 900 fig. 21; Varriale 2006, p. 445


Habitation. Urban

14. First lower storey. Peristyle

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

Republican period

PPM VII, 887-946; Varriale 2006, 446

PPM VII, 901 fig. 22, Varriale 2006, p. 447


Habitation. Urban

21. Second lower storey. Staircase



Republican period

PPM VII, 887-946; Varriale 2006, 423

PPM VII, 905 fig. 34, 906




Habitation. Urban

29. Second lower storey

Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: band

Field: semis of black and bichrome crosslets (quincunx, white centre, set diagonally), diagonal layout

PPM VII, 887-946; Varriale 2006, 477


1069 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom170.01 VII.16, 22. Villa di M. Fabius Rufus

Habitation. Villa suburbana

32a. Ground floor. Reception room


Stone aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre, set diagonally), diagonal layout

First phase: Late Republican period

De Vos 1981, 180; PPM VII, 947-1125; Grimaldi 2006, 294

PPM VII, 987 fig. 70; Grimaldi 2006, p. 295

1071 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom171.01 VIII.1, 1. Building beneath the basilica

Habitation. Urban

2. Saggio B-II: below eastern colonnade


Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), diagonal layout.Pseudo-shield of lozenges; fill: white crosslets (Greek cross, set orthogonally).

End of 3rd cent. BC. Terminus ante quem of 150-130 BC (construction of the basilica)

Maiuri 1973, 217; PPM VIII, 1-23; Pisapia 2013, 435

Pernice 1938, Taf. 10.4; PPM VIII, 10 fig. 14

1072 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom174.01 VIII.2, 13 Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteSome motifs made with double filletsOpus tessellatum: central motif (hexafoil)

Panel: Frame: fillet of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally); in a square, surrounding a concentric composition: scale with ‘arrowhead’ along the diagonals; large semicircle containing two internal semicircles (forming a large pelta with smaller peltae inside) with ‘arrowheads’ on the medians; fill between peltae and central motif: concentric squares with diagonals and four tesserae at centre; central motif: circle - poised square - hexafoil (opus tessellatum)


PPM VIII, 71; Rizzo, B. 2007, 110 no. 61

Blake 1930, pl. 5.4; Pernice 1938, Taf. 46.4; PPM VIII, 71 fig. 1; Rizzo, B. 2007, fig. 74

1073 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom175.01 VIII.2, 14-20. Casa dei Cinque piani

Habitation. Urban

c. Cubiculum Battuto di lava


Tesserae: white Antechamber: Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Field: grid of lozenges.Bed area: scattered fragments.

PPM VIII, 72-93 Pernice 1938, Taf. 33.2; PPM VIII, 78 fig. 8, 79


Habitation. Urban

g. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

2nd cent. BC PPM VIII, 72-93 Pernice 1938, Taf. 33.1; PPM VIII, 81 fig. 15


Habitation. Urban

P. Peristyle Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white West portico near rooms 3-5: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

PPM VIII, 72-93 PPM VIII, 90 fig. 33

1077 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom176.01 VIII.2, 21-23. The Palaestra Baths

Baths 75/H. Ground floor. Atrium

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white South-west corner: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Ca. AD 50-79 Koloski Ostrow 1990, 26, 122; PPM VIII 94-165; Vassal 2006, 175 (no. 363); Koloski-Ostrow 2008, 224, 238-240

Koloski Ostrow 1990, fig. 57

1078 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom177.01 VIII.2, 26-27. Casa del Cinghiale II

Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteInterior part: opus tessellatum (wild boar)

Exterior part: rectangle - lozenge with spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre), but central square with orthogonal cross; semis of bichrome crosslets in corner (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), diagonal layout

Second Style phase

PPM VIII, 191-225 Blake 1930, pl. 5.3; Pernice 1938, Taf. 45.2; PPM VIII, 193-194 figs. 1-4




Habitation. Urban

e. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Antechamber: grid of squares, diagonal layout; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally).Bed area: grid of lozenges.

PPM VIII, 191-225 PPM VIII, 199, 200 fig. 12


Habitation. Urban

l. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Grid of octagons and four-pointed stars with square at centre; fill: crosslet (quincunx-irregular, black or white centre)

Augustan or Tiberian period

PPM VIII, 191-225 Pernice 1938, Taf. 45.3; PPM VIII, 200-201 figs. 14-15


Habitation. Urban


Grid of squares, diagonal layout; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally)

Early Julio-Claudian period

PPM VIII, 191-225 PPM VIII, 204 fig. 22, 205


Habitation. Urban

r. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteInset piecesTiles

Antechamber: grid of irregular octagons and squares; fill: tiles and inset pieces.Dining area: Couch area: no motifs. Central panel: concentric squares - grid of nine circles arranged 3 x 3; fill: tiles and inset pieces

Augustan period PPM VIII, 191-225 Blake 1930, pl. 5.2; PPM VIII, 206 fig. 25


Habitation. Urban

1. Subterranean storey. Corridor

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of recumbent and upright lozenges (concentric) and four-pointed stars with square at centre; fill: white crosslet (quincunx)

PPM VIII, 191-225 PPM VIII, 207, 208 fig. 32


Habitation. Urban

3. Lower storey. Exedra

Cocciopesto with lava

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: centre of central motif (quatrefoil)Inset pieces

Threshold: spaced swastika-meander.Field: square - concentric circles - octagon - eight-lozenge star (concentric); fill between points: two concentric lozenges with one recumbent lozenge on top making arrow-shaped interstice; semicircle with two smaller semicircles in corner between outer square and circles.

Third Style phase PPM VIII, 191-225 Pernice 1938, Taf. 45.4; PPM VIII, 211 fig. 37


Habitation. Urban

6. Lower storey. Triclinium

Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteInset pieces: central panel in antechamberOpus tessellatum: border, central panel

Field: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill in couch area: white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally); fill in antechamber: inset piece

Third Style phase PPM VIII, 191-225 PPM VIII, 217 fig. 51, 218 fig. 53

1086 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom179.01 VIII.2, 29-30 Habitation. Urban

Lambda. Entrance room


Spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. Central area: scale pattern (lost)

2nd cent. BC PPM VIII, 241-263 Pernice 1938, Taf. 31.4; PPM VIII, 246 fig. 6

1087 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom180.01 VIII.2, 32-34. Casa delle Colombe a mosaico

Habitation. Urban

b. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: scale pattern.Threshold towards atrium: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares.

PPM VIII, 264-290 Pernice 1938, Taf. 31.2; PPM VIII, 266, 267 fig. 2


Habitation. Urban

e. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

2nd cent. BC PPM VIII, 264-290 PPM VIII, 268 fig. 5


Habitation. Urban

f. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout





Habitation. Urban

g. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges PPM VIII, 264-290 PPM VIII, 271, 272 fig. 12


Habitation. Urban

k. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a white crosslet (quincunx)

PPM VIII, 264-290 Pernice 1938, Taf. 31.6; PPM VIII, 275 fig. 18

1092 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom181.01 VIII.2, 36-37. Casa di L. Caecilius Phoebus

Habitation. Urban

k. Peristyle Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Southern part: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout


1093 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom182.01 VIII.2, 38-39. Casa di Giuseppe II

Habitation. Urban

c. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Outer field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Border of central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central field: scale pattern

End of 2nd cent. BC

PPM VIII, 308-356; Carafa 2005, 19

Blake 1930, pl. 3.4; Pernice 1938, Taf. 12.1; PPM VIII, 313 figs. 5-6


Habitation. Urban

e Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Main field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

End of 2nd cent. BC

PPM VIII, 308-356; Carafa 2005, 19

PPM VIII, 315 fig. 10, 316


Habitation. Urban

f. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill: small swastika

End of 2nd cent. BC

PPM VIII, 308-356; Carafa 2005, 19

PPM VIII, 316 fig. 11


Habitation. Urban

h. Ala Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: motif in corner, centre of shield (twelve-petalled rosette)

Border: meander. Main field: square - circle - shield of scale pattern, some bipartite; palmette in corner (opus tessellatum) with hedera scrolls; centre with twelve-petalled rosette (opus tessellatum)

First Style phase. End of 2nd cent. BC

PPM VIII, 308-356; Carafa 2005, 19

Blake 1930, pl. 3.3; Pernice 1938, Taf. 12.5; PPM VIII, 321 fig. 21, 322


Habitation. Urban

k. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field: grid of lozenges, black tessera at intersections

End of 2nd cent. BC

PPM VIII, 308-356; Carafa 2005, 19

PPM VIII, 325, 326 fig. 30


Habitation. Urban

l. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square

First Style phase. End of 2nd cent. BC

PPM VIII, 308-356; Carafa 2005, 19

Pernice 1938, Taf. 12.3; PPM VIII, 326-327 figs. 32-33


Habitation. Urban

Theta. First lower storey. Triclinium


Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally) and bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), diagonal layout

End of 2nd cent. BC

PPM VIII, 308-356; Carafa 2005, 19

PPM VIII, 340, 341 fig. 61


Habitation. Urban

Iota. First lower storey

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: white crosslet (Greek cross, set orthogonally or diagonally)

End of 2nd cent. BC

PPM VIII, 308-356; Carafa 2005, 19



Habitation. Urban

Lamba. First lower storey. Cubiculum


Field: grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally or diagonally)

End of 2nd cent. BC

PPM VIII, 308-356; Carafa 2005, 19




1102 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom185.01 VIII.3, 8-9. Casa del Cinghiale I.

Habitation. Urban

Sidewalk in front of entrance to shop VIII.3, 9

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges PPM VIII, 362-384 PPM VIII, 363 fig. 1, 366

1103 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom187.01 VIII.4, 4.49. Casa dei Postumii

Habitation. Urban



Republican period or first half of 1st cent. AD

PPM VIII, 451-517; Dickmann & Pirson 2001

PPM VIII, 456, 460 fig. 13


Habitation. Urban


Threshold: grid of lozenges Republican or first half of 1st cent. AD

PPM VIII, 451-517; Dickmann & Pirson 2001

Blake 1930, tav. 46.6; Pernice 1938, Taf. 30.5; PPM VIII, 483 fig. 53


Habitation. Urban

Room below room 17 and back room of shop 48. Triclinium?

Opus signinum


PPM VIII, 451-517; Dickmann & Pirson 2001, 82-83

Dickmann & Pirson 2001, fig. 26

1106 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom189.03 VIII.5, 2-3.5. Casa del Gallo

Habitation. Urban

15. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) PPM VIII, 547-566 Motif not visible

1107 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom193.01 VIII.6, 1.9-11 Bakery. With habitation

h. Peristyle Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Rows PPM VIII, 664-686 Lost

1108 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom194.01 VIII.6, 5. So-called domus/villa publica

Habitation or villa publica. Urban. Later public garden

East of entrance room/room 5

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 3.5-4 cm).Traces of a central panel.

Samnite period. End of 3rd to mid-2nd cent. BC

PPM VIII, 695-702; F. Tosti & S. Zanella in Pesando et al. 2008, 97-98; F. Pesando in Pesando et al. 2010b, 149-154; F. Tosti in Pesando et al. 2010b, 154-157

Pesando et al. 2008, fig. 11; Pesando et al. 2010b, figs. 96-97

1109 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom196.01 IX.1, 20.30. Casa di M. Epidius Rufus

Habitation. Urban

h. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

1st cent. BC PPM VIII, 916-955 PPM VIII, 929 fig. 28, 932

1110 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom196.02 IX.1, 20.30. Casa di M. Epidius Rufus

Habitation. Urban

i. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

PPM VIII, 916-955 PPM VIII, 931 fig. 33, 933

1111 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom197.01 IX.1, 22.29. Casa di M. Epidius Sabinus

Habitation. Urban

Saggio Iota. US3. Cubiculum

Cocciopesto (antecham-ber) and la-vapesta (bed area)


Tesserae: white Antechamber: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

Third phase: end of 2nd to first decades of 1st cent. BC

Pernice 1938, 78-79; PPM VIII, 956-1044; Gallo 2010, 57, 60

Gallo 2010, figs. 34-36


Habitation. Urban

h. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Threshold: meander.Field: grid of lozenges; fill: bichrome crosslet (quincunx, black centre, set orthogonally).

1st cent. BC PPM VIII, 956-1044 Pernice 1938, Taf. 35.3; PPM VIII, 970-971 figs. 29-30


Habitation. Urban

t1. Exedra Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

1st cent. BC PPM VIII, 956-1044 PPM VIII, 1027 fig. 127



1114 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom198.01 IX.2, 15-16. Casa di T. Dentatius Panthera

Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room


Tesserae: white Semis of crosslets (Greek cross, set orthogonally) with chevrons and clusters of three tesserae in outmost rows, orthogonal layout


PPM IX, 1-40 PPM IX, 3 fig. 2, 4


Habitation. Urban

d. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Second Style phase

PPM IX, 1-40 PPM IX, 14 fig. 23, 17


Habitation. Urban

k. Tablinum Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: panel

Threshold towards atrium: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally).Field: semis of white crosslets with chevrons and clusters of three tesserae in outmost rows, orthogonal layout.

1st cent. BC PPM IX, 1-40 PPM VIII, 32 figs. 53-54

1117 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom199.01 IX.2, 17 Habitation. Urban

b. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold: rectangles subdivided by diagonals.Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.

First Style wall paintings

PPM IX, 41-57 PPM IX, 42 fig. 3

1118 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom200.01 IX.2, 19-21 Habitation. Urban

h Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Threshold: row of squares; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, mainly set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

Republican period

PPM IX, 82-96 PPM IX, 91 fig. 16

1119 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom201.01 IX.2, 26. Casa di M. Casellinus Marcellus

Habitation. Urban

d. Atrium Coccipesto Tesserae: white Semis of crosslets (Greek cross, set orthogonally)

PPM IX, 106-115 PPM IX, 107 fig. 2


Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae PPM IX, 106-115


Habitation. Urban

c. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: Meander PPM IX, 106-115

1122 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom202.01 IX.3, 1-2. Fabbrica di prodotti chemici

Habitation. Urban

10. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Fillets. Unknown Republican period

PPM IX, 128-140 PPM IX, 138 fig. 21, 139

1123 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom203.01 IX.3, 15.Casa di Philocalus

Habitation. Urban



PPM IX, 328-345 PPM IX, 341 fig. 26

1124 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom204.01 IX.4, 5.10.15-16.18. Terme Centrali. House beneath the baths

Habitation. Urban

Saggio T5-2. Ala(?)


Tesserae: white Threshold: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

2nd cent. BC De Haan & Wallet 2008, 22-23

De Haan & Wallet 2008, figs. 12-13

1125 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom205.01 IX.5, 1-3. Casa di Achille

Habitation. Urban

i Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Republican period

PPM IX, 370-399 PPM IX, 384 fig. 28, 385

1126 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom205.02 IX.5, 1-3. Casa di Achille

Habitation. Urban

k. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: motifs in spandrel (palmette with dolphin on either side)

Threshold: scale pattern.Border: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Border (two rows wide) of central panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central panel: pseudo-shield of lozenges; palmette with dolphin on either side (opus tessellatum) in spandrel

Republican period: 2nd cent. BC

PPM IX, 370-399 Blake 1930, pl. 3.1; PPM IX, 386 fig. 33

1127 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom206.01 IX.5, 9. Casa dei Pigmei

Habitation. Urban

b. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae PPM IX, 486-527 PPM IX, 488 fig. 3




Habitation. Urban

o Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Antechamber: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally), diagonal layout.Dividing band: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a crosslet.Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout.

Republican period

PPM IX, 486-527 PPM IX, 521 fig. 64

Originally a single room with room p. Possible triclinium


Habitation. Urban

p Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Antechamber: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally), diagonal layout.Dividing band: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a crosslet.Field: grid of squares, orthogonal layout.

Republican period

PPM IX, 486-527 PPM IX, 524 fig. 71, 526 fig. 75

Originally a single room with room o. Possible triclinium


b. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) Republican period

PPM IX, 600-669 PPM IX, 605 fig. 9


c. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Semis of tesserae (set diagonally) and bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, mainly set orthogonally), diagonal layout

Republican period

PPM IX, 600-669 PPM IX, 605 fig. 10

1132 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom208.01 IX.5, 18-21. Casa di Giasone

Habitation. Urban

f. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteInset piecesTiles: central panel

Antechamber: grid of eight-lozenge stars and squares making smaller squares; fill: inset piece.Dining area: Field: grid of squares, composed of four rectangles around a square.

PPM IX, 670-719 PPM IX, 688 figs. 24-25, 689

1133 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom208.02 IX.5, 18-21. Casa di Giasone

Habitation. Urban


Antechamber: grid of squares, diagonal layout; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally).Dividing band: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square.

PPM IX, 670-719 PPM IX, 715 figs. 61-62

1134 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom209.01 IX.6, 3. Casa di P.F.L

Habitation. Urban

g. Triclinium Cocciopesto Inset pieces: central panel

Rows PPM IX, 736-745

1135 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom209.02 IX.6, 3. Casa di P.F.L

Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room


Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae.Centre: wheel of fortune/circle with eight radii.

PPM IX, 736-745 PPM IX, 738 fig. 2


IX.6, 5: 1. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Bands with a spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera, alternating with fields showing a scale pattern

2nd cent. BC PPM IX, 747-764 FIG. 138; Pernice 1938, Taf. 15.1; PPM IX, 749 fig. 2, 750


IX.6, 5: 2. Atrium



Two inscriptions in Latin: HELLEN; AVEQUARTILLA DABIS SAUS BIS ORA GRATUS ARCHITEC. S.P. S EGO FELIX MEI

1st cent. BC PPM IX, 747-764, esp. 750

Not visible


IX.6, 5: c Cocciopesto Tesserae: white “radi filari” 2nd cent. BC PPM IX, 747-764 PPM IX, 756 fig. 14


IX.6, 5: d. Ala Cocciopesto Tesserae: white “radi filari” 2nd cent. BC PPM IX, 747-764 PPM IX, 758 fig. 19


IX.6, 5: g. Tablinum

Cocciopesto Meander PPM IX, 747-764 PPM IX, 759 fig. 24


a. Cubiculum Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: whiteTiles

Panel: in a square, surrounding a large square tile as centre: thyrsus and marble tile along the diagonals, marble tiles on the medians.Outside at corners: carpet loop.


PPM IX, 782-814 PPM IX, 784 fig. 2



1142 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom212.01 IX.7, 18-19. Casa dello Specchio

Habitation. Urban

a Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of octagons and squares; fill in octagons: square

Probably Imperial period

PPM IX, 815-823 PPM IX, 816 fig. 1


Habitation. Urban

b. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteCentral panel: opus tessellatum (hexafoil)

Impluvium basin: Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Central panel: square - circle

Republican period

PPM IX, 815-823 PPM IX, 819 fig. 10


Habitation. Urban

c. Ala Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

PPM IX, 815-823 PPM IX, 820 fig. 12


a. Shop (originally cubiculum?)

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Republican period

PPM IX, 870-883 PPM IX, 872 fig. 2


b. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Antechamber: semis of crosslets.Fillet of tesserae.Bed area: no motifs.

Augustan period at the earliest (surface layer containing terra sigillata fragments)

PPM IX, 870-883; Zulini 2011-2012, 643 note 1311

PPM IX, 874 fig. 7


o. Tablinum Cocciopesto Unknown Republican period

PPM IX, 870-883 PPM IX, 878 fig. 17

1148 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom214.01 IX.8, 3.6.a Casa del Centenario

Habitation. Urban

13. Entrance room


Red paint Field: semis of tesserae and crosslets, orthogonal layout

Fourth Style phase

PPM IX, 903-1104, esp. 904; Coralini 2001

Coralini 2001, fig. 1 (distribution of floor types)

1149 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom214.02 IX.8, 3.6.a. Casa del Centenario

Habitation. Urban


Red paint Field: semis of tesserae and crosslets, orthogonal layout

Fourth Style phase. After AD 62

PPM IX, 903-1104, esp. 904; Coralini 2001

Coralini 2001, fig. 1 (distribution of floor types)


Habitation. Urban

40. Cubiculum


Tesserae: black, red, whiteRectangular tesserae

Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black or red centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Central panel: square - circle

Third Style phase PPM IX, 903-1104; Coralini 2001

PPM IX, 1028 fig. 243, 1029; Coralini 2001, fig. 1 (distribution of floor types)


Habitation. Urban

41. Triclinium Lavapesta. Lavasigninum


Tesserae: black, green, whiteBlack paint

Mat in south: row of rectangles; fill: lozenges.Antechamber: Field: orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diagonal grid of squares.Threshold towards dining area: alternating squares and rectangles; fill: lozenges.Dining area: Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally) and bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally or diagonally), orthogonal layout.Mat in north: possible rectangle - lozenge

Third Style phase PPM IX, 903-1104; Coralini 2001

PPM IX, 1035 figs. 256-257; Coralini 2001, figs. 1 (distribution of floor types), 3, 5




Habitation. Urban

k Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Main field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera


PPM IX, 903-1104; Coralini 2001

Blake 1930, pl. 3.2; Pernice 1938, Taf. 12.2; PPM IX, 928 fig. 47; Coralini 2001, figs. 2, 4

1153 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom215.01 IX.9, c. Casa di C. Suplicius Rufus

Habitation. Urban

e. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Centre: pseudo-shield of lozenges? Rectangle.Phallus.

PPM X, 1-62 PPM X, 7 fig. 8

1154 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom216.01 IX.9, d Habitation. Urban

b. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteTiles and inset pieces: impluvium basin

Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre).Impluvium rim: grid of lozenges.

PPM X, 63-92 PPM X, 67 fig. 6

1155 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom216.02 IX.9, d Habitation. Urban

l. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthgonally), orthogonal layout

PPM X, 63-92 PPM X, 84 fig. 28

1156 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom217.01 IX.12, 6. Bottega di Crescens

Bakery Triclinium Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Field: grid of hexagons (honeycomb); fill: tessera

Varone 1996, 688-689

Varone 1996, fig. 12

1157 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom218.01 IX.13, 1-3. Casa di C. Julius Polybius

Habitation. Urban

2. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Scale pattern.Threshold towards atrium: grid of lozenges (lengthwise).

First Style phase PPM X, 183-356; Pisapia 2013, 434

PPM X, 185, 186-187 figs. 2a-b; Pisapia 2013, fig. 9


Habitation. Urban

E. Passage Cocciopesto. Signino

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Threshold towards atrium O: double latchkey meander.

PPM X, 183-356; Pisapia 2013, 435

PPM X, 197 fig. 14; Pisapia 2013, fig. 14


Habitation. Urban

O. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteTiles and inset pieces: impluvium basinPebble mosaic: field

Impluvium rim: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout.Impluvium basin: tiles and inset pieces.

First phase PPM X, 183-356; Pisapia 2013, 434

PPM X, 198-199 figs. 17-19


Habitation. Urban

M. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Central panel: unindentifiable

PPM X, 183-356 PPM X, 203 fig. 24


Habitation. Urban

A’ Cocciopesto Tesserae: white In a rectangle, surrounding a radial pattern:a semicircle with two spindle-shaped petals on each long side and quartercircles in the corners, also with two petal-like shapes along the curved sides; the central circle contains a row of semicircles along the outer edge and eight radii around a small inner circle

Probably beginning of Imperial period

PPM X, 183-356; Auricchio 2001, 135

FIG. 139; PPM X, 237 fig. 82; Auricchio 2001, p. 270


Habitation. Urban

BB Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold: rows of back-to-back semicircles.Field: grid of lozenges with a 90° rotation.

PPM X, 183-356; Auricchio 2001, 136

FIG. 139; PPM X, 245, 247 fig. 97; Auricchio 2001, p. 270




Habitation. Urban

FF. Antechamber


First threshold (peristyle): enlarged spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a bichrome crosslet (black centre).Second threshold (room II), tripartite: two upright small rectangles on either side; the central rectangle shows a lozenge with a square.Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), orthogonal layout.

Republican period

PPM X, 183-356 PPM X, 273 fig. 142, 298 fig. 179


Habitation. Urban

GG Cocciopesto. Signino



PPM X, 183-356 PPM X, 281 fig. 157


Habitation. Urban

II. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Border on two sides: semis of white and black tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Main field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Central panel: grid of circles (nine); fill in the central circle (the only complete circle): concave poised square, black tessera at intersections

PPM X, 183-356 PPM X, 298 fig. 179


Habitation. Urban

N. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Impluvium basin: square - central circle with knots; quartercircle in corner

Republican period

PPM X, 183-356 PPM X, 338 fig. 238


Habitation. Urban

S. Tablinum in the original phase

Cocciopesto Tesserae: red (eye of dolphins), whiteOpus tessellatum: motif in spandrel (dolphins)

Outer border: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Inner border: scale pattern; fill: tessera. Border of central panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central panel: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges; palmette with dolphin (opus tessellatum) on either side in spandrel

End of 3rd cent. BC

PPM X, 183-356; Pisapia 2013, 435

PPM X, 342 fig. 245; Pisapia 2013, figs. 16-17


Habitation. Urban

Z Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of circles Imperial period? PPM X, 183-356 PPM X, 348 fig. 256

1169 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom219.01 IX.14, 2.4. Casa di Obellius Firmus/del Conte di Torino

Habitation. Urban

H. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

PPM X, 361-500 PPM X, 387 fig. 42


Habitation. Urban

12. Cubiculum


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, different positioning), orthogonal layout. Central panel: square - circle - hexafoil; fill: bichrome crosslets (black centre)

PPM X, 361-500; Rizzo, B. 2007, 113 no. 72

Pernice 1938, Taf. 26.2; PPM X, 435 fig. 128; Rizzo, B. 2007, fig. 85


Habitation. Urban

15. Cubiculum



PPM X, 361-500 PPM X, 451 fig. 155


Habitation. Urban

31. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges PPM X, 361-500 Pernice 1938, Taf. 26.1; PPM X, 486 fig. 213, 487, 491 fig. 224



1173 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom220.01 IX.14, c Habitation. Urban

5. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges PPM X, 501-517 PPM X, 510 fig. 15, 511, 513, 514 fig. 21


Habitation. Urban

I.6, 4: g. Corridor


Field: grid of lozenges First Style phase. 2nd cent. BC

PPM I, 193-195, 280-329; Pesando 1997, 38

PPM I, 307 fig. 46


Habitation. Urban

Protocasa del Granduca Michele: 9a. US 99. Reception room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 3.5 cm)

Mid-2nd cent. BC (stratigraphic data)

D. D’Auria in Coarelli et al. 2005, 176-180; D. D’Auria in Pesando et al. 2008, 104-106; D’Auria 2010; Pesando 2010b, 249; D’Auria 2011b, 451; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 65

Coarelli et al. 2005, fig. 15; D’Auria 2010, fig. 23; Pesando 2010b, figs. 8-9


Habitation. Urban

m. Triclinium Signinum Tesserae: black, whiteRed paint

Threshold: three lozenges, large one at centre and smaller ones on either side; fill: crosslet.Dividing band: grid of lozenges.Dining area: Central panel: grid of squares, diagonal layout; fill: crosslet

Around 40 BC Staub Gierow 2005, 146, 148

Staub 2005, 387 (poster); Staub Gierow 2005, fig. 3


Habitation. Urban

f Tesserae (irregular, rectangular): polychromeTile

Central panel: concentric squares - concentric circles, tile as centre

Presuhn 1882, Abtheilung II, 4

Presuhn 1882, Abtheilung, Taf. III

1178 Italy Campania Pozzuoli (Puteoli)

Poz1.01 Rione Terra. Sedile dei Nobili

Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Central panel: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges; triangle in spandrel


Proietti 1997, 568; Proietti 2006, 519; Vassal 2006, 170 (no. 336)

Proietti 1997, figs. 4-5


Poz2.01 Rione Terra. Palazzo Russo

Habitation. Urban

3 Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteRectangular tesserae: border (“a zampe di gallina”), field

Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: scattering of rectangular tesserae and pairs of tesserae.


Proietti 1997, 567; Proietti 2006, 519

Proietti 1997, figs. 2-3; Proietti 2006, fig. 2



Habitation. Urban

4 Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

Proietti 1997, 567; Proietti 2006, 519

Proietti 1997, figs. 2-3; Proietti 2006, fig. 2


Poz3.01 Rione Terra Hypogeum Lararium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, green, whiteLozenge-shaped inset pieces, tesserae, rectangular tesserae: central panel



Proietti 2006, 520-522

Proietti 2006, fig. 3




Poz3.02 Rione Terra Hypogeum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Inscription in Latin: [---]MIA PR[---] End of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

Proietti 2006, 521-522

Proietti 2006, fig. 5

1183 Italy Campania Raviscania Ravi1.01 Località Santo Stefano-Quattro Venti. Fragments not in situ


Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae.Grid of lozenges.

1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD

Miele 1997, 61-63

1184 Italy Campania Salerno (Salernum)

Sal1.01 Località San Leonardo

Habitation. Villa

b. Reception room


Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), orthogonal layout (distance: 6 cm)


Romito 1991, 23; Iannelli, M.A. & Traini 2008, 209-212

Iannelli, M.A. & Traini 2008, fig. 2

1185 Italy Campania Salerno (Salernum)

Sal2.01 Località Mercatello

Habitation. Villa

a. Reception room

“…signino bianco”

Stone aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), orthogonal layout (distance: 4 cm)

Imperial period Iannelli, M.A. & Traini 2008, 212-213

Iannelli, M.A. & Traini 2008, figs. 3-4

1186 Italy Campania Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Capua)

SMCap1.01 Below Domus A (rooms V-VI) in Via Madonna delle Grazie. Proprietà Piccolo

Triclinium Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum (irregular, terracorra and limestone): border of central panel, central panel

Central field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 8 cm)

End of 4th to beginning of 3rd cent. BC

Ciaccia & Sampaolo 1996, 78-79; Sampaolo 1997, 599-600

Ciaccia & Sampaolo 1996, figs. 2, 5; Sampaolo 1997, figs. 13-14


SMCap2.01 Via Madonna delle Grazie. Proprietà Piccolo. Domus A

Habitation. Urban

I. Atrium. Third floor

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 9 cm) Ciaccia & Sampaolo 1996, 79-81; Sampaolo 1997

Ciaccia & Sampaolo 1996, fig. 2; Sampaolo 1997, fig. 1



Habitation. Urban

I. Atrium. Fourth floor

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 15 cm) Ciaccia & Sampaolo 1996, 79-81; Sampaolo 1997




Habitation. Urban

III Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Probably first decades of 1st cent. AD

Ciaccia & Sampaolo 1996, 79-81; Sampaolo 1997




Habitation. Urban

IV. Ala Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of intersecting octagons making squares and irregular oblong hexagons; fill: white crosslet

Probably first decades of 1st cent. AD


Ciaccia & Sampaolo 1996, fig. 2; Sampaolo 1997, figs. 1, 3



Habitation. Urban

IX. Ala Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of intersecting octagons making squares and irregular oblong hexagons; fill: crosslet

Probably first decades of 1st cent. AD


Ciaccia & Sampaolo 1996, fig. 2; Sampaolo 1997, figs. 1, 3


SMCap3.01 Via Madonna delle Grazie. Proprietà Piccolo. Domus B

Habitation. Urban

Eastern Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout (distance: 20 cm)

Ciaccia & Sampaolo 1996, 79-80; Sampaolo 1997, 595



SMCap4.01 Via E. Ricciardi Habitation. Urban

α Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Unidentifiable Mid-1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD

De Franciscis 1956, 67-71

De Franciscis 1956, fig. 4




SMCap4.02 Via E. Ricciardi Habitation β Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Meander Mid-1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD




SMCap4.03 Via E. Ricciardi Habitation δ Opus signinum


Border: Meander. Main field: square - circular border with meander - pseudo-shield of lozenges; semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) in corner, orthogonal layout

Mid-1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD

De Franciscis 1956, 67-71; Vassal 2006, 174-175 (no. 360)

De Franciscis 1956, figs. 4-5


SMCap4.04 Via E. Ricciardi Habitation η Signino Tesserae: black, white

Grid of bands, forming four oblong panels: bands with spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a crosslet; two panels with grid of lozenges and two with scale pattern

Mid-1st cent. BC to beginning of 1st cent. AD

De Franciscis 1956, 67-71; Vassal 2006, 175 (no. 361)

FIG. 140; De Franciscis 1956, fig. 6


SMCap5.01 Proprietà Contemporanea Costruzioni

Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares. Main field: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges; volute in corner

Late Republican to Imperial period

Sampaolo 2005, 673-674

Sampaolo 2005, pl. LXXXI, 1


SMCap6.01 North of the Corso Umberto I. Casa di P. Confuleius Sabbio

Habitation. Urban. With fullery and shop

A. Fullery-shop

Battuto rosso. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Southern field: grid of lozenges.Dividing band: row of circles with vertical pairs of opposed darts; fill: elongated bichrome crosslet (quincunx, black centre, set diagonally).Northern field: Border: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally) with chevrons in outmost row, orthogonal layout. Central field: square - circle - circular meander - concentric circles - turning wheel as central motif; floral motifs in spandrel.


Pagano & Rougetet 1987; Busana 2003, 513-514

FIGS. 141-143; Pagano & Rougetet 1987, figs. 1, 6-7


SMCap6.02 North of the Corso Umberto I. Casa di P. Confuleius Sabbio

Habitation. Urban. With fullery and shop

B. Shop Battuto rosso. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: bichrome crosslet (black centre).Mat at entrance: Inscription in Latin: RECTE OMNIA VELIM SINT NOBIS.Southern field: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill: bichrome crosslet.Mid-field: Inscription in Latin: P CONFVLEIVS P M L SABBIO SAGARIVS DOMVM HANC AB SOLO VSQVE AD SVMMVM FECIT ARCITECTO T SAFINIO T F FAL POLLIONE.Band: foliate scroll with hedera and volute. Northern field: Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a bichrome crosslet. Central field: square - circles - grid of intersecting circles making central hexafoil and trefoils; semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally) in spandrel, orthogonal layout.


Pagano & Rougetet 1987; Brem 2000, 151, 152-153; Busana 2003, 513-514

FIGS. 141, 144-145; Pagano & Rougetet 1987, figs. 1, 8-9




SMCap7.01 Proprietà Melorio. Corso Garibaldi 95A

Habitation. Urban


Grid of lozenges; fill: tessera.Grid of recumbent and upright lozenges and tilted squares, fill: square with bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally), elongated cross.

Early Augustan period?



1201 Italy Campania Sapri Sap1.01 Località San Croce

Habitation. Villa. Seaside

Peristyle Porticoes: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout. Intercolumniations: foliate scrolls; unidentifiable; grid of hexagons and lozenges with horizontal and vertical lines, creating intersecting irregular hexagons; grid of intersecting octagons making squares and irregular oblong hexagons; grid of octagons (quartered by orthogonal cross) and poised squares; row of recumbent and upright lozenges and poised squares; row of squares, the squares formed by four rectangles around a square; fill: poised square.

50-40 BC. Caesarian period

M. Gualtieri & H. Fracchia in Roccagloriosa II 2001, 139-140, 139 note 24

Roccagloriosa II 2001, fig. 110

We are grateful to Maurizio Gualtieri for allowing us to consult an updated plan of the villa in order to identify the motifs.

1202 Italy Campania Sinuessa Sin1.01 South of the city wall

Habitation. Suburban villa?

Cryptoporti-cus?


Not described Probably late Republican period

Pagano 1990, 24-25

1203 Italy Campania Sinuessa Sin2.01 South of the city wall. Località Perticale. F. 223. Saggio I

Habitation. Suburban-urban

Entrance room

Cocciopesto Scale pattern Probably end of 3rd to beginning of 2nd cent. BC. 2nd cent. BC.

Gasperetti & Crimaco 1993, 26-28

Gasperetti & Crimaco 1993, fig. 5

1204 Italy Campania Sinuessa Sin2.02 South of the city wall. Località Perticale. F. 223. Saggio I

Habitation. Suburban-urban

East of the entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space with a square. Main field: grid of lozenges

Probably end of 3rd to beginning of 2nd cent. BC. 2nd cent. BC.

Gasperetti & Crimaco 1993, 26-28

Gasperetti & Crimaco 1993, fig. 5

1205 Italy Campania Terzigno Terz1.01 Località Boccia di Mauro. Cava Ranieri. Villa 6


8. Portico Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), orthogonal layout. Intercolumniations: grid of lozenges, black tessera at intersections

Towards the mid-1st cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence)

Cicirelli 2000, 269-270; Cicirelli 2003, 214-219; Vassal 2006, 141 (no. 182, Boccia di Mauro)

Cicirelli 2000, figs. 3-4



North-east of the portico

Battuto di cocciopesto misto a lavapesta


Tesserae: blackInset piecesOpus tessellatum: panelOpus sectile: panel

Threshold: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with an inset piece


Cicirelli 2000, 269-271; Cicirelli 2003, 214-219; Vassal 2006, 141, (no. 181, Boccia di Mauro)

Cicirelli 2000, figs. 3-4



West of the portico

Threshold: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a crosslet


Cicirelli 2000, 269-271; Cicirelli 2003, 214-219

Cicirelli 2000, fig. 3



12 Battuto di lavapesta



Mat: scattering of tesserae.Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout (distance: 10 cm).


Cicirelli 2000, 269, 271; Cicirelli 2003, 214-219; Vassal 2006, 141 (no. 183, Boccia di Mauro)

Cicirelli 1997, fig. 2; Cicirelli 2000, fig. 5





14. Atrium. Later passage room


Stone aggregate


Semis of tesserae Towards the mid-1st cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence)

Cicirelli 2000, 269, 271-272; Cicirelli 2003, 214-219



21. Peristyle Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteRed paint

Eastern portico: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), orthogonal layout. Intercolumniations: double rows.


Cicirelli 2000; Cicirelli 2003, 214-219; Cicirelli 2011, 178

Cicirelli 2011, fig. 4



20 Battuto di cocciopesto misto a lavapesta



Threshold: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square


Cicirelli 2000; Cicirelli 2003, 214-219

1212 Italy Campania Torre Annunziata

TorA1.01 Villa A/Villa di Poppaea di Oplontis

Habitation. Villa

4 Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (different positioning), orthogonal layout

Pisapia 1997; Vassal 2006, 165 (no. 310, Oplontis)

Pisapia 1997, fig. 12

1213 Italy Campania Torre del Greco

TorG1.01 Contrada Sora Habitation. Villa

7 Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally). Main field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

Second quarter of 1st cent. BC

Pagano 1991, 163-167

Pagano 1991, figs. 12, 14-15

1214 Italy Campania Velia Veli1.01 Vallone del Frittolo

Baths D/e. Caldarium

Opus signinum

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: border of main field, main field, central panelGeometric-shaped terracotta tiles

Outer border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 3 cm)

Around the mid-3rd cent. BC (stratigraphic data)

Johannowsky 1982, 243, 246; Gangemi 1987, 87-88; Johannowsky 1997, 583-584; Greco, G. & Di Nicuolo 2013, 119-124

Gangemi 1987, fig. 50; Johannowsky 1997, fig. 9; Greco, G. & Di Nicuolo 2013, fig. 9

1215 Italy Apulia Ascoli Satriano (Ausculum)

Asc1.01 Piazza Plebiscito. Convento di S. Potito. Domus dei mosaici

Habitation. Urban

A. Atrium Cocciopesto TesseraeOpus tessellatum: central panel

Semis of crosslets First half of 1st cent. AD (no dating evidence)

Mazzei, M. 1992; Mazzei, M. 1994, 88-92

1216 Italy Apulia Ascoli Satriano (Ausculum)

Asc1.02 Piazza Plebiscito. Convento di S. Potito. Domus dei mosaici

Habitation. Urban

D Cocciopesto (rosso)

Ceramic aggregate


Entrance zone: grid of lozenges.Band: row of intersecting octagons forming squares and irregular oblong hexagons; fill: bichrome crosslet (large white tessera as centre).


Mazzei, M. 1992; Mazzei, M. 1994, 88-92

Mazzei, M. 1992, tav. LXXIX,2; Mazzei, M. 1994, fig. 18

1217 Italy Apulia Brindisi (Brundisium)

Brin1.01 Via Casimiro Habitation. Urban

Pavimento E. Triclinium


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, white.Inset pieces, vitreous paste and sectioned shells with vitreous paste: central panel


Terminus ante quem of the 1st cent. BC?

Giannotta et al. s.a.; Cocchiaro et al. 2004, 822, 831-832

FIGS. 147-149; Giannotta et al. s.a., pl. 47

Personal communication with Maria Teresa Giannotta

1218 Italy Apulia Brindisi (Brundisium)

Brin2.01 Area di San Pietro degli Schiavoni

Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto Tesserae: blackOpus tessellatum: central panel

Field: grid of lozenges Second half of 2nd cent. to beginning of 1st cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence)

Cocchiaro et al. 2004, 823-825, 831-832

Cocchiaro et al. 2004, fig. 4

Lost



1219 Italy Apulia Canosa di Puglia (Canusium)

Can1.01 Below the Temple of Giove Toro

Habitation. Urban

3 Signino Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout; row of squares on either side; fill in square: crosslet

Tiberian coin found below the floor of a room located next to room 1

Cassano, R. 1992, 703

Cassano, R. 1992, p. 702

Motifs are not described in detail


Can2.01 Via Federico II – Via N. Amore

Habitation. Urban

Signino Tesserae: black Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout Late Republican period

Corrente 1999, 61 Corrente 1999, fig. 13


Can3.01 Via Manara Habitation. Urban

Signino Crosslets Late Republican period?

Corrente 1997, 50 Motifs are not described in detail










Can4.01 Via Colletta. Domus dell’ex cinema Cristallo

Habitation. Urban

Triclinium Cocciopesto. Signino

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: border, panel

Antechamber: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), orthogonal layout

End of Republican period to 1st cent. AD

Cassano, M.R. et al. 2008, 85-86; Corrente et al. 2010, 532-535

Cassano, M.R. et al. 2008, fig. 2; Corrente et al. 2010, figs. 3-4

Panel contemporary with the rest of the floor

1225 Italy Apulia Minervino Murge

Min1.01 Loc. Lamalunga Habitation. Villa

C1. Triclinium Signinum Tesserae: black Semis of tesserae.Near centre: intersecting circles.

Augustan period Corrente 1991 Corrente 1991, tav. LXI.1

The design is not visible in the photograph

1226 Italy Apulia Ordona (Herdonia)

Ord1.01 Northern part. Close to the city wall

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Fillet Augustan period Mertens 1979, 26-27; Mertens 1995, 221

Mertens 1979, pl. XIIIb


Ord2.01 Domus B. Area of the so-called palaestra

Habitation. Urban

33 Cocciopesto (rossiccio). Opus signinum. Signino

Ceramic aggregate


Central field: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill in hexagons (apart from the outer ones on three sides): bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally)


Mertens 1995, 221; Hilgert 2000

Hilgert 2000, figs. 133-135, 285



Habitation. Urban

39 Cocciopesto (giallognolo). Opus signinum

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: main fieldRed paint

Border: row of squares, diagonal layout; fill: white crosslet (quincunx, set diagonally)

Second half of 1st cent. AD


Hilgert 2000, figs. 137-138, 288

The motif is described as a “reticolo di rombi”, but judging from the photographs they look like squares



Habitation. Urban

40 Cocciopesto (giallognolo). Signino


Grid of lozenges; fill: black crosslet Second half of 1st cent. AD


Hilgert 2000, figs. 140, 287



Habitation. Urban


Unidentifiable, but there seems to be curvilinear forms and lozenges





Ord3.01 Central hill Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto. Opus signinum. Signino (rossiccio)


Northern field: grid of hexagons (honeycomb); fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre, set orthogonally). Dividing band with different geometric forms: black concave square with bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), concave poised square with bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre, set diagonally), hexafoil within black circle, foils in alternating colours, diagonal cross.Southern field: grid of squares, diagonal layout, fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre, set orthogonally).

Mertens 1971, 22; Mertens 1995, 222-224; Hilgert 2000, 117-119

Mertens 1971, figs. 7-8, pl. XVIa; Mertens 1995, figs. 222-223; Hilgert 2000, fig. 136

1232 Italy Apulia Posta Crusta PosC1.01 Loc. Posta Crusta Habitation. Rural. Villa

7 Signino Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: central panel

Crosslets (“rosette”) 2nd to first half of 1st cent. BC

De Boe 1975; G. Volpe in Volpe & Mertens 1995, 312-313

1233 Italy Apulia Posta Crusta PosC1.02 Loc. Posta Crusta Habitation. Rural. Villa

8. Triclinium Opus signinum

Tesserae: black, whiteInset piecesOpus tessellatum: frame, dividing band

Antechamber, tripartite: Central panel: inset pieces. Side panels: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.Dining area: semis of white crosslets (Greek cross), orthogonal layout; large inset pieces surround the border of the central panel. Border of central panel: unindentifiable motif.

2nd to first half of 1st cent. BC

De Boe 1975; G. Volpe in Volpe & Mertens 1995, 312-313

De Boe 1975, fig. 28; G. Volpe in Volpe & Mertens 1995, fig. 324

The panel in the northern field is lacking. The floor is decora-ted with “…ro-sette, quadrati, esagonali…”

1234 Italy Apulia Salpi (Salapia) Salp1.01 Loc. S. Vito. Lago di Salpi


Area C. Peristyle

Unknown Marin 1964; Volpe 1990, 174-181; Mazzei, M. 2004, 109-111

1235 Italy Apulia Taranto (Tarentum)

Tar1.01 Via Cavallotti. Proprietà D’Ayala Valva

Habitation. Urban


Border/field: crosslets. Central field: semis of tesserae (only described)

Masiello 2008, 120 and note 27

1236 Italy Basilicata Brienza Bri1.01 Località Braide S. Maria


North side of building

Opus signinum


Border: meander. Central field: grid of lozenges

Period of Sulla (finds)

Capano 1989, 7, 13 note 6 (relazione scientifica); Capano 1990, 103

The “pavimenti” decorate the rooms (five?) along the north side of the buil-ding. The num-ber of floors in relation to the number of ro-oms is not clear

1237 Italy Basilicata Brienza Bri1.02 Località Braide S. Maria


North side of building

Opus signinum


Border: meander. Central field: grid of lozenges

Period of Sulla (finds)

Capano 1989, 7, 13 note 6 (relazione scientifica); Capano 1990, 103

The “pavimenti” decorate the rooms (five?) on the north side of the building. The number of floors in relation to number of rooms is not clear




Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout First Style phase Ercolano 2014, no. 138a, 166-167

Ercolano 2014, tav. III and fig. 7

1239 Italy Basilicata Civita di Tricarico

CivT1.01 Quartier de la maison du monolithe

Banqueting hall

Dining-room. Public

Béton tuileau. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: band, central panel of central field

Central field, tripartite: Side panels: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout

Terminus post quem of 250-240/225 BC. Abandoned end of 3rd cent BC/during the Second Punic War (218-201 BC) or immediately thereafter

de Cazanove 1995, 521-522; de Cazanove 1996; de Cazanove 2001, 181-182; Vassal 2006, 146 (nos. 208-209); de Cazanove 2008, 279-285

FIGS. 151-152; de Cazanove 1996, figs. 5-6; de Cazanove 2008, figs. 245-248

1240 Italy Basilicata Grumento Nova (Grumentum)

Gru1.01 Between the decumanus and baths. Domus dell’emblema con torri

Habitation. Urban

36 Opus signinum. Signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of white crosslets (Greek cross, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

Early 1st cent. BC

Thaler & Zschätzsch 2004, 261; Zschätzsch 2006, 10, 17

Zschätzsch 2006, Abb. 2

1241 Italy Basilicata Grumento Nova (Grumentum)

Gru2.01 North-western part of the forum. Beneath circular building

Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto Border: “…fasce parallele di tessere”. Main field: crosslets

Second half of 1st cent. BC (ceramic evidence)

Bottini 1996, 637-638

The number of floors showing motifs is unknown

1242 Italy Basilicata Termitito Term1.01 Località Termitito. Near Scanzano Jonico



Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges End of 3rd to beginning of 2nd cent. BC

Giannotta & Quarta 2001; Giardino 2001; Vassal 2006, 179 (no. 384); Stigliano & Colangelo 2014

Giardino 2001, fig. 4



9. Summer triclinium



Field: grid of lozenges Later phase Giannotta & Quarta 2001; Giardino 2001; Stigliano & Colangelo 2014


Habitation. Rural. Villa rustica


Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Giannotta & Quarta 2001; Giardino 2001; Stigliano & Colangelo 2014




Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Later phase Giannotta & Quarta 2001; Giardino 2001; Stigliano & Colangelo 2014



34. Tablinum Cocciopesto Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (quincunx, black centre, set diagonally).Field: grid of lozenges, made from double fillets.

Later phase Giannotta & Quarta 2001; Giardino 2001; Vassal 2006, 179 (no. 385); Stigliano & Colangelo 2014

Giannotta & Quarta 2001, figs. 2-3; Giardino 2001, figs. 5-7; Stigliano & Colangelo 2014, fig. 4



14. Bathroom Cocciopesto Ceramic aggregate


Fillet Giannotta & Quarta 2001; Giardino 2001; Stigliano & Colangelo 2014

Giardino 2001, fig. 10





5. Fragments not in situ




Original phase: end of 3rd to beginning of 2nd cent. BC

Giannotta & Quarta 2001; Giardino 2001; Vassal 2006, 179 (no. 386); Stigliano & Colangelo 2014

Giannotta & Quarta 2001, fig. 7; Giardino 2001, fig. 8

1249 Italy Basilicata Venosa (Venusia)

Veno1.01 Area of the Chiesa di S. Rocco

Habitation. Urban

B. Ala Signino Tesserae: white Border: swastika-meander. Main field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

1st cent. BC Salvatore 1989, 124-126; Marchi et al. 1990, 14; Marchi 1997, 37-38; Salvatore 1999, 612

Salvatore 1989, fig. 13; Marchi 1997, fig. 51

1250 Italy Basilicata Venosa (Venusia)

Veno1.02 Area of the Chiesa di S. Rocco

Habitation. Urban

C. Ala Signino Tesserae: white Border: swastika-meander. Main field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

1st cent. BC Salvatore 1989, 124-126; Marchi et al. 1990, 14; Marchi 1997, 37-38; Salvatore 1999, 612

Salvatore 1989, fig. 13; Marchi 1997, fig. 51

1251 Italy Calabria Amendolara Ame1.01 Località Camodeca



Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: meander. Main field: grid of lozenges Probably Republican period

Accardo 2000, 131 (no. 75); Malacrino 2011, 221

1252 Italy Calabria Caulonia Cau1.01 Area between the Strada Nazionale and the railway. Loc. Castellone. La Casa del Drago

Habitation. Urban

C. Dining-room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, green, red, whiteOpus tessella-tum: border of central fieldRed paint

Mat: unidentifiable.Couch area: scattered tesserae. Central field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 8 cm).

Mid-3rd cent. BC Iannelli, M.T. & Rizzi 1985, 295-296, 304; Pisapia 1987, 9-10; Pisapia 1994, 71-72; Falcone 2003, 308-309; Vassal 2006, 145 (no. 204)

FIG. 154; Pisapia 1987, fig. 1

1253 Italy Calabria Caulonia Cau1.02 Area between the Strada Nazionale and the railway. Loc. Castellone. La Casa del Drago

Habitation. Urban

D. Courtyard Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of tesserae with alternating white and black tesserae, diagonal layout (distance: ca. 10 cm)

Mid-3rd cent. BC Iannelli, M.T. & Rizzi 1985, 295-296, 304; Pisapia 1987, 9-10; Pisapia 1994, 71-72; Falcone 2003, 308-309; Vassal 2006, 145 (no. 205)

FIG. 154; Pisapia 1987, fig. 1

1254 Italy Calabria Copia Thurii Cop1.01 Insula del teatro. North-east corner. Parco del Cavallo

Habitation. Urban

9 Cementizio. Cocciopisto

Ceramic aggregate


Northern field: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), orthogonal layout.Southern field: square - circle - poised square with semis of crosslets; palmette in spandrel.

Second half of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC. Late Republican period (stylistic criteria)

Guzzo et al. 1974, 161-162; Giardino 2001, 213; Vassal 2006, 147 (no. 213); Malacrino 2011, 218-219

Guzzo et al. 1974, fig. 155; Giardino 2001, fig. 9; Malacrino 2011, figs. 9-10

1255 Italy Calabria Copia Thurii Cop1.02 Insula del teatro. North-east corner. Parco del Cavallo

Habitation. Urban

Cubiculum Cementizio Tesserae: white Antechamber: semis of white crosslets (quincunx, set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Dividing band: meander.Bed area: grid of lozenges.

Second half of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC. Late Republican period (stylistic criteria)

Guzzo et al. 1974, 161-162; Giardino 2001, 213; Malacrino 2011, 218-219

Malacrino 2011, fig. 11

1256 Italy Calabria Copia Thurii Cop1.03 Insula del teatro Habitation. Urban

Cementizio Tesserae: whiteInset piecesOpus tessellatum: field

Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera

Second half of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC. Late Republican period

Malacrino 2011, 217

Malacrino 2011, figs. 6-8



1257 Italy Calabria Corigliano Cor1.01 Località Plainetta Habitation. Rural. Villa

9 Battuto di calce

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Grid of squares, diagonal layout 2nd-1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD

Galli 1929a, 105-106; Accardo 2000, 128 (no. 65)

Galli 1929a, fig. 86; Accardo 2000, fig. 69

1258 Italy Calabria Crotone (Croton)

Cro1.01 Capo Colonna. Heraion

Baths 5 Cementizio. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: pseudo-shield of lozenges Perhaps first quarter of 1st cent. BC (first phase of the building)

Ruga 2006, 79; Malacrino 2011, 221

Ruga 2006, figs. 84-85; Malacrino 2011, fig. 12



Habitation. Urban

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Malacrino 2011, 221



Habitation. Urban

Cementizio Grid of lozenges Malacrino 2011, 221


Cro3.01 Capo Cimiti Habitation. Villa marittima

Cementizio Semis of crosslets Malacrino 2011, 220-221

1262 Italy Calabria Laino Borgo Lai1.01 Località Santa Gada



Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border on two sides: scale pattern (double row). Border of central panel: spaced-swastika mean-der, each space containing a square with a tes-sera. Central panel: pseudo-shield of lozenges with eight-pointed star as centre and divided into eight equal sections; flower with volutes in spandrel; on two facing sides between flowers: pair of dolphins with flower in between

Hellenistic period. 2nd cent. BC at the earliest

Galli 1929b, 163-166; Colicelli 1995, 55, no. 1; Accardo 2000, 148-149 (no. 106); Malacrino 2011, 221

FIG. 155; Galli 1929b, fig. 6; Accardo 2000, fig. 80; Malacrino 2011, fig. 14

Lost

1263 Italy Calabria Strongoli (Petelia)

Stro1.01 Cimitero Vecchio Habitation. Urban

Cementizio Tesserae: black, white

Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout. Inscription in Greek: ΣΕΚΟΝΔΙΩΝ ΕΠ(ΟΙΕΣΗΝ)

1st cent. BC Lattanzi 2001, 990; Malacrino 2011, 221

Lattanzi 2001, tav. XLIII.2; Malacrino 2011, fig. 13

1264 Italy Calabria Reggio Calabria (Rhegium Julium)

RegC1.01 Between Via Fortino, Via Torrione and Via Giulia


Bichrome crosslets (white centre) Mastelloni 2004, 421 and note 16

1265 Italy Sicily Agrigento (Agrigentum)

Agri1.01 Contrada S. Nicola. Insula I. Casa IA/del grande peristilio/«Casa Greca»-Casa IB1/Casa dell’atrio tetrastilo-Casa IB2/Casa del piccolo peristilio

Habitation. Urban

Casa IA: peristyle

Signino Tesserae: white South portico: grid of lozenges.West portico: grid of lozenges.

Late Hellenistic period (dating evidence)

Jones & Gardner 1906, 207; Vassal 2006, 149 (no. 225); De Miro 2009, 40-47; Giordano 2010, 551-552

Jones & Gardner, p. 208; De Miro 2009, figs. 9, 9a-9b (plan), tav. X fig. 1



Habitation. Urban

Casa IA: e. Reception room. Later reception room


Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Late Hellenistic period (dating evidence)

Jones & Gardner 1906, 207; De Miro 2009, 40-47, 53, 58; Giordano 2010, 551-552

Jones & Gardner, 208; De Miro 2009, figs. 9, 9a-9b (plan), tav. XII fig. 2





Habitation. Urban

Casa IA: e1. Reception room. Later passage


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Late Hellenistic period (dating evidence)


Jones & Gardner 1906, p. 208; De Miro 2009, figs. 9, 9a-9b (plan)



Habitation. Urban

Casa IA: e2/pavimento A-B. Reception room. Later storeroom

Signino Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges.Western part: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.

Late Hellenistic period (dating evidence)


Jones & Gardner 1906, p. 208; De Miro 2009, figs. 9, 9a-9b (plan); tav. III fig. 1; Giordano 2010, figs. 1-3



Habitation. Urban

Casa IB1: g Signino Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges 2nd cent. BC De Miro 2006, 80; De Miro 2009, 50; Giordano 2010, 551-552

De Miro 2009, figs. 10, 10a-10b (plan)



Habitation. Urban

Casa IB2: atrium or peristyle

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Porticoes: grid of lozenges 2nd cent. BC De Miro 2006, 80; De Miro 2009, 52; Giordano 2010, 551-552




Habitation. Urban

Casa IB2: o/pavimento C. Originally summer triclinium?


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges 2nd cent. BC De Miro 2006, 80; De Miro 2009, 52-53; Giordano 2010, 552

De Miro 2009, figs. 10, 10a-10b (plan); Giordano 2010, figs. 1, 4




Agri2.01 Contrada S. Nicola. Insula I. Casa IC

Habitation. Urban

i. Original floor. Reception room?

Signino Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Period IV De Miro 2009, 68-69, 71


Covered by mortar floor


Agri3.01 Contrada S. Nicola. Insula II. Casa IIB/Casa delle Afroditi

Habitation. Urban. With caupona

g Signino Tesserae: white Border: swastika-meander. Main field: grid of lozenges

De Miro 2009, 174 De Miro 2009, figs. 62, 62a-62b (plan)




h. Antechamber


Tesserae: blue, whiteOpus tessellatum: panel (cubes in perspective)

Semis of crosslets 2nd to 1st cent. BC (sounding in room)

De Miro 2009, 174, 200





m/pavimento A


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: circular panel (grid of intersecting circles)

Border: swastika-meander. Main field: grid of lozenges

von Boeselager 1983, 35; De Miro 2009, 174; Giordano 2010, 553-554

von Boeselager 1983, fig. 9; De Miro 2009, figs. 62, 62a-62b (plan); Giordano 2010, figs. 1, 8




i or l/pavimento B

Cemetizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: panel

Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), orthogonal layout

End of 2nd to end of 1st cent. BC. Mid-1st cent. BC

De Miro 2009, 174; Giordano 2010, 553-554


The floor is located in room i according to De Miro 2009, and room l according to Giordano 2010


Agri4.01 Contrada S. Nicola. Insula II. Casa IIC/Casa del Criptoportico

Habitation. Urban

i (lowest floor). Reception room

Cocciopesto Border: swastika-meander. Main field: grid of lozenges

Period IV De Miro 2009, 221-222, 232-233



Agri4.02 Contrada S. Nicola. Insula II. Casa IIC/Casa del Criptoportico

Habitation. Urban

l1-d1-d2. Dining-room?

Signino Border: swastika-meander. Main field: grid of lozenges

Period IV De Miro 2009, 221-222, 230-232


Originally a single room


Agri5.01 Contrada S. Nicola. Insula II. Casa IID

Habitation. Urban

d. Dining-room?


Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Late Hellenstic to early Imperial period (sounding)

De Miro 2009, 240, 244; Giordano 2010, 552-553




Habitation. Urban

e-e1/pavimento C. Antechamber


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout. Main field: grid of lozenges

Late Hellenstic to early Imperial period

De Miro 2009, 240, 244-245; Giordano 2010, 552-553




Habitation. Urban

f/pavimento B. Reception room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout. Main field: grid of lozenges

Late Hellenstic to early Imperial period (dating evidence)

De Miro 2009, 245; Giordano 2010, 552-553






Habitation. Urban

g/pavimento A. Ala-lararium?


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Main field: grid of lozenges

Late Hellenstic to early Imperial period (dating evidence)

De Miro 2009, 240, 245-246; Giordano 2010, 552-553



Agri6.01 Contrada S. Nicola. Insula II. Casa IIM/Casa del Mulino

Habitation. Urban

f Cocciopesto. Signino


Not described Period IV: late Hellenistic period

De Miro 2009, 318, 324



Agri7.01 Contrada S. Nicola. Insula III. Casa IIIA

Habitation. Urban

i. Dining-room?

Signino Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Period IV: late Hellenistic period

De Miro 2009, 331, 334



Agri8.01 Contrada S. Nicola. Insula III. Casa IIID

Habitation. Urban

c. Dining-room?

Cocciopesto. Fondo di rosso cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: field, central panel

Border: grid of lozenges De Miro 2009, 346-347



Agri8.02 Contrada S. Nicola. Insula III. Casa IIID

Habitation. Urban

d. Exedra Signino Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: field

Border: grid of lozenges De Miro 2009, 347 De Miro 2009, figs. 107, 107a-107b (plan)


Agri9.01 Contrada S. Nicola. Insula III. Casa IIIF

Habitation. Urban

c-c1. Dining-room/exedra?

Signino Field: grid of lozenges Period IV De Miro 2009, 354-355



Agri10.01 Contrada S. Nicola. Insula III. Casa IIIH/Casa delle Pelte

Habitation. Urban

b1 Opus signinum


Bichrome crosslets (black centre) De Miro 2009, 366 De Miro 2009, figs. 111, 111a-111b (plan)

1289 Italy Sicily Avola Avo1.01 Contrada Borgellusa

Habitation. Villa

North-east of the peristyle

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges.Unknown motifs.

Last decades of 2nd and first half of 1st cent. BC

Bacci 1984-1985 Bacci 1984-1985, tav. CL

1290 Italy Sicily Camarina Cam1.01 Insula C8. Domus n° 7. Casa dell’Altare

Habitation. Urban

North of Cam1.02


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout 1st cent. BC Pelagatti 1962, 259; Pelagatti 1970, 13-14; Pelagatti 1976, 128; Di Stefano, G. 2010, 546

Pelagatti 1962, fig. 30


Habitation. Urban

Reception room


Ceramic aggregate


Near the entrance: caduceus.Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a bichrome poised four-tessera square. Central field: scale pattern.

1st cent. BC Pelagatti 1970, 13-14; Pelagatti 1976, 128; Pelagatti 2006, 21-23; Di Stefano, G. 2010, 546; Bonanno 2011, 193

FIGS. 160-162; Pelagatti 2006, figs. 13-16; Di Stefano, G. 2010, figs. 6-7, 9-10

1292 Italy Sicily Camarina Cam2.01 Insula C8. Domus n° 8. Grande isolato

Habitation. Urban


Teserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

Pelagatti 1962, 261; Pelagatti 2006, 21-23

Pelagatti 2006, figs. 9, 12

1293 Italy Sicily Camarina Cam2.02 Grande isolato Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, red

Not described Pelagatti 1962, 261

1294 Italy Sicily Catania (Catana)

Cat1.01 Museo Civico Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Tomasello 1997, 188-189

Tomasello 1997, fig. 1a-b




Cat2.01 Ex monastero S. Nicolò l’Arena. Primo nucleo

Habitation. Urban

E Signinum Tesserae: whiteRed paint

Semis of tesserae (distance: 10 cm) The house in use from around the mid-3rd cent. BC to the end of 1st cent. AD.Around the mid-3rd cent. BC (dating evidence).

Branciforti 2003, 96-98


Cat2.02 Ex monastero S. Nicolò l’Arena. Secondo nucleo

Habitation. Urban

F Cocciopesto. Opus signinum


Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 10 cm). Main field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout (distance: 0.5 cm)

The house in use from around the mid-3rd cent. BC to the end of 1st cent. AD


Branciforti 2003, fig. 6



Habitation. Urban

G. Dining-room?

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Band: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.Area of dining couches?: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Central field: grid of lozenges.






Habitation. Urban

I Opus signinum. Signinum


Semis of tesserae. Central field, two panels: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally-irregularly).






Habitation. Urban

M. Peristyle Opus signinum. Signinum

Northern portico: grid of lozenges; grid of squares




Cat3.01 Ex monastero S. Nicolò l’Arena. Casa della Tavola Imbandita

Habitation. Urban

Below western reception room belonging to the peristyle house

Signinum Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout Late Hellenistic period




Cat4.01 Piazza Dante Habitation. Urban

Tesserae: white Crosslets Branciforti 2003, 109


Cat5.01 Via Etnea. S. Maria dell’Elemosina

Habitation. Urban

Signinum Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Small field: grid of lozenges. Larger field: grid of lozenges

Imperial period Branciforti 2003, 112-113


1303 Italy Sicily Centuripe (Centuripae)

Cen1.01 Monte Calvario Habitation or association house

I. Atrium Opus signinum. Signino

Tesserae: white Outer border: semis of tesserae, possible orthogonal layout. Border of central field: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Central field: possible semis of crosslets, diagonal layout.Western field: scale pattern.Mat between western field and passage: circle - hexafoil.

Around 100 BC. First quarter of 1st cent. BC (no dating evidence)

Libertini 1926, 54-63; Patané 2002, 142-144; Frasca, M. 2006, 195-199; Patané 2006, 202

Libertini 1926, pl. D; Patané 2002, fig. 3; Frasca, M. 2006, fig. 10




Cen1.02 Monte Calvario Habitation or association house

Passage between rooms I and V

Signino Grid of lozenges First quarter of 1st cent. BC. Around 100 BC (no dating evidence)

Libertini 1926, 54-63; Patané 2002, 142-144; Frasca, M. 2006, 195-199; Patané 2006, 202

Libertini 1926, pl. D; Frasca, M. 2006, fig. 10


Cen2.01 Monte Calvario. Contrada Panneria

Habitation? Signino Tesserae: white Border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.Volute.

Biondi 2002, 169; Patané 2002, 144; Patané 2006, 205-206

Biondi 2002, fig. 2; Patané 2006, fig. 17


Cen3.01 Below the Liceo Courtyard? Signino Geometric Destroyed in second half of 1st cent. BC

Patané 2002, 152


Cen4.01 Contrada Difesa. Via Scipione l’Africano

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Border: double spaced swastika-meander. Main field: semis of crosslets

2nd to 1st cent. BC

Patané 2002, 195 Patané 2002, fig. 10

1308 Italy Sicily Favignana Fav1.01 Contrada Bosco, case Banci

Cocciopesto rosso

Ceramic aggregate


Punic-Hellenistic phase (no dating material)

Bisi 1970, 15-17 Bisi 1970, fig. 5

1309 Italy Sicily Halaesa (Alaesa Arconida)

Hal1.01 Basilica Basilica Portico: room IV

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Ferlisi & Nicoletti 2004, p. 618

1310 Italy Sicily Heraclea Minoa

Hera1.01 Area south of the theatre. Casa IIB. Fragments fallen from upper storey

Habitation. Urban

Upstairs room


Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.Grid of lozenges.

Phase A2: 2nd cent. BC. Phase B: end of 2nd to mid-1st cent. BC

De Miro 1966, 227; Aberle 2012, 145-150, esp. 149-150, 134-140 (discussion on dates and phases)

No consensus on the phases and dates

1311 Italy Sicily Licata (Phintias)

Lic1.01 South of Castello Sant’Angelo. Casa 3

Habitation. Urban

3 Signino Parallel rows End of 3rd to beginning of 2nd cent. BC (sounding in Casa 1)

La Torre 2006, 84; Aberle 2012, 125-126

1312 Italy Sicily Marsala (Lilybaeum)

Mar1.01 Località Capo Boeo. Insula

Habitation. Urban

Below room 27

Signinum Tesserae: black Semis of tesserae Probably 2nd to 1st cent. BC

Di Stefano, C.A. 1976, 31; Di Stefano, C.A. 1984, 135


Mar2.01 Località Capo Boeo. Viale Veneto. South of saggio III. Lowest level

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Semis of crosslets Giglio, R. & Vecchio 2006, 126


Mar2.02 Località Capo Boeo. Viale Veneto. South of saggio III. Lowest level

Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, blue, red, white

Wheel Giglio, R. & Vecchio 2006, 126




Mar3.01 Between Via Sibilla and Via S. Lorenzo. Proprietà A. Bua

Habitation. Urban

Atrium Cocciopesto. Signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges House seems to have been built in 2nd cent. BC

Di Stefano, C.A. 1974; Di Stefano, C.A. 1976-1977, 768; Di Stefano, C.A. 1984, 104; Giglio, R. 1997, 126; Di Stefano, C.A. 2005, 270

Di Stefano, C.A. 1974, fig. 3; Di Stefano, C.A. 1976-1977, tav. CLXXVII, fig. 1; Di Stefano, C.A. 1984, fig. 59; Di Stefano, C.A. 2005, fig. 1


Mar3.02 Between Via Sibilla and Via S. Lorenzo. Proprietà A. Bua

Habitation. Urban

Room opening onto atrium

Signinum Grid of lozenges House seems to have been built in 2nd cent. BC

Di Stefano, C.A. 1974; Di Stefano, C.A. 1976-1977, 768; Di Stefano, C.A. 1984, 104; Giglio, R. 1997, 126; Di Stefano, C.A. 2005, 270

Di Stefano, C.A. 1974, fig. 3; Di Stefano, C.A. 1976-1977, tav. CLXXVII, fig. 1; Di Stefano, C.A. 1984, fig. 59; Di Stefano, C.A. 2005, fig. 1


Mar4.01 Via Sibilla/Via delle Ninfe. Proprietà A. Bua

Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges 2nd cent. BC Di Stefano, C.A. 1984, 104; Giglio, R. 1997, 126

Di Stefano, C.A. 1984, fig. 60


Mar5.01 Viale N. Sauro Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout Built end of 3rd cent. BC

Di Stefano, C.A. 1980-1981, 874; Giglio, R. 1997, 125

Di Stefano, C.A. 1980-1981, tav. CCXXX

1319 Italy Sicily Megara Hyblaea

Meg1.01 South of the agora

Baths d Opus signinum

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: threshold

Semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 5 cm)

Probably around the middle of 3rd cent. BC. Terminus ante quem of 214/213 BC

Vallet et al. 1983, 52-53; Vassal 2006, 151 (no. 235); Lucore 2013, 157

Vallet et al. 1983, figs. 39-40


Meg2.01 Casa 13,22 Habitation. Urban. With semi-public bath

g. Bathroom Opus signinum. Signino

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Mid-3rd cent. BC. After 213 BC. 2nd to 1st cent. BC

Vallet et al. 1983, 15; Trümper 2014, 98

Trümper 2014, fig. 14



i. Entrance room


Inscription in Greek: Γναΐου Μοδίου Mid-3rd cent. BC. After 213 BC. 2nd to 1st cent. BC

Manni Piraino 1975, 152, no. 18; Vallet et al. 1983, 15; Brem 2000, 152; Torelli 2007; Trümper 2014, 98

Manni Piraino 1975, tav. 34.3; Torelli 2007, fig. 1; Trümper 2014, fig. 13

1322 Italy Sicily Messina (Messana)

Mes1.01 Corso Cavour Cementizio. Cocciopesto

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: ca. 13 cm)

Probably 2nd cent. BC

Mastelloni 2004, 420-423, no. 1

Mastelloni 2004, figs. 5-7

1323 Italy Sicily Milazzo (Mylae)

Mila1.01 Ex convento di S. Francesco di Paola

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: central fieldOpus vermiculatum: central field

Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Arias 1936, 386 Arias 1936, fig. 1



1324 Italy Sicily Monte Iato (Iaitas)

MonI1.01 Peristylhaus 1 Habitation. Urban

2a. Extension of northern portico of the peristyle

Opus signinum



Around 300 BC. Second half of 3rd cent. BC. 2nd cent. BC

Isler 1997, 23-24; Brem 2000, 84-98; Vassal 2006, 153 (no. 246)

Brem 2000, fig. 14



15. Dining-room

Opus signinum


Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Around 300 BC. Second half of 3rd cent. BC. 2nd cent. BC

Isler 1997, 23-24; Brem 2000, 84-98; Vassal 2006, 153-154 (no. 249); Aberle 2012, 343-344

Dalcher 1994, Taf. 7.3; Brem 2000, pls. 20.1-4, 21.3



17. Dining-room

Opus signinum


Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout. Inscription in Greek in front of the threshold to room 16: ΧΑΙΡΕ ΚΑΙ…ΙΛΑΡΟΣ ΕΙ ΝΥ

Around 300 BC. Second half of 3rd cent. BC. 2nd cent. BC

Isler 1997, 23-24; Brem 2000, 84-98; Vassal 2006, 152 (no. 239); Aberle 343-344

Dalcher 1994, Taf. 9.1; Isler 1997, fig. 6; Brem 2000, fig. 13, pls. 22.3, 23.3-4, 24.1, 24.3-4, 25.1-4; Aberle 2012, fig. 5.30



21. Bathroom Opus signinum



Around 200 BC. 150-50 BC

Isler 1997, 23-24; Brem 2000, 84-98; Vassal 2006, 152 (no. 240); Aberle 2012, 343-344

Dalcher 1994, Taf. 13-14.1 and 14.5; Brem 2000, pls. 26.1, 27.1, 27.3, 28.1-4; Aberle 2012, fig. 5.29



22. Antechamber to bathroom

Opus signinum


Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout

Around 200 BC. 150-50 BC

Isler 1997, 23-24; Brem 2000, 84-98; Vassal 2006, 152 (no. 241); Aberle 2012, 343-344

Dalcher 1994, Taf. 14.5; Isler 1997, fig. 7; Brem 2000, pls. 29.1-2



17a. Upstairs room

Opus signinum


Scale pattern Isler 1997, 23-24; Brem 2000, 84-98



Porticoes. Fallen from upstairs room

Opus signinum


Possible grid of lozenges Isler 1997, 23-24; Brem 2000, 84-98

Brem 2000, pl. 33.2



Peristyle Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Porticoes: grid of lozenges.Mat in western portico: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.

Around 180 BC Isler 1994, 38; Isler 1995, 32; Fuchs 1997; Isler 1997, 24; Vassal 2006, 152-153 (no. 243); Isler 2011, 42; Aberle 2012, 347; Russenberger 2014, 60, 62

Isler 1995, fig. 41; Fuchs 1997, Taf. 12.5; Isler 1997, fig. 8; Russenberger 2014, Abb. 5


MonI3.01 Peristylhaus S1 Habitation. Urban

Peristyle Signinum Tesserae: white South portico: possible semis of tesserae Isler 1995, 41; Isler 1997, 24

Isler 1995, fig. 55


MonI4.01 Peristylhaus E2 Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: white Porticoes, north and west sides: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

Isler 2001, 21; Aberle 2012, 349

Isler 2001, fig. 52




MonI5.01 Agora. Building complex behind the northern portico. North of the first bouleuterion

Western room

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges End of 4th cent. BC. 2nd cent. BC

Isler 1992, 10 and 13; Isler 1997, 23; De Vincenzo 2013, 180

Isler 1992, fig. 10

1336 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor1.01 East Hill. House of the Doric Capital

Habitation. Urban

1. Dining-room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: blue, white

Outer border (east side): semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Inner border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome poised four-tessera square. Main field: grid of lozenges, blue tessera at intersections

House dated to the 3rd cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence), occupied until late 1st cent. BC.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.

Tsakirgis 1984, 46-70; Tsakirgis 1990, 427-428, no. 1; Vassal 2006, 154 (no. 252); Aberle 2012, 309-312

FIG. 163; Vassal 2006, figs. 7-8


Habitation. Urban

3. Antechamber to cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: semis of bichrome poised four-tessera squares, diagonal layout.Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome poised four-tessera square.Mat in front of room 6: grid of lozenges, very irregular.

House dated to the 3rd cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence), occupied until late 1st cent. BC.The mat in front of room 6 was made in a later phase.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.

Tsakirgis 1984, 46-70; Tsakirgis 1990, 427-428, no. 2, 441-442; Vassal 2006, 154 (nos. 253-254); Aberle 2012, 309-312

FIG. 163; Tsakirgis 1990, figs. 2-3; Vassal 2006, fig. 1


Habitation. Urban

8. Exedra Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome poised four-tessera square. Main field: grid of lozenges, blue tessera at intersections



FIG. 163; Vassal 2006, fig. 2




Habitation. Urban

12. Antechamber to bathroom


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Mat: Inscription in Greek: ΕΥΕΧΕΙ.Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 4-4.5 cm). Main field: grid of lozenges.


Tsakirgis 1984, 46-70; Tsakirgis 1990, 427-428, no. 5; Brem 2000, 151; Vassal 2006, 155 (no. 257); Aberle 2012, 309-312

FIG. 163; Tsakirgis 1990, fig. 4; Vassal 2006, fig. 9; Aberle 2012, fig. 5.18


Habitation. Urban

15. Entrance room?


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges House dated to the 3rd cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence), occupied until late 1st cent. BC.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.


FIG. 163; Tsakirgis 1990, fig. 5


Habitation. Urban

Peristyle Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Portico: North: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 5.5-8 cm).Portico: East: grid of lozenges.Portico: South: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.


Tsakirgis 1984, 46-70; Tsakirgis 1990, 427-428, nos. 7-9; Vassal 2006, 155-156 (nos. 259-261); Aberle 2012, 309-312

FIG. 163

1342 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor2.01 East Hill. House of Ganymede

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteWhite and polychrome stone fragmen-ts: intercolum-niations in east and south por-ticoes

Portico: North: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 8.5-10 cm).Portico: East: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 8.5-10 cm).Portico: South: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 11 cm).Portico: West: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 8.5-10 cm).

House dated to the 3rd cent. BC (dating evidence from pit below the floor of room 17). After 211 BC: floor in southern portico.Use seems to have ceased in the early 2nd cent. BC.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.

Tsakirgis 1984, 70-84; Tsakirgis 1990, 428-429, nos. 12-15; Vassal 2006, 156-157 (nos. 264-266); Aberle 2012, 273

FIG. 164



1343 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor3.01 West Hill. House of the Arched Cistern

Habitation. Urban

8 Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 9 cm)

House built in the 3rd cent. BC (dating ma-terial from the south courtyard (southern porti-co), no material later than the 3rd cent. BC), occu-pied until mid-1st cent. AD.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.


FIG. 165


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Antechamber: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 9.5-10 cm).Dividing band: row of lozenges; fill: tessera.Bed area: grid of lozenges.

House built in the 3rd cent. BC (dating ma-terial from the south courtyard (southern porti-co), no material later than the 3rd cent. BC), occupied until mid-1st cent. AD.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.

Tsakirgis 1984, 125-151; Tsakirgis 1990, 429-430, no. 17; Vassal 2006, 157 (no. 268); Arberle 2012, 282-287

FIG. 165


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 6-6.5 cm)


Tsakirgis 1984, 125-151; Tsakirgis 1990, 429-430, no. 18; Vassal 2006, 157 (no. 269); Aberle 282-287

FIG. 165




Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 7.5-8 cm)



FIG. 165


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: blue, green, white

Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 14-15 cm). Main field: semis of bichrome poised four-tessera squares


Tsakirgis 1984, 125-151; Tsakirgis 1990, 429-430, no. 20; Vassal 2006, 157-158 (no. 271); Aberle 2012, 282-287

FIG. 165


Habitation. Urban

24. Cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: threshold

Antechamber: grid of lozenges.Bed area: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 5-6 cm).

House built in the 3rd cent. BC (dating ma-terial from the south courtyard (southern porti-co), no material later than the 3rd cent. BC), occupied until mid-1st cent. AD.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.

Tsakirgis 1984, 125-151; Tsakirgis 1990, 429-430, nos. 22; Vassal 2006, 158 (no. 273); Aberle 2012, 282-287





Habitation. Urban

25. Cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Mat: circle - hexafoil.Antechamber: grid of lozenges.Bed area: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 12.5-13.5 cm).



FIG. 165


Habitation. Urban

26. Cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Mat: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout. Antechamber: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 8-8.5 cm).Bed area: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout.



FIG. 165


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges House built in the 3rd cent. BC (dating ma-terial from the south courtyard (southern porti-co), no material later than the 3rd cent. BC), occupied until mid-1st cent. AD.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.


FIG. 165




Habitation. Urban

Courtyard (south)


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Portico: South: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 10 cm)

House built in the 3rd cent. BC (dating material from the south courtyard (southern portico), no material later than the 3rd cent. BC), occupied until mid-1st cent. AD.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.


FIG. 165

1353 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor4.01 West Hill. House of the Official

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 5.5-6 cm).

Built in the 3rd cent. BC (material from below room 5, e.g. coins of Hieron II), occupied until late 1st cent. BC.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.

Tsakirgis 1984, 210-228; Tsakirgis 1990, 430-431, no. 27; Aberle 2012, 292-293


Habitation. Urban

5. Dining-room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Outer border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 7 cm). Inner border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with nine tesserae. Main field: grid of lozenges

Built in the 3rd cent. BC (material from below room 5, e.g. coins of Hieron II), occupied until late 1st cent. BC.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.

Tsakirgis 1984, 210-228; Tsakirgis 1990, 430-431, no. 29; Vassal 2006, 162 (no. 293); Aberle 2012, 293; Aberle 2012, 292-293




Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Main field: grid of lozenges

Built in the 3rd cent. BC (mate-rial from below room 5, e.g. coins of Hieron II), occupied until late 1st cent. BC.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.



Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Built in the 3rd cent. BC (mate-rial from below room 5, e.g. coins of Hieron II), occupied until late 1st cent. BCFor criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.

Tsakirgis 1984, 202, 210-228; Tsakirgis 1990, 430-431, no. 31; Aberle 2012, 292-293


Habitation. Urban

Peristyle (north)


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Portico: North: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 8 cm)

Built in the 3rd cent. BC (mate-rial from below room 5, e.g. coins of Hieron II), occupied until the late 1st cent. BC.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.


1358 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor5.01 West Hill. Pappalardo House

Habitation. Urban

2. Antechamber


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: grid of lozenges

Built in the 3rd cent. BC (material from below the floor of the eastern portico).For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.

Tsakirgis 1984, 177-186; Tsakirgis 1990, 431-432, no. 33; Vassal 2006, 162 (no. 295); Aberle 2012, 325




Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 5.5 cm)


Tsakirgis 1984, 177-186; Tsakirgis 1990, 431-432, no. 34; Aberle 2012, 325


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate





Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Portico: North: grid of lozenges.Portico: East: grid of lozenges.Portico: South: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 6.5-7 cm).Portico: West: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 6.5-7 cm).

Built in the 3rd cent. BC (material from below the floor of the east portico).For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.

Tsakirgis 1984, 177-186; Tsakirgis 1990, 431-432, nos. 36-39; Aberle 2012, 325

1362 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor6.01 West Hill. Southwest House

Habitation. Urban

1. Dining-room?


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Outer border (not on east side): scattering of tesserae. Inner border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: grid of lozenges

Built in the 3rd cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence), occupied until mid-1st cent. AD.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.

Tsakirgis 1984, 206-210; Tsakirgis 1990, 432, no. 40; Vassal 2006, 159 (no. 278)




Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a hexafoil made of lozenge-shaped inset pieces.

Built in the 3rd cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence), occupied until mid-1st cent. AD.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.


Tsakirgis 1990, fig. 10


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Mat: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout Built in the 3rd cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence), occupied until mid-1st cent. AD.For criticism of the early date: Campagna 2006, esp. 15, 19-20; Mancini 2006, esp. 170-171.


Tsakirgis 1990, figs. 11-12

1365 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor7.01 West Hill. House of the Tuscan Capitals

Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room


Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: scattered tesserae.Field: grid of lozenges.

Built 2nd cent. BC (material from below the floors of rooms 10 and 22), occupied until the mid-1st cent. AD


FIG. 167


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 9-10 cm)



FIG. 167


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 9-10 cm)



FIG. 167




Habitation. Urban

5. Antechamber to cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome poised four-tessera squares



FIG. 167


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: south-west corner (hexafoil)

Antechamber: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 6-7 cm).South-west corner: circle (double fillets).Bed area: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 13-15 cm).





Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 6.5-7 cm)



FIG. 167


Habitation. Urban

10. Reception room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: border of panel, panel

Border: double spaced swastika-meander. Main field: grid of lozenges

Built 2nd cent. BC (material from below the floors of rooms 10 and 22), occupied until mid-1st cent. AD


FIG. 167


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 4.5-6 cm). Main field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central panel: circle - twelve-petalled rosette with blue circle inscribed at mid-point of petals; fill: bichrome poised four-tessera squares and clusters of three tesserae between petals; bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black or white centre) and bichrome poised squares in spandrel





Habitation. Urban

35 Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Border: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout. Main field: semis of bichrome crosslets (blue centre)



FIG. 167




Habitation. Urban

Peristyle (east)


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Porticoes, four sides: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 7.5-8 cm)


Tsakirgis 1984, 186-206; Tsakirgis 1990, 432-434, nos. 57-59; Aberle 2012, 318-321

FIG. 167


Habitation. Urban

Peristyle (west)


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Porticoes: North: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 8.5-10 cm).Porticoes: East: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 8.5-10 cm).Porticoes: South: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 8.5-10 cm).


Tsakirgis 1984, 186-206; Tsakirgis 1990, 432-434, nos. 60-62; Aberle 2012, 318-321

FIG. 167


Habitation. Urban

Peristyle (north)


Ceramic aggregate

Porticoes: unidentifiable Built 2nd cent. BC (material from below the floors of Rooms 10 and 22), occupied until mid-1st cent. AD

Tsakirgis 1984, 186-206; Tsakirgis 1990, 432-434, nos. 63-66; Vassal 2006, 161 (no. 289)

FIG. 167

1377 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor8.01 West Hill. House of the Palmento

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 7.5-9.5 cm).Border: bichrome crosslets (blue centre). Main field: grid of lozenges.

Built 2nd cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence), occupied until the 1st-cent. AD

Tsakirgis 1984, 171-177; Tsakirgis 1990, 434, no. 67; Aberle 2012, 297


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 6.5-7.5 cm)




Habitation. Urban

Courtyard Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Portico: North: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 9-10 cm)



1380 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor9.01 West Hill. House of the Mended Pithos

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Unidentifiable Built 2nd cent. BC (coin from below the floor of room 3), occupied until late 1st cent. BC?

Tsakirgis 1984, 166-171; Tsakirgis 1990, 434, no. 72



1381 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor10.01 West Hill. House of the Double Cistern

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Unidentifiable Built in the 2nd cent. BC (material from below the floor of room 4), occupied until mid-1st cent. AD?Floors in rooms 1 and 2 with a terminus post quem of the late 1st cent. BC.


1382 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor10.02 West Hill. House of the Double Cistern

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: circle - hexafoil; fill: bichrome poised four-tessera squares.Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.

Built in the 2nd cent. BC (material from below the floor of room 4), occupied until mid-1st cent. AD?Floors in rooms 1 and 2 with a terminus post quem of the late 1st cent. BC).



1383 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor11.01 West Hill. Trench 66/3

1 Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: panel

Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout Tsakirgis 1984, 87-89; Tsakirgis 1990, 435, no. 76; Vassal 2006, 162 (no. 296)

1384 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor12.01 West Hill. Trench 69

Habitation. Urban

5. Courtyard Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Portico: South: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.Portico: West: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.Intercolumniations: bichrome crosslets (blue centre).



Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross and irregular, blue centre), orthogonal layout

Tsakirgis 1984, 235-237; Tsakirgis 1990, 435, no. 78; Vassal 2006, 161-162 (no. 292)



Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Tsakirgis 1984, 235-237; Tsakirgis 1990, 435, no. 79


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Unidentifiable Tsakirgis 1984, 235-237; Tsakirgis 1990, 435, no. 80


Habitation. Urban

12 Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome poised four-tessera square. Main field: grid of lozenges

Tsakirgis 1984, 235-237; Tsakirgis 1990, 435, no. 81

No information on the width of the border



1389 Italy Sicily Palermo (Panormus)

Pal1.01 Piazza della Vittoria. Palazzo Sclafani

Habitation. Urban

D Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Border: meander. Field: grid of lozenges Second half of 2nd cent. BC (no conclusive dating evidence)

Spatafora & Montali 2006, 139-140

Spatafora & Montali 2006, figs. 17, 19

1390 Italy Sicily Pantelleria (Cossyra)

Pan1.01 Località S. Marco. Hill of S. Marco. Block I. Saggio III

Habitation. Urban

Peristyle Cocciopesto. Signino

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), diagonal layout

2nd cent. BC Osanna 2006, 42 and 50; Osanna 2009, 336

Osanna 2006, fig. 18

1391 Italy Sicily San Fratello (Apollonia)

SanF1.01 Monte Vecchio. Saggio C

Habitation. Urban

α Opus signi-num. Pavi-mentazione cementizia a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Band on the east side: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout. Main field: grid of lozenges

End of 4th to beginning of 3rd cent. BC (stratigraphy)

Perrotta 2008, 26-27; Bonanno 2011, 192-193

Perrotta 2008, tav. V - fuori testo; Bonanno 2011, figs. 4-5



Habitation. Urban

β Pavimenta-zione cemen-tizia a base fittile. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout End of 4th to beginning of 3rd cent. BC (stratigraphy)


Bonanno 2011, fig. 6?



Habitation. Urban

γ Pavimenta-zione cemen-tizia a base fittile. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout End of 4th to beginning of 3rd cent. BC (stratigraphy)


Bonanno 2011, fig. 6?


SanF2.01 Monte Vecchio. Saggio A

Habitation. Urban

γ. Triclinium? Cementizio a base fittile. Signino

Ceramic aggregate


Second half of 4th to 3rd cent. BC (stratigraphy)

Perrotta 2008, 24; Bonanno 2011, 193-194

Perrotta 2008, fig. 2, tav. 24.A3

1395 Italy Sicily San Marco d’Alunzio (Halontion)

SanM1.01 Piazza S. Teodoro Habitation. Urban

III. Triclinium? Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Main field: grid of lozenges

3rd cent. BC (comparanda)

Bonanno 2004, 564-566; Bonanno 2011, 187-189

Bonanno 2004, figs. 1-3; Bonanno 2011, figs. 1-2

Partly preserved


SanM2.01 Via Risorgimento. Near Piazza San Teodoro


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Bonanno 2011, 191


SanM3.01 Via Risorgimento. Near Piazza San Teodoro


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Bonanno 2011, 191 Bonanno 2011, fig. 3

1398 Italy Sicily Segesta Seg1.01 Acropoli Sud. Casa del Navarca

Habitation. Urban

B. Dining-room

Cocciopesto. Opus signinum (rosso)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: outer border, border of central fieldOpus sectile: central field

Threshold: Inscription in Greek: XAIRE End of 2nd cent. BC

Bechtold 1997, 134-138; Scovazzo 1997, 109-110; Aberle 2012, 358-359

Owner of house: probably Heraclius Navarcus Segestanus

1399 Italy Sicily Segesta Seg2.01 North-west slope of Monte Barbaro. Casa rupestre

Habitation E Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Second half of 2nd to first half of 1st cent. BC

Scovazzo 1992, 141-142; Bechtold & Favaro 1995, 985; Bechtold 1997, 133-134; Scovazzo 1997, 111

Scovazzo 1992, tav. VII, 2; Bechtold & Favaro 1995, tav. CLXXIX, 2; Bechtold 1997, Abb. 11.6, Taf. 11.6; Scovazzo 1997, fig. 7



1400 Italy Sicily Selinunte (Selinus)

Sel1.01 Acropolis. Temple A. Pronaos

Sanctuary Cult room Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout (distance: 9 cm); sign of Tanit; caduceus; bull’s head within wreath

First half of 3rd cent. BC

Tusa 1971, 62; Brem 2000, 154; Longo & Pomilla 2004, 645-646; Rizzo, G. et al. 2004; Vassal 2006, 175-176 (nos. 366-367); Helas 2011, 257 (Nr. 3/26)

FIGS. 168-169; Tusa 1971, figs. 19-20; Longo & Pomilla 2004, fig. 2; Vassal 2006, figs. 12-13; Helas 2011, Abb. IV 21-24


Sel2.01 Acropolis. Near Temple C. South of the east-west axis

Sanctuary Cult room Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Sign of Tanit (‘arms’ bent twice) with caduceus on either side


Tusa 1971, 61-62; Brem 2000, 154; Longo & Pomilla 2004, 646; Rizzo, G. et al. 2004; Vassal 2006, 175 (no. 365); Helas 2011, 140-141, 257 (Nr. 3/28)

FIG. 170; Tusa 1971, fig. 18; Longo & Pomilla 2004, fig. 5; Vassal 2006, fig. 11; Helas 2011, Abb. IV 42

Restored (originally missing the ‘head’ and uppermost part of the left caduceus)


Sel3.01 Acropolis. Haus 2/27

Habitation. Urban

i. Bathroom Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Possible semis of tesserae First half of 3rd cent. BC

Helas 2011, 69, 255 (Nr. 3/17)

Helas 2011, Abb. III 83



Habitation. Urban

c. Reception room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: ca. 8 cm) First half of 3rd cent. BC

Helas 2011, 69, 258 (Nr. 3/34)

Helas 2011, Abb. IX 123



Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae First half of 3rd cent. BC

Helas 2011, 257 (Nr. 3/27)



Habitation. Urban

j. Bathroom Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: ca. 4.5 cm) Probably shortly after 300 BC

Helas 2011, 69, 257 (Nr. 3/29)

Helas 2011, Abb. IX 120.121


Sel6.01 Acropolis. House north of the street Sf-W,2

Habitation. Urban

In the south. Courtyard?

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: ca. 7 cm) First half of 3rd cent. BC

Helas 2011, 257 (Nr. 3/30)


Sel6.02 Acropolis. House north of the street Sf-W,2

Habitation. Urban

Third room from the south

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 7-8 cm) First half of 3rd cent. BC

Helas 2011, 257 (Nr. 3/31)


Sel7.01 Acropolis. South of Temple B

Shop/workshop

Shop Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: ca. 6 cm) First half of 3rd cent. BC

Helas 2011, 257 (Nr. 3/32)


Sel8.01 Acropolis. Stoa. Haus 2/61

Shop a. Shop Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteCeramic fragments

Semis of tesserae (irregular), orthogonal layout.Illegible motif.


Helas 2011, 117-121, 251, 257-258 (Nr. 3/33)

Helas 2011, Abb. IX 122


Sel9.01 Acropolis. East of Haus 2/39

Habitation? Urban

Reception room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteChip pavement: main field

Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout First half of 3rd cent. BC

Helas 2011, 258 (Nr. 3/35)

FIG. 174; Helas 2011, Abb. III 36, IX 124

1411 Italy Sicily Sofiana (Phi-losophiana)

Sof1.01 Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Possible rosette.Possible meander.

End of 1st cent. BC

Wilson, R.J.A. 1996, 87; Vassal 2006, 176 (no. 370)

1412 Italy Sicily Solunto (Soluntum)

Sol2.01 Insula 3. Casa 1. Casa del deposito a volta

Habitation. Urban

m/HG 6 Opus signinum. Signino


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, dark centre, set orthogonally), diagonal layout

Cutroni Tusa et al. 1994, 56; Greco, C. 1997, 40-41; Wolf 2003, 62; Vassal 2006, 177 (no. 374); Aberle 2012, 243

Greco, C. 1997, fig. 1; Wolf 2003, Taf. 36.1




Sol3.01 Insula 5. Casa di Arpocrate

Habitation. Urban

HG 2. Peristyle


Tesserae: white Basin/impluvium: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 11-12 cm)

Cutroni Tusa et al. 1994, 99; Greco, C. 1997, 43; Wolf 2003, 54; Aberle 2012, 236

FIG. 175; Wolf 2003, Beil. 52


Sol3.02 Insula 5. Casa di Arpocrate

Habitation. Urban

HG 4. Exedra Opus signinum. Signino

Tesserae: white Threshold: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.Border of field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Field: grid of lozenges. Central panel: concentric squares - circular border with spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera - pseudo-shield of lozenges; orthogonal or diagonal semis of tesserae in corner between concentric squares and circular border.

2nd to 1st cent. BC

Cutroni Tusa et al. 1994, 99; Greco, C. 1997, 43; Wolf 2003, 54; Vassal 2006, 177 (no. 376); Aberle 2012, 236

FIG. 175; Greco, C. 1997, fig. 5; Wolf 2003, Beil. 52; Vassal 2006, figs. 5-6; Aberle 2012, fig. 4.29; Greco, C. 2014, fig. 9


Sol4.01 Insula 6. Casa 3. Casa del cerchio in mosaico

Habitation. Urban

f. Courtyard Cocciopesto. Opus signinum. Signino

Tesserae: white Exedral part: Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Main field: grid of lozenges

De Vos 1975, 196, 209; Cutroni Tusa et al. 1994, 97; Greco, C. 1997, 41; Vassal 2006, 176-177 (no. 371); Aberle 2012, 225

De Vos 1975, fig. 5; Greco, C. 1997, fig. 2


Sol4.02 Insula 6. Casa 3. Casa del cerchio in mosaico

Habitation. Urban

g. Dining-room


Tesserae: white Circular border: swastika-meander. Main field: pseudo-shield of lozenges

Last decades of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

De Vos 1975, 196, 209; Cutroni Tusa et al. 1994, 97-98; Greco, C. 1997, 42-43; Vassal 2006, 177 (no. 372); Aberle 2012, 225

De Vos 1975, fig. 5; Cutroni Tusa et al. 1994, fig. 36; Greco, C. 1997, fig. 3


Sol5.01 Insula 6. Casa di Leda

Habitation. Urban

HG 3. Cubiculum



Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout First phase: 2nd cent. BC

De Vos 1975, 197; Cutroni Tusa et al. 1994, 61-63; Greco, C. 1997, 45, 47, 50; Wolf 2003, 48; Aberle 2012, 220, 222

Greco, C. 1997, fig. 6; Greco, C. 2014, fig. 8

Mosaic panel lost


Sol6.01 Insula 7. Casa 1 Habitation. Urban

Reception room


Tesserae: white Threshold: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square.Field: grid of lozenges.

Greco, C. 1997, 41; Vassal 2006, 177 (no. 375); Greco, C. 2014, 208-209

1419 Italy Sicily Syracuse Syr1.01 Intersection of Via Timoleonte and Piazza della Vittoria

Habitation. Urban

Western room

Opus signinum (rossiccio)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges 1st cent. BC Gentili 1956, 99-104

Gentili 1956, figs. 1, 3

1420 Italy Sicily Syracuse Syr1.02 Intersection of Via Timoleonte and Piazza della Vittoria

Habitation. Urban



Field: semis of tesserae and crosslets (black centre), diagonal layout (distance: 12 cm). Central rectangular panel: row of opposed semicircles making poised concave squares (the central square within circle) and quartercircles

1st cent. BC Gentili 1956, 99-104

Gentili 1956, fig. 1



1421 Italy Sicily Syracuse Syr2.01 S. Lucia. Vie Caltanissetta and Impellizzeri

Habitation. Urban

Opus testaceum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: meander. Main field: grid of lozenges Orsi 1915, 191

1422 Italy Sicily Syracuse Syr3.01 Viale P. Orsi/Viale F.S. Cavallari. Casa 2

Habitation. Urban

f. Dining-room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Mat: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.Border (couch area): semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Central rectangular panel: grid of lozenges.

2nd to 1st cent. BC

Gentili 1951, 279-282

FIG. 177; Gentili 1951, figs. 3, 17

1423 Italy Sicily Syracuse Syr4.01 Viale P. Orsi/Viale F.S. Cavallari. Casa 6

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum


2nd cent. BC Gentili 1951, 292-293

Gentili 1951, fig. 26

1424 Italy Sicily Syracuse Syr5.01 Via G. Testaferrata/G. Di Natale. Stabile 7

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum. Signinum


Possible crosslets (“fiori quadripetali”) Late Hellenistic period

Gentili 1956, 113-114; Joly 1997, 36 note 15

1425 Italy Sicily Syracuse Syr5.02 Via G. Testaferrata/G. Di Natale. Stabile 7

Habitation. Urban

Signinum Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout Gentili 1956, 113-114

1426 Italy Sicily Syracuse Syr6.01 Via Gerone I Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: white Rosette Gentili 1951, 140-143; Joly 1997, 36 note 15

1427 Italy Sicily Taormina (Taurome-nium)

Tao1.01 Via Circonvallazione

Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: central field

Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Late 2nd cent. BC

von Boeselager 1983, 36-37; Mastelloni 2004, 422

von Boeselager 1983, Taf. VI.10, VI.11; Mastelloni 2004, fig. 16

1428 Italy Sicily Taormina (Tau-romenium)

Tao2.01 Area of the Roman baths

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae 2nd cent. BC Mastelloni 2004, 422

1430 Italy Sicily Tindari (Tyndaris)

Tin1.01 Contrada Cercadenari. Area B

Habitation. Urban

I Opus signinum

Grid of lozenges 1st to 2nd cent. AD

R. Leone & M. Viara in Spigo 2006, 104

1431 Italy Sicily Troina Tro1.01 Contrada Rusone. Building «extra moenia»

Temple? V Calce e cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 6 cm) First half of 2nd cent. BC

Militello 1961, 329-332

Militello 1961, fig. 7

1432 Italy Sicily Troina Tro2.01 Building «intra moenia»

Habitation. Urban

IV Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout Around the mid-1st cent. BC

Militello 1961, 334-339

Militello 1961, fig. 10

1433 Italy Sardinia Cagliari (Caralis)

Cag1.01 Tuvixeddu. Southern area. Casa degli emblemi punici

Habitation. Urban

Courtyard Cocciopesto. Cocciopisto

Tesserae: white Two signs of Tanit (‘arms’ bent upwards), one on each long side. Two circles or wreaths with ribbons, one on each short side

Republican period (no dating evidence)

Puglisi 1943; Sardinia 1981, 105-106 (no. 113); Usai & Zucca 1986, 164; Rinaldi 2002, 36; Vassal 2006, 66-67, 144 (no. 198)

FIGS. 178-182; Puglisi 1943, figs. 5-6, 8-12; Sardinia 1981, pl. V

One sign of Tanit and one circle/wreath lost


Cag1.02 Tuvixeddu. Southern area. Casa degli emblemi punici

Habitation. Urban

Main room Cocciopesto. Opus signinum. Signino

Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges (lost).Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 2.5-4 cm).


Puglisi 1943; Sardinia 1981, 105-106 (nos. 111-112); Usai & Zucca 1986, 164; Rinaldi 2002, 36; Vassal 2006, 66-67, 144 (no. 197)

FIG. 178; Puglisi 1943, figs. 6-7; Sardinia 1981, pl. V




Cag2.01 Between Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Via Tigellio, Via Carbonazzi. «Campo Viale». Casa del Tablino dipinto

Habitation. Urban

A Calcestruzzo. Opus signinum. Signino


House built in the Augustan period. Floors from the second phase: end of 1st cent. AD (dating evidence)

Pesce 1964-1965, 336; Sardinia 1981, 98 (no. 93); Angiolillo 1984; Rinaldi 2002, 35 note 52

Sardinia 1981, pl. III. Plan: Ghiotto 2004, fig. 80



Habitation. Urban

E. Atrium Calcestruzzo. Opus signinum in battuto grigio. Signino

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Field: grid of lozenges House built in the Augustan period. Floors from the second phase: end of 1st cent. AD (dating evidence)

Pesce 1964-1965, 338; Sardinia 1981, 97 (no. 92); Angiolillo 1984; Rinaldi 2002, 35 note 52; Vassal 2006, 67, 144-145 (no. 200)

Sardinia 1981, pl. IV. Plan: Ghiotto 2004, fig. 80



Habitation. Urban

I Cocciopesto. Opus signinum. Signino

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout (distance: 4-5 cm)

House built in the Augustan period. Floors from the second phase: end of 1st cent. AD (dating evidence)

Pesce 1964-1965, 340; Sardinia 1981, 97 (no. 91); Angiolillo 1984; Rinaldi 2002, 35 note 52; Vassal 2006, 67, 144 (no. 199, atrium)

Sardinia 1981, pl. II. Plan: Ghiotto 2004, fig. 80


Cag3.01 Quartiere di S. Avendrace. Via Po. Fragment in the Museo Archeologico di Cagliari

Cocciopesto. Cocciopisto

Tesserae: white Sign of Tanit (‘arms’ bent upwards).Caduceus.


Sardinia 1981, 105 (no. 110); Rinaldi 2002, 36; Vassal 2006, 145 (no. 202)

FIG. 183; Sardinia 1981, pl. IV


Cag4.01 Viale Trieste 105 Habitation? C Cementizio. Cocciopesto

Tesserae: whiteFragments: red

Caduceus 2nd cent. BC (dating evidence)

Mongiu 1987, 58-59 and 63; Rinaldi 2002, 36

Mongiu 1987, tav. II


Cag5.01 Via Brenta. Pilone 7

Habitation. Urban

a Cementizio. Cocciopesto

Tesserae (somewhat irregular): white

Two signs of Tanit: one with ‘arms’ bent upwards; only the body of the other is preserved

Beginning of 2nd cent. BC (dating evidence)

Chessa 1992, 38, 40 and 44; Tronchetti 1992, 31-32; Rinaldi 2002, 36

Chessa 1992, pl. XII.1; Rinaldi 2002, fig. 7

1441 Italy Sardinia Nora Nor1.01 Republican quarter. North of the Central Baths

Habitation. Urban

T Cementizio. Opus signinum. Signino


1st cent. BC Sardinia 1981, 59 (no. 52); Rinaldi 2002, 31; Vassal 2006, 163 (no. 300)

Sardinia 1981, pl. I; Rinaldi 2002, fig. 2

1442 Italy Sardinia Nora Nor2.01 Punic quarter Habitation. Urban

A Cementizio. Opus signinum


1st cent. BC Sardinia 1981, 61 (no. 58); Vassal 2006, 163 (no. 299)

Sardinia 1981, pl. I

1443 Italy Sardinia Nora Nor3.01 Room east of the Casa dell’Atrio Tetrastilo

Cementizio. Opus signinum


End of Republican period to beginning of Imperial period

Sardinia 1981, 61 (no. 61); Vassal 2006, 163-164 (no. 303)

Sardinia 1981, pl. II





Habitation. Urban


Outer border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Border of central panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. Central panel: concentric squares - pseudo-shield of lozenges; palmette in spandrel


Proietti 2006, 518 Proietti 2006, fig. 2

1445 Italy Sardinia Olbia Olb1.01 Via Porto Romano. Proprietà SIP. Courtyard

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Sign of Tanit (lower part destroyed) Around 2nd cent. BC (dating evidence)

D’Oriano 1991, 126

1446 Italy Sardinia Padria (Gurulis Vetus)

Pad1.01 Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Probably 1st to 2nd cent. AD

Sardinia 1981, 163 (no. 137)

Sardinia 1981, pl. III

1447 Italy Sardinia Sant’Antioco (Sulcis)

Sant1.01 Acropolis Temple Portico Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 15 and 17 cm)

Late Republican to early Imperial period (no dating evidence)

Sardinia 1981, 69 (no. 68); Tronchetti 1991, 26, 28; Tronchetti 1995, 109; Bonetto 2006, 266-267

Sardinia 1981, pl. II; Tronchetti 1991, fig. 13

1448 Italy Sardinia Sant’Antioco (Sulcis)

Sant2.01 Località Su Narboni. Cronicario. Settore I

Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: white Spaced swastika-meander with a square in the space (composed of two swastikas and one square).Sign of Tanit (‘arms’ bent upwards).

The house was built in the first half of the 1st cent. AD (Claudian period) (dating evidence), but this part of the floor is supposed to have been taken from an earlier building of Republican date (no earlier than the 1st cent. BC)

Bernardini & Tronchetti 1986, 33; Tronchetti 1988, 113; Rinaldi 2002, 36-37 note 58; Tronchetti 2004, 392

FIG. 184; Tronchetti 1988, pl. XXV.3

1449 Italy Sardinia Tharros Tha1.01 Casa 7 Habitation. Urban

South-east of the room with a large vessel


Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 4.5/5 cm)

Mezzolani 2000, 223-225, no. 1

Mezzolani 2000, figs. 2-3


C Cocciopesto Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 4/5 cm)

Pesce 1966, 136; Mezzolani 2000, 226-229, no. 2



Located next to room C

Cocciopesto. Cocciopisto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whitePebbles

Edge of basin: flower Pesce 1966, 135-136; Mezzolani 2000, 228 and note 36


B Cocciopesto. Cocciopisto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 4.5/5 cm)






C Cocciopesto. Cocciopisto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 5.5/6 cm)


Mezzolani 2000, fig. 9

1454 Italy Sardinia Tharros Tha5.01 Casa 33 (?) Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: white Possible semis of tesserae (distance: 4/6 cm) Mezzolani 2000, 234-236, no. 5


1455 Italy Sardinia Tharros Tha6.01 Area “delle due colonne”. Magazzino scavo. Fragment

Cocciopisto. Signino

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges End of Republican period to beginning of Imperial period

Sardinia 1981, 140 (no. 128)

Sardinia 1981, pl. IV

1456 Italy Sardinia Tharros Tha7.01 Area north of the temple with Semitic ground plan

Cocciopisto. Signino

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 5 cm)


Sardinia 1981, 140 (no. 129)

Sardinia 1981, pl. III

This floor might be identical with the one referred to by Pesce 1966 in house no. 45. Cf. Mezzolani 2000, 212 and note 4

1457 Italy Sardinia Tharros Tha8.01 Area east of the temple with Semitic ground plan

Signino Tesserae (mainly irregular and rectangular): whitePossible chip pavement

Central field/panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square


Sardinia 1981, 140 (no. 130)

Sardinia 1981, pl. IV

Lost

1458 Libya Lepcis Magna Lep1.01 Old Forum. Phoenician-Punic Building

Cement (pink). Tracce cementizie di tessellato rosa

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (mainly set diagonally), diagonal layout

Late Punic phase (241-118 BC)

Carter 1965, 126-128; De Miro & Polito 2005, 26

Carter 1965, pl. 33 fig. 7

1459 Libya Sabratha Sab1.01 Regio III. Insula 9. Fragment

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Sign of Tanit Augustan period?

Tusa 1976, 33 FIG. 185

1460 Malta Tas-Silġ Tas1.01 Area 2, south. Sanctuary of Hera-Juno (Astarte)

Sanctuary 16-19. Portico and adjoining rooms


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, diagonal-irregular layout (distance: 3.5/4 cm)

End of 2nd or beginning of 1st cent. BC (stratigraphy)

A. Ciasca in Mis-sione archeologica 1965, 53-54, 179 and 192-193; A. Davico in Missione archelogico 1967, 39; Buhagiar 1996, 7-8; Rossignani 2009, 123-125

Missione archeologica 1965, pls. 13 and 17.1; Missione archeologica 1967, pl. 10; Rossignani 2009, fig. 10

1461 Spain Andalusia Córdoba (Patricia Corduba)

Cord1.01 Paseo del Gran Capitán 2

Opus signinum


Border: spaced swastika-meander. Possible main field: grid of lozenges.

Transition from 2nd to 1st cent. BC. First third of 1st cent. BC

Murillo Redondo & Jiménez Salvador 2002, 191-192 (no. 14)

Murillo Redondo & Jiménez Salvador 2002, p. 190

1462 Spain Andalusia Santiponce (Itálica)

Santi1.01 Casa de la Condesa de Lebrija?

Opus signinum

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessella-tum: motif in spandrel (dol-phin)

Border: swastika-meander. Central panel: square - circle - intersecting circles making concave hexagons with hexafoils; fill: bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre).

Transition from 1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD

Blanco Freijeiro 1978a, 44 (no. 26); de Amores Carredano & Rodríguez Hidalgo 1986, 549

Blanco Freijeiro 1978a, lám. 51.2




Santi2.01 Avda. de Extremadura 56. Area of forum

Temple Opus signinum. Signinum

Tesserae: white First field: grid of lozenges. Inscription in Latin, first line: M TRAHIVS C F PR AP ---; second line: DE STIPE IDEMQ CAV ---.Second field: double latchkey meander.

Augustan period (no conclusive dating evidence)

de Amores Carredano & Rodríguez Hidalgo 1986, 551-562; Brem 2000, 152; Díaz Ariño 2008, 208-209 (no. U 23)

de Amores Carredano & Rodríguez Hidalgo 1986, fig. 7; Díaz Ariño 2008, p. 337

1464 Spain Aragon Botorrita (Contrebia Belaisca)

Bot1.01 Eras Bajas Habitation. Urban

4. Cubiculum Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Zone 1: Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Main field: grid of lozenges.Zone 2: Grid of squares, diagonal layout. Circle - rosette.

Terminus ante quem of the Sertorian War (76-72 BC). Terminus ante quem of 49 BC

Lasheras Corruchaga 1984b, 173-174; Beltrán 1991, 186, 196

Beltrán 1991, fig. 26

The identification of motifs is based mainly on low-quality photographs




Tesserae: white Central panel: square - concentric circles - concave hexagon - hexafoil

Terminus ante quem of the Sertorian War (76-72 BC). Terminus ante quem of 49 BC.


Beltrán 1991, fig. 23.1




11. Atrium Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Grid of squares, diagonal layout



Beltrán 1991, figs. 24.2, 25.2




12. Tablinum Opus signinum

Tesserae: white First field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.Second field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.


Lasheras Corruchaga 1984b, 173-174; Beltrán 1991, 186

Beltrán 1991, figs. 24.1, 25.1




9. Corridor Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares



Beltrán 1991, fig. 23.2


1469 Spain Aragon Cabezo de Alcalá (Azaila)

CabA1.01 Acropolis Temple Pronaos Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Scale pattern (lengthwise) Terminus ante quem of the Sertorian War (76-72 BC)

Lasheras Corruchaga 1984a, 199-200; Lasheras Corruchaga 1984b, 171; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 100 (no. 152)

Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, lám. XLIII


CabA1.02 Acropolis Temple Cella Opus signinum


Terminus ante quem of the Sertorian War (76-72 BC)

Lasheras Corruchaga 1984a, 199-200; Lasheras Corruchaga 1984b, 171; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 100 (no. 153)

Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, lám. XLIII




CabA2.01 Museo de Teruel, Museo de Zaragoza, 58 and 3 fragments

Habitation? Urban

Opus signinum. Mortero de cal y fragmentos de cerámica

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: grey, whiteRed paint

Scale pattern.Swastika-meander.Spaced swastika-meander.Grid of lozenges.Fillets.Floral motifs.


Lasheras Corruchaga 1984a, 200-203; Lasheras Corruchaga 1984b, 171; Beltrán Lloris, M. 1991, 131

Lasheras Corruchaga 1984a, p. 205

1472 Spain Aragon Chalamera Chal1.01 Era Forcada. Fragments. Some reused in modern floors

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Reconstruction:Multiple framing fillets. Circular border of central panel: possible laurel leaves. Central panel: pseudo-shield of lozenges; hedera leaves and small circles with hexagon and hexafoil in interspaces

4th to 5th cent. AD

Pita Merce 1970; Lasheras Corruchaga 1984b, 178; Galve Izquierdo 1996, 51-52

Pita Merce 1970, figs. 1-7

1473 Spain Aragon Durón de Belmonte

Dur1.01 “salle” Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Unknown Sillières 2001, 180 and note 14

1474 Spain Aragon Huesca (Osca)

Hue1.01 Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum


Bichrome crosslets Sillières 2001, 180

1475 Spain Aragon La Cabañeta LaCab1.01 East of the baths Association house

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Northern part: Inscription in Latin:[---]NDILIVS·L·L·LICINVS·P·MANILIVS·C·L· [---] [---]IR[.]VS·MAGISTREIS·ARAM·PAVIMEN[---] [---]A[.]PERE·TECTORIO·FACIENDV·CVRA[---] LB


Ferreruela Gonzalvo & Mínguez Morales 2001, 244-246; Ferreruela Gonzalvo & Mínguez Morales 2002, 208-211; Ferreruela et al. 2003; Díaz Ariño 2008, 180-181 (no. C 105)

Ferreruela Gonzalvo & Mínguez Morales 2001, fig. 1; Ferreruela et al. 2003, figs. 3-5; Díaz Ariño 2008, p. 330

1476 Spain Aragon La Caridad LaCar1.01 Casa I.1. Casa de Likine

Association house

1. Reception room

Opus signinum

Tesserae: grey, whiteRed paint

Field, tripartite:Eastern field: spaced swastika-meander, each space void.Central field subdivided into three main zones: Front zone: semis of tesserae, diagonal lay-out; band with Iberian inscription: l.i.ki.n.e.te. e.ki.a.r.u.se. ke. r. te. ku. Central zone: Border of panel: swastika-meander. Border (circular): foli-ate scroll with hederae. Central motif: circle with sixteen-lozenge star, hedera in intervals; spin-dle-shaped flower with volutes in two spandrels and pair of dolphins in two spandrels. Rear zone: Eastern panel: pseudo-shield of lozenges; two spandrels with crescent and two spandrels with pelta. Western panel: intersecting circles form-ing concave hexagons with hexafoils; star in two spandrels and fish in two spandrels.Western field: grid of lozenges.

Second half of 2nd cent. BC, latest material from the first third of the 1st cent. BC. Terminus ante quem of 80-72 BC

Vicente Redón et al. 1989; Vicente Redón et al. 1991, 102-107; Gómez Pallarès 1997, 144-148 (no. TE 1); Sillières 2001, 177-180; Vassal 2006, 116 (no. 49)

FIGS. 199-200; Vicente Redón et al. 1989, figs. 2-7, lám. I.1; Vicente Redón et al. 1991, figs. 35-39, 63; Gómez Pallarès 1997, lám. 61; Sillières 2001, figs. 2-3

1477 Spain Aragon La Caridad LaCar1.02 Casa I.1. Casa de Likine

Association house

4. Cubiculum Opus signinum


Antechamber: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a quatrefoil.Bed area: grid of lozenges.

Second half of 2nd cent. BC, latest material from the first third of the 1st cent. BC. Termi-nus ante quem of 80-72 BC

Vicente Redón et al. 1989; Vicente Redón et al. 1991, 102-107; Sillières 2001, 177-180; Vassal 2006, 116 (no. 48)

FIGS. 199, 201; Vicente Redón et al. 1989, lám. I.2; Vicente Redón et al. 1991, fig. 34; Sillières 2001, fig. 2



1478 Spain Aragon Sádaba Sad1.01 West of the Canal de las Bárdenas


Caldarium Opus signinum

Grid of lozenges; fill: crosslet Garcia y Bellido 1963, 9; Lasheras Corruchaga 1984b, 182

1479 Spain Aragon Velilla de Ebro (Colonia Victrix Julia Lepida-Celsa)

VelE1.01 Insula I. Casa A (later: Casa C/de los Delfines)

Habitation. Urban

6 (room 7 in Casa C). Reception room

Mortero (blanco). Signinum (blanco)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae (irregular): black

Inscription in Latin: SALVE Phase III A-2: 32-30 BC

Beltrán Lloris, M. et al. 1984, 64, 78, 81, 84, 86; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 40 (no. 63); Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, 90-93; Beltrán Lloris, M. 1991, 142; Gómez Pallarès 1997, 163 (no. Z 1); Brem 2000, 151

FIG. 204; Beltrán Lloris, M. et al. 1984, figs. 31a, 32a; Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, figs. 4-5; Gómez Pallarès 1997, lám. 70


VelE1.02 Insula I. Casa A (later: Casa C/de los Delfines)

Habitation. Urban

4. Atrium Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Concentric rectangles - lozenge with spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera; grid of lozenges with a 90° rotation in corner

Phase III A-3: 30 BC - AD 10/15

Beltrán Lloris, M. et al. 1984, 64, 89-90, 93; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 40-41 (no. 64); Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, 90-93; Vassal 2006, 119 (no. 61)

FIGS. 204-205; Beltrán Lloris, M. et al. 1984, figs. 31b, 34, 35a; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, lám. XV.1; Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, figs. 4-5


VelE1.03 Insula I. Casa C/de los Delfines

Habitation. Urban

6. Tablinum Opus signinum (cerámica). Signino

Ceramic aggregate


Southern field: Central panel (poorly preserved): square - circular border with possible swastika-meander; dolphin in corners. Side panels: double latchkey meander.Northern field: double latchkey meander. Central panel: square - circular border with swastika-meander; dolphin in corner; concentric circles - pseudo-shield of lozenges.

Phase III B-1: AD 10/15 - AD 50/54

Beltrán Lloris, M. et al. 1984, 64, 119, 140, 144; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 41 (no. 67); Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, 90-93; Vassal 2006, 118 (no. 58)

FIGS. 204, 206; Beltrán Lloris, M. et al. 1984, figs. 52a, 60, 61a-b; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, lám. XVI; Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, figs. 5-6

Owner: L. Licinius At(ico)



Habitation. Urban

8. Cubiculum Opus signinum (céramica)

Ceramic aggregate


Antechamber: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout.Dividing band: central quatrefoil, three dolphins on either side.Bed area: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.

Phase III B-1: AD 10/15 - AD 50/54

Beltrán Lloris, M. et al. 1984, 64, 144, 146; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 41 (no. 69); Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, 90-93; Vassal 2006, 118 (no. 59)

FIGS. 204, 207; Beltrán Lloris, M. et al. 1984, figs. 52b, 52b-2, 62; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, lám. XVII; Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, figs. 5, 7






Habitation. Urban

14. Exedra Mortero (blanco)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: white Gaming board: four radii in outline attached to the inner circle (containing a hexafoil) and extending beyond the outer circle

Phase III B-1: AD 10/15 - AD 50/54

Beltrán Lloris, M. et al. 1984, 64, 119, 146; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 41 (no. 70); Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, 90-93

FIGS. 204, 208; Beltrán Lloris, M. et al. 1984, figs. 63b-c; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, lám. XV.1, XVI-XVII; Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, fig. 5



VelE2.01 Insula VII. Casa de Hércules

Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: black, greenish grey, ochre, red, white

Outer border (for whole field): row of crosslets.First border of first panel (at front): hedera leaves with fruits. Second border of first panel: grid of hexagons (honeycomb). Third border of first panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares. Central panel: grid of squares, orthogonal layout.Area between two panels: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout.First border of second panel: two sides with foliate scroll, two sides with row of squares with fill: two kinds of quatrefoils, and one side with bull’s head at centre. Second border of second panel: swastika-meander. Second panel (at rear): square - circle - concave hexagon - hexafoil as centre, small hexafoils as fill; dolphin in corners.

The room belongs to the first phase of the house. Second Style wall paintings in the room

Beltrán Lloris, M. 1980, 412; Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, 95-96; Beltrán Lloris, M. 1991, 150-151; Vassal 2006, 118-119 (no. 60)

Beltrán Lloris, M. 1980, lám. II

We are grateful to Miguel Beltrán Lloris for giving us the opportunity to study a photograph of the floor



Habitation. Urban

2. Triclinium Opus signinum. Signino

Couch area: scale pattern. Central field: grid of lozenges

The room belongs to the first phase of the house. Second Style wall paintings in the room

Beltrán Lloris, M. 1980, 412; Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, 95-96; Beltrán Lloris, M. 1991, 150, 156



Habitation. Urban

3-4. Cubiculum

Mortero (blanco). Opus signinum

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black, ochre

Border: swastika-meander. Main field: grid of lozenges.

The room belongs to the first phase of the house

Beltrán Lloris, M. 1980, 413; Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, 95-96; Beltrán Lloris, M. 1991, 150



Habitation. Urban

Room opening onto the peristyle


Panel: scale pattern.Panel: grid of lozenges.

Beltrán Lloris, M. 1980, 412; Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, 95-96


VelE3.01 Insula VII. Casa de la Tortuga

Habitation. Urban

46. Triclinium Gravilla Tesserae: black Threshold: Inscription in Latin: CAVE CANE Beltrán Lloris, M. 1991, 144-145, 156




VelE4.01 Insula VII. Casa del Emblema blanco y negro

Habitation. Urban

18. Entrance room

Mortero (blanco)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Inscription in Latin: CAVE CANE Augustan period Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, 96-97; Beltrán Lloris, M. 1991, 145; Gómez Pallarès 1997, 163-164 (no. Z 2)

Gómez Pallarès 1997, lám. 71


VelE4.02 Insula VII. Casa del Emblema blanco y negro

Habitation. Urban

2. Tablinum Opus signinum

Tiles and inset piecesOpus tessellatum: band, central panel

Possible threshold: swastika-meander Lasheras Corruchaga 1989, 96-97; Beltrán Lloris, M. 1991, 145

1491 Spain Aragon Zaragoza (Caesaraugu-sta)

Zar1.01 Calle de Don Juan de Aragón 9

Habitation. Urban

Triclinium (winter)

Opus signinum


Antechamber: Panel: pair of dolphins – one small and one large in spandrel. First circular border: swastika-meander. Second circular border: wave pattern. Central field: pseudo-shield of lozenges.Dining area: Front zone: unknown. U-shaped area: grid of lozenges. Central panel: square - circular border with foliate scroll and hederae; hedera leaves in spandrel. Central panel: rosette of lobed petals.

First third of 1st cent. BC. Abandoned 35/30 BC

Galve Izquierdo 1991, 206-209; Zaragoza 1991, 15-16; Galve Izquierdo 1996, 37-52, 54; Sillières 2001, 180, 182; Vassal 2006, 118 (no. 57); Beltrán Lloris, M. & Mostalac Carrillo 2007, 71

FIG. 210; Galve Izquierdo 1991, figs. 2, 4, 9; Zaragoza 1991, 15; Galve Izquierdo 1996, figs. 9-10, lám. 11-20; Sillières 2001, fig. 4; Beltrán Lloris, M. & Mostalac Carrillo 2007, fig. 1


Zar2.01 Calle Torrellas 1, calle Palafox 26

Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: white Border: foliate scroll with opposed hederae. Field: grid of lozenges.

Prior to the Augustan colony

I. Aguilera Aragón in Zaragoza 1991, 13-15; Galve Izquierdo 1996, 50, 52

Zaragoza 1991, p. 13


Zar3.01 Plaza de La Seo. Area of the forum. Fragments

Shop Shop Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges. Last decade of 1st cent. BC

Mostalac Carrillo & Perez Casas 1989, 135, 137; Galve Izquierdo 1996, 50

Mostalac Carrillo & Perez Casas 1989, p. 135

1494 Spain Castile-León

Astorga (Asturica Augusta)

Asto1.01 Near the forum. Domus del pavimento de opus signinum

Habitation. Urban

1. Triclinium Opus signinum (latericio)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessella-tum: borderRed paint

Semis of bichrome crosslets (white centre), orthogonal layout (distance: 36 cm). Possibly central panel

Tiberian to Claudian period (dating evidence)

Burón Alvarez 1997, 24, 42-43; Burón Alvarez 1998, 1043-1048

Burón Alvarez 1997, plano 7

1495 Spain Castile-La Mancha

Balazote Bal1.01 La Vega Opus signinum

Grid of squares; fill: possible crosslets Blázquez et al. 1989a, 46 (no. 37)

1496 Spain Catalonia Ampurias (Emporion-Emporiae)

Amp1.01 Sant Martí d’Empúries (Palaiapolis). Carrer del Corral 8-10

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Field: multiple framing fillets. Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout.

2nd to 1st cent. BC

10 anys 2003, 29 10 anys 2003, p. 29


Amp2.01 Neapolis. Insula A. Casa 19

Habitation. Urban

1 Opus signinum

Grid of squares, diagonal layout. Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 387-388

Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, p. 389 and separate plan; Tang 2005, fig. 18




Amp3.01 Neapolis. Insula M. Casa 1 (Domus de las inscripciones)

Habitation. Urban

6. Dining-room

Opus signinum

Mat: Inscription in Greek: ΕΥ[Τ]ΥΧΕ.Central field: circle - rosette


Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 385-386; Gómez Pallarès 1997, 93-95 (no. GI 3); Brem 2000, 151

FIG. 187; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, p. 386 and separate plan; Gómez Pallarès 1997, lám. 30; Tang 2005, fig. 17


Amp3.02 Neapolis. Insula M. Casa 1 (Domus de las inscripciones)

Habitation. Urban

7. Passage Opus signinum

Mat: Inscription in Greek: ΧΑΙΡΕΤΕ Second half of 1st cent. BC

Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 385-386; Gómez Pallarès 1997, 95-96 (no. GI 4); Brem 2000, 151

FIG. 187; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, p. 386 and separate plan; Gómez Pallarès 1997, lám. 31; Tang 2005, fig. 17


Amp4.01 Neapolis. Insula M. Casa 7 (Domus H)

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Central field: grid of squares, diagonal layout. Built or remodelled before the last third of 1st cent. BC

Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 366; Santos 1998, 558 and note 7

FIG. 187; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, p. 366 and seperate plan; Tang 2005, fig. 17



Amp4.02 Neapolis. Insula M. Casa 7 (Domus H)

Habitation. Urban

3 Opus signinum

Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout. Built or remodelled before the last third of 1st cent. BC

Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 366; Santos 1998, 558 and note 7

FIG. 187; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, p. 366 and seperate plan; Tang 2005, fig. 17


Amp5.01 Neapolis. Insula C. Casa 28 (Casa de la herrería)

Habitation. Urban

1 Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of squares, orthogonal layout Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 356

Personal observation of floor. Small part of floor visible


Amp6.01 Neapolis. Insula C. Casa 34. (Domus del atrio tetrástilo)

Habitation. Urban

8. Main room Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 368-369

Plan: Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, p. 367 and separate plan



Amp7.01 Neapolis. Insula C. Casa 35

Habitation. Urban

2-3 Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 403, 406


Personal observation of floor. Small part of floor in room 2 visible


Amp8.01 Neapolis, Insula C. Casa 43. (Casa de la esquina del agora)

Habitation. Urban

2. Main room Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 357





Amp9.01 Neapolis. Insula O. Casa 52. (Casa del mosaico con inscripción Hedykoitos)

Habitation. Urban

2. Dining-room

Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Mat: box with inscription in Greek: ΗΔΥΚΟΙΤΟΣ.Outer border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal-irregular layout. Border of central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central field: grid of lozenges.


Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1989; Olmos Romera 1989, 45-52; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 358-359; Gómez Pallarès 1997, 92-93 (no. GI 2); Brem 2000, 151; Vassal 2006, 108 (no. 8); Tang 2010, 638

Olmos Romera 1989, figs. 1-2; Marcet & Sanmartí 1990, 112 (top); Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, p. 253 and separate plan; Gómez Pallarès 1997, lám. 29; Vassal 2006, fig. 10; Tang 2005, figs. 20, 25; Tang 2010, fig. 13



Amp10.01 Neapolis. Insula H. Casa 75. (Casa de la cisterna en L)

Habitation. Urban

2 Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Border: pair of opposed undulating and intersecting bands, forming horizontal spindles.Field: grid of squares, diagonal layout.

Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 372-373



Amp11.01 Neapolis. Insula N. Casa 80. (Casa del mosaico con inscripción Xaire Agathos Daimon)

Habitation. Urban

3. Dining-room

Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, blue, whiteOpus tessellatum: centre of left pseudo-shield of lozenges (bichrome hexafoil)

At entrance (?) and next to the right panel: Inscription in Greek: ΧΑΙΡΕ ΑΓΑΘΟΣ ΔΑΙΜΩΝ.Outer border: semis of tesserae, diagonal lay-out. Main field with two juxtaposed panels: Border of right panel: spaced swastika-mean-der, each space containing a square with a black diagonal cross and white tessera at centre. Pan-el: circle - pseudo-shield of lozenges (black tes-sera at intersections); lily with volutes and dou-ble volutes in spandrel. Band between panels: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross and ir-regular, white centre), diagonal-irregular layout. Border of left panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Panel: square - circle - pseudo-shield of loz-enges with circle - concave hexagon - hexafoil (opus tessellatum) as centre (black tessera at intersections); lily with volutes, double volutes and crosslets in spandrel.


Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1989; Olmos Romera 1989, 52-57; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 374; Gómez Pallarès 1997, 90-92; Brem 2000, 151; Vassal 2006, 108-109 (no. 9)

FIG. 190; Olmos Romera 1989, fig. 3; Marcet & Sanmartí 1990, pp. 109, 112 (bottom); Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, pp. 375-376 and separate plan; Gómez Pallarès 1997, lám. 28; Vassal 2006, fig. 17; Tang 2005, fig. 20


Amp12.01 Neapolis, Insula S. Casa 85. (Domus del Clypeus)

Habitation. Urban

1. Atrium Tesserae: black, white

Impluvium basin: circle - compass rose Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 375

FIG. 187; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, p. 377 and separate plan; Tang 2005, fig. 17


Amp13.01 Neapolis. Sanctuary of Asclepius. Temple P

Temple Cella Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.Main field: grid of squares, diagonal layout.

First half of 2nd cent. BC (coins)

Marcet & Sanmartí 1990, 96; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 176-178

Marcet & Sanmartí 1990, p. 96; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, separate plan




Amp14.01 Roman city. Insula 36. Casa 1. (Casa Villanueve)

Habitation. Urban

36 Opus signinum

Grid of lozenges First phase: first quarter of 1st cent. BC

Sanmartí-Grego & Santos Retolaza 1986-1989; Santos Retolaza 1991, 22-30; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 242, 390-391, 395-397; Carrión-Masgrau & Santos Retolaza 1995, 113; Santos 1998, 559-565; Tang 2005, 329-330; Santos 2012, 73



Habitation. Urban

38. Cubiculum

Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Antechamber: Outer zone: scattering of bichrome crosslets (black centre). Border of central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central field, off-centre: scattering of bichrome crosslets (black centre). Central panel: grid of squares, diagonal layout.Bed area: scattering of bichrome crosslets (black centre).

First phase: first quarter of 1st cent. BC

Sanmartí-Grego & Santos Retolaza 1986-1989; Santos Retolaza 1991, 22-30; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 242, 390-391, 395-397; Carrión-Masgrau & Santos Retolaza 1995, 113; ; Santos 1998, 559-565; Tang 2005, 329-330; Tang 2010, 638; Santos 2012, 73

Tang 2010, fig. 11




Habitation. Urban

Northern section

Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Field: concentric squares - concentric circles - pseudo-shield of lozenges with hexafoil as centre; fill in each lozenge: tessera, forming concave concentric octagons; spindle-shaped petal with curved leaves in spandrel

The floor belongs to an earlier structure, incorporated into Casa 1 in the Augustan period

Sanmartí-Grego & Santos Retolaza 1986-1989; Santos Retolaza 1991, 22-30; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 242, 390-391, 395-397; Carrión-Masgrau & Santos Retolaza 1995, 113; Santos 1998, 559-565; Tang 2005, 329-330; Tang 2010, 638; Santos 2012, 79-80

FIG. 191; Décor II, pl. 343d; Tang 2010, fig. 12


Amp15.01 Roman city. Insula 29. Casa 2A

Habitation. Urban

7 Opus signinum

Unknown First phase Santos Retolaza 1991, 31; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 241-242, 391; Tang 2005, 330; Santos 2012, 76




Amp16.01 Roman city. Insula 29. Casa 2B

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Mat: grid of squares, diagonal layout; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre, set orthogonally).Field: grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre, set orthogonally). Central panel: lost.

End of 1st cent. BC. Augustan period

Marcet & Sanmartí 1990, 158; Santos Retolaza 1991, 31-33; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 239-240, 391-394; Carrión Masgrau & Santos Retolaza 1995, 107; Tang 2005, 330-331; Santos 2012, 78

Marcet & Sanmartí 1990, p. 158 (bottom); Tang 2005, fig. 27




Habitation. Urban

17. Exedra Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: scale pattern.Border of central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a tessera. Between border and central field: row of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally). Central field: grid of squares, diagonal layout.

1st cent. BC (pre-Augustan period)

Santos Retolaza 1991, 31-33; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 239-240, 391-394; Carrión Masgrau & Santos Retolaza 1995, 115-116; Tang 2005, 330-331

Tang 2005, fig. 26; Santos 2012, fig. 6.6




Habitation. Urban

19. Cubiculum

Signinum Tesserae: black Grid of lozenges 1st cent. BC (pre-Augustan period)

Santos Retolaza 1991, 31-33; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 239-240, 391-394; Carrión Masgrau & Santos Retolaza 1995, 117; Tang 2005, 330-331



Habitation. Urban

21. Triclinium (winter)

Signinum Spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square


Santos Retolaza 1991, 31-33; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 239-240, 391-394; Carrión Masgrau & Santos Retolaza 1995, 117; Tang 2005, 330-331



Habitation. Urban

26. Exedra Signinum Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: row of rectangles; fill: quatrefoils. Row of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally). Border of field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally).Row of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally). Central field: square - pseudo-shield of lozenges; pelta in spandrel.


Santos Retolaza 1991, 31-33; Carrión Masgrau & Santos Retolaza 1993, 103; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 239-240, 391-394; Tang 2005, 330-331






Habitation. Urban

31. Tepidarium

Ceramic aggregate


Passage to caldarium: row of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally). Grid of lozenges; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre, set orthogonally)

1st cent. AD Santos Retolaza 1991, 31-33; Mar & Ruiz de Arbulo 1993, 239-240, 391-394; Tang 2005, 330-331; Santos 2012, 81



Amp17.01 Roman city. Insula 9/al S.E. del foro. Casa 3. (Casa del Dr. Pi)

Habitation. Urban

14 Signinum Grid of lozenges Santos Retolaza 1991, 33; Santos 1998, 566; Tang 2005, 331-332; Santos 2012, 70, 83

1522 Spain Catalonia Badalona (Baetulo)

Bad1.01 Clos de la Torre. Calle Fluvía 34. Can Mención

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Border/dividing band: spaced swastika-meander.Central panel: square - concentric circles - pseudo-shield of lozenges.

Julio-Claudian period. First half of 1st cent. BC (no stratigraphy)

Balil 1964, 88-89 (no. 3); Barral I Altet 1978, 81 (no. 52); Guitart et al. 1991, 44; Vassal 2006, 109 (no. 11)

Balil 1964, lám. II.4; Barral I Altet 1978, lám. XLIII.1; Guitart et al. 1991, lám. XIII


Bad2.01 Calle de Lladó 45-53. Partly in Museo Arqueológico de Barcelona

Habitation. Urban

Atrium Opus signinum (latericio)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: impluvium basin

Northern side: grid of lozenges, black tessera at intersection.Eastern side: grid of octagons and poised squares, black tessera at intersections; fill in octagons: square with fill (e.g. circle with crosslet, diagonal cross); fill in poised squares: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre).Southern side: grid of lozenges, black tessera at intersections.Western side: grid of octagons and poised squares, black tessera at intersections; fill in octagons: square; fill in poised squares: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre).

First third of 1st cent. BC. Julio-Claudian period

Serra Rafols 1931; Balil 1964, 89-94 (nos. 4-5); Barral I Altet 1978, 81-87 (nos. 53-56); Padrós i Martí 1985, 47-48; Guitart et al. 1991, 36-40; Vassal 2006, 109 (no. 12)

FIG. 193; Serra Rafols 1931, figs. 158, 161; Balil 1964, lám. III, IV.1-2; Barral I Altet 1978, lám. XLIII.2, XLIV, XLVIII.2; Guitart et al. 1991, fig. 3, lám. IV


Bad2.02 Calle de Llado 45-53

Habitation. Urban

North-east of atrium

Opus signinum


Threshold: opposed simple meander; fill: bichrome crosslet (black centre); row of crosslets between the two meanders.First border of field: crosslets. Second border of field: crosslets. Field: Western part/panel: square - concentric poised squares - concentric circles - concentric poised squares, an orthogonal cross bisects the entire concentric composition; circle - square in corner; fill: crosslet

First third of 1st cent. BC. Julio-Claudian period

Serra Rafols 1931; Balil 1964, 89-94 (no. 8); Barral I Altet 1978, 81-87 (no. 59); Padrós i Martí 1985, 47-48; Guitart et al. 1991, 36-40

FIG. 193; Serra Rafols 1931, figs. 158, 165; Balil 1964, lám. III, VI.1; Barral I Altet 1978, lám. XLVIII.2; Padrós i Martí 1985, lám. XI.1; Guitart et al. 1991, fig. 3, lám. IV


Bad3.01 Calle Fluviá 23 Habitation. Urban

2 Opus signinum


Fillet Ascribed to the first phase of the house

Padrós i Martí 1985, 53-54; Guitart et al. 1991, 41

Padrós i Martí 1985, lám. XV.1; Guitart et al. 1991, figs. 10-11, lám. XI

1526 Spain Catalonia Cabrera de Mar

CabM1.01 Guardiola Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semicircle Barral I Altet 1978, 97 (no. 80)

Barral I Altet 1978, lám. LV.1-2



1527 Spain Catalonia El Masnou ElM1.01 Cal Ros de les Cabres. Museu El Masnou

Habitation. Villa

Opus signinum


Fillet.Bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre).

Second half of 2nd to first quarter of 3rd cent. AD

Barral I Altet 1978, 91-95 (no. 75)

Barral I Altet 1978, lám. LIV.2

1528 Spain Catalonia Mataró (Iluro) Mat1.01 Plaça Gran. Casa Guanyabens

Habitation. Urban

North of the peristyle

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a white crosslet of four tesserae. Central field: rectangle - lozenge with meander; pair of dolphins in corner

Mid-1st cent. BC or 30-20 BC?

Barral I Altet 1978, 98-99 (no. 85); J. Arxé & J.A. Cerdà in Arxé & Cerdà 1982-1983, 289-290; Clariana et al. 1991, 50-52

Barral I Altet 1978, lám. LVI.2, LVI.4; Clariana et al. 1991, fig. 2

A fragment of the border is lost

1529 Spain Catalonia Mataró (Iluro) Mat1.02 Plaça Gran. Casa Guanyabens

Habitation. Urban



Northern, southern and western portioces: Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Main field: semis of crosslets

Mid-1st cent. BC or 30-20 BC?

J. Arxé & J.A. Cerdà in Arxé & Cerdà 1982-1983, 289-290; Clariana et al. 1991, 50-52

Clariana et al. 1991, fig. 2

1530 Spain Catalonia Samalús Sam1.01 Can Martí. Puig del Castell. Southern slope

Habitation. Villa

3. Ala? Opus signinum (rose)

Tesserae: white Frame: multiple framing fillets, with diagonal line in corner. Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera


Barral I Altet 1978, 146 (no. 167); Aquilué i Abadías & Pardo i Rodriguez 1990, 95.

Barral I Altet 1978, lám. CVI; Aquilué i Abadías & Pardo i Rodriguez 1990, figs. 7-9, 13

1531 Spain Catalonia Samalús Sam1.02 Can Martí. Puig del Castell. Southern slope

Habitation. Villa

4. Atrium? Opus signinum


Concentric semicircles End of 2nd to first half of 1st cent. BC

Barral I Altet 1978, 146 (no. 168); Aquilué i Abadías & Pardo i Rodriguez 1990, 98

Barral I Altet 1978, lám. CVII.1; Aquilué i Abadías & Pardo i Rodriguez 1990, fig. 13

1532 Spain Catalonia Tarragona (Tarraco)

Tarr1.01 Carrer del Governador González no. 17/Rambla Nova 78

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges End of 2nd cent. BC (no stratigraphy)

Macias Solé 2004, 74; Planimetria 2007, 106, no. 378


Tarr1.02 Carrer del Governador González no. 17/Rambla Nova 78

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges End of 2nd cent. BC (no stratigraphy)

Macias Solé 2004, 74; Planimetria 2007, 106, no. 378


Tarr2.01 Carrer del Gasòmetre no. 36

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Second half of 2nd cent. BC (dating material)

Díaz García & Macias Solé 2000; Marcias Solé 2004, 74; Planimetria 2007, 119, no. 460


Tarr3.01 Carrer de Fortuny nos. 12-14

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diagonal grid of squares

1st cent. AD? Macias Solé 2000b; Macias Solé 2004, 75; Planimetria 2007, 109-110, no. 401

Macias Solé 2000b, fig. 2

1536 Spain Catalonia Torredembar-ra

Tor1.01 Via Augusta. Villa “El Moro”


Located in the baths

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Square.Possible scattering of tesserae.

Augustan period Terré 1987, 221; Remolà Vallverdù 2007, 119-123

Terré 1987, p. 222



1537 Spain Catalonia Torredembar-ra

Tor1.02 Via Augusta. Villa “El Moro”


Located in the baths

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Threshold: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout.

Augustan period Terré 1987, 221; Remolà Vallverdù 2007, 119-123

Terré 1987, p. 222; Remolà Vallverdù 2007, fig. 6

1538 Spain Extrema-dura

Mérida (Augusta Emerita)

Mer1.01 Prolongación Pedro Ma Plano

Opus signinum

Grid of squares, diagonal layout.Centre: concentric circles.

Terminus post quem of 25 BC

Blanco Freijeiro 1978b, 48 (no. 53); Ramallo Asensio 1991-1992, 205

Blanco Freijeiro 1978b, lám. 85a-b

1539 Spain La Rioja Alfaro (Graccurris)

Alf1.01 Opus signinum


Possible grid of lozenges.Possible compound rosette, including straight stem with hederae; fill: hedera leaves.


Hernández Vera 2002, 181-182

Hernández Vera 2002, p. 182

1540 Spain La Rioja Cervera del Rio Alhama

Cerv1.01 Museo Numantino de Soria

Conglomera-do de color rijizo


Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 142 (no. 216)

Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, lám. LXXVIII.3

1541 Spain La Rioja Cervera del Rio Alhama

Cerv2.01 Conglomera-do de color rijizo

Tesserae: white Panel: squares - circle - concave hexagon - hexafoil; double volutes and tesserae in spandrel

Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 142 (no. 217)

Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, lám. LXXVIII.2

1542 Spain La Rioja Inestrillas (Contrebia Leukade)

Ine1.01 Partly in Museo de Soria

Opus signinum

“estrellas, ruedas, delfines” Lasheras Corruchaga 1984b, 174; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 142 (no. 219)

1543 Spain Region of Murcia

Bolbax Bolb2.01 Museo Arqueológico de Cieza

Opus signinum


Grid of squares, black tessera at intersections, diagonal layout

Ramallo Asensio 1991-1992, 205

Ramallo Asensio 1991-1992, fig. 5


Cabo de Palos

CabP1.01 El Castillet. Museo Municipal de Cartagena


5 Cal de color rojo. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Meander Cuadrado Díaz 1952, 140-143; Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, 312-313; Ramallo Asensio 1985, 70 (no. 61)

Cuadrado Díaz 1952, fig. 1 (plan)

Destroyed


Cabo de Palos

CabP1.02 El Castillet. Museo Municipal de Cartagena. Fragments


Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Geometric patterns Cuadrado Díaz 1952, 140-143; Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, 312-313; Ramallo Asensio 1985, 70 (no. 62)



Cabo de Palos

CabP1.03 El Castillet. Museo Municipal de Cartagena. Fragments


Opus signinum (tiesto)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: colour is not described

Semis of four-tessera squares Cuadrado Díaz 1952, 140-143; Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, 312-313; Ramallo Asensio 1985, 70 (no. 62)





Cabo de Palos

CabP1.04 El Castillet. Museo Municipal de Cartagena. Nine fragments


Opus signinum


Four-tessera squares.Semis of four-tessera squares (distance: 5.5-6 cm).Meander.Fillets.

Cuadrado Díaz 1952, 140-143; Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, 312-313; Ramallo Asensio 1985, 70 (no. 62 bis)

Cuadrado Díaz 1952, fig. 1 (plan); Ramallo Asensio 1985, lám. XXVIII-XXIX


Cartagena (Carthago Nova)

Carta1.01 Catedral Sta. María Vieja

Public building or habitation?

Opus signinum


Threshold: grid of lozenges.Front zone: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Border of central panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central panel: square - circle - pseudo-shield of lozenges.


Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, 290-292, no. 1; Ramallo Asensio 1985, 32-35 (no. 1); Vassal 2006, 109 (no. 13)

Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, fig. 1; Ramallo Asensio 1985, fig. 4, lám. I; Ramallo Asensio 2001, lám. 3



Carta2.01 Calle del Duque 29. Domus de la Fortuna

Habitation. Urban

VII. Atrium Opus signinum


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 11-12 cm).Mat at the back: grid of lozenges, black tessera at intersections.Box with inscription in Latin: F[ORT]VNA PROPITIA.

Probably built last decades of 1st cent. BC

Ramallo Asensio 1985, 35-40 (no. 2); Martín Camino et al. 2001, 27-28; Ramallo Asensio 2001, 173-174; Soler Huertas 2001, 64-65

FIG. 194; Ramallo Asensio 1985, fig. 5, lám. II; Martín Camino et al. 2001, fig. 1, lám. 3-4, pp. 19-20




Habitation. Urban

XI. Triclinium Opus signinum


Antechamber (east), tripartite:Central field: Border: row of concentric semicircles with concentric squares in the corner; fill: crosslets. Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally). Side fields: grid of lozenges, black tessera at intersections.Dividing band: grid of squares, diagonal layout; fill: tessera.Central area, tripartite:Central rectangular panel: grid of lozenges, black tessera at intersections. Side panels: grid of concentric squares; fill: bichrome crosslet (black centre).Dining area: U-shaped area: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 9-10 cm). Central panel: concentric circles - circular border with swastika-meander - concentric circles - eight-lozenge star; fill between lozenges: bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre).


Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, 298-303, no. 7; Ramallo Asensio 1985, 35-40 (no. 3); Martín Camino et al. 2001, 28-30; Ramallo Asensio 2001, 177, 180; Soler Huertas 2001, 68-69; Vassal 2006, 109-110 (nos. 15-17)

FIG. 194; Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, fig. 3, lám. V; Ramallo Asensio 1985, fig. 5, lám. IIIb, IVa-b; Martín Camino et al. 2001, fig. 1; Ramallo Asensio 2001, lám. 4, 7




Habitation. Urban

V. Corridor Opus signinum




Martín Camino et al. 2001, 30; Ramallo Asensio 2001, 173-174; Soler Huertas 2001, 70

FIG. 194; Martín Camino et al. 2001, fig. 1






Habitation. Urban

VI. Tablinum Opus signinum


Front zone: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (black centre).Rear zone: U-shaped area: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), orthogonal layout (distance: 10/11 cm). Panel: square - circle - concentric octagons - pseudo-shield of lozenges; concentric squares and triangles with bichrome crosslet (black centre) in spandrel.


Martín Camino et al. 2001, 32-34; Ramallo Asensio 2001, 175, 178; Soler Huertas 2001, 69-70

FIG. 194; Martín Camino et al. 2001, fig. 1, lám. 5




Habitation. Urban

III. Ala Opus signinum


Border on two sides: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre), orthogonal layout. Central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing concentric squares with a bichrome crosslet (black centre)


Martín Camino et al. 2001, 36-37; Ramallo Asensio 2001, 175; Soler Huertas 2001, 66

FIG. 194; Martín Camino et al. 2001, fig. 1, lám. 8-9

It is uncertain whether the room belongs to the house



Carta3.01 Cerro de la Concepción. Calle Soledad no. 6, intersecting with calle Nueva

Habitation. Urban

Atrium Opus signinum (cerámica)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteInset piecesOpus tessellatum: motif in corners (dolphins)

Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout. Border of central panel: row of concentric squares; fill: inset piece. Central panel: rectangle - concentric lozenges - concentric rectangles; triangle with dolphin (opus tessellatum) in corner

House demolished end of 1st cent. BC or beginning of 1st cent. AD

Ramallo Asensio 1985, 44 (no. 5); Ramallo Asensio 1989, 73-74; Vassal 2006, 110-111 (no. 19); Ramallo Asensio et al. 2008, 593-595

FIG. 195; Ramallo Asensio 1985, lám. VIa; Ramallo Asensio 2001, lám. 5, p. 205



Carta3.02 Cerro de la Concepción. Calle Soledad no. 6, intersecting with calle Nueva

Habitation. Urban

South-east of the atrium

Opus signinum

Tesserae: black, whiteInset piecesOpus tessella-tum: border of central panel (foliate scroll with hederae)

First field: grid of squares, diagonal layout, black tessera at intersections; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally).Dividing band: foliate scroll with hederae (opus tessellatum).Second field: grid of concentric squares, orthogonal layout; fill: inset piece.

House demolished end of 1st cent. BC or beginning of 1st cent. AD

Ramallo Asensio 1985, 44-45 (no. 6); Ramallo Asensio 1989, 73-74; Vassal 2006, 111 (no. 20); Ramallo Asensio et al. 2008, 595-596.

FIG. 196; Ramallo Asensio 1985, lám. VIb; Ramallo Asensio 2001, lám. 8



Carta4.01 El Molinete. Sector A-2. Shrine of Atargatis

Shrine Cella Opus signinum. Signinum

Tesserae: white At entrance: rectangle with inscription in Latin: A… A …ATE / A / SA..TE ET / EO MELIVS

End of 2nd cent. BC. First half of 1st cent. BC

Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, 305, no. 9; Ramallo Asensio 1985, 45-46 (no. 7); Gómez Pallarès 1997, 115-117 (no. MU 3); Brem 2000, 151; Vassal 2006, 111 (no. 21); Díaz Ariño 2008, 109-110 (no. C 17); Ramallo Asensio et al. 2008, 586-588

Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, lám. VI.2; Ramallo Asensio 1985, fig. 7, lám. VIII; Gómez Pallarès 1997, lám. 41; Ramallo Asensio 2001, lám. 12; Díaz Ariño 2008, p. 303





Carta5.01 Calle Gisbert no. 14 or calle Faquineto or los Cuatro Santos. Museo Arqueológico Municipal. Fragment, inv. no. 234

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Fillets.Inscription in Latin: SALVE.


Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, 297, no. 6; Blázquez 1982, 70 (no. 71); Ramallo Asensio 1985, 47 (no. 10); Gómez Pallarès 1997, 117-118 (no. MU 4); Brem 2000, 151; Vassal 2006, 111-112 (no. 24)

Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, lám. IV.2; Blázquez 1982, lám. 29; Ramallo Asensio 1985, lám. IXa; Gómez Pallarès 1997, lám. 42; Ramallo Asensio 2001, lám. 10



Carta6.01 Calle Gisbert or calle Faquineto. Museo Arqueológico Municipal. Two fragments, inv. nos. 199, 066

Opus signinum

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: parts of central motif

Fillet of bichrome poised four-tessera squares.Rectangular panel: stem with berries/fruits, leaves and volutes.

End of Republican period

Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, 296-297, no. 5; Blázquez 1982, 71 (no. 75); Ramallo Asensio 1985, 47-48 (no. 11-11 bis)

Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, lám. III, IV.1; Blázquez 1982, lám. 30; Ramallo Asensio 1985, lám. IXb, XVIIb



Carta7.01 Calle Mayor. Museo Municipal de Cartagena. Eight fragments, inv. nos. 2592, 2593, 2594, 2595, 2601, 2602, 2603

Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 6 cm).Bichrome poised four-tessera squares. Fillets.Possible white poised four-tessera square.Right angle.


Ramallo Asensio 1985, 52-55 (nos. 30, 31, 32, 33, 39, 40, 41); Vassal 2006, 112 (nos. 26-27)

Ramallo Asensio 1985, lám. XIIa-c, XIIIa-c



Carta8.01 Calle Caballero nos. 7-9. Museo Municipal de Catagena. Four fragments

Opus signinum


Swastikas.Semis of bichrome poised four-tessera squares (distance: 9 cm).


Ramallo Asensio 1985, 153 (no. AD. 1); Vassal 2006, 114 (no. 40)

Ramallo Asensio 1985, lám. VII



Carta9.01 Plaza de San Francisco (former Plaza de Valarino Togores). Area of the later forum. Various fragments


Tesserae: white Fillets.Spaced swastika-meander, each space possibly containing a square with a tessera.Inscription in Latin: -]CRO.+[-

Late Republican period (no stratigraphy)

Ramallo Asensio 1991-1992, 199-202; Ramallo Asensio et al. 2008, 585-586

Ramallo Asensio 1991-1992, fig. 1

Destroyed



Carta10.01 Plaza de la Merced

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae First third of 1st cent. BC

Ramallo Asensio 1989, 70, 72-73; Ramallo Asensio 1991-1992, 204; Ramallo Asensio 2001, 173

Ramallo Asensio 1989, fig. 1



Carta10.02 Plaza de la Merced

Opus signinum


Crescent on top of three radiating lines First third of 1st cent. BC

Ramallo Asensio 1989, 70, 72-73; Ramallo Asensio 1991-1992, 204; Ramallo Asensio 2001, 182-183; Vassal 2006, 115 (no. 42)

FIG. 198; Ramallo Asensio 1989, fig. 1; Ramallo Asensio 2001, lám. 9





Carta11.01 Centro de Salud del Molinete. Area of the later forum

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Fillet.Scattering of tesserae.Inscription in Latin.

Republican period

Ramallo Asensio et al. 2008, 586

Located in room later dismantled to make way to the forum of Imperial age



Carta12.01 Cabezo Gallufo. Museo Nacional de Arqueología Marítima

Shrine Cella Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Inscription in Latin: M(arcus) Aquini(us) M(arci) l(ibertus) Andro / loui Statori de sua p(ecunia) qur(auit) / l(ibens) m(erito)

Last third of 2nd to first third of 1st cent. BC

Gómez Pallarès 1997, 110-113 (no. MU 1); Díaz Ariño 2008, 108-109 (no. C 16); Ramallo Asensio et al. 2008, 588-590

Gómez Pallarès 1997, lám. 39; Díaz Ariño 2008, p. 303; Ramallo Asensio et al. 2008, fig. 7



Carta13.01 Between cerro de Despeñaperros and cerro de la Concepción. Casa de los Delfines

Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: white Impluvium basin: Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: grid of lozenges

House built end of 2nd cent. BC, demolished end of 1st cent. BC


Ramallo Asensio et al. 2008, fig. 9



Carta13.02 Between cerro de Despeñaperros and cerro de la Concepción. Casa de los Delfines

Habitation. Urban

Tablinum Opus signinum

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: motif in spandrel (dolphin)

Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central panel: pseudo-shield of lozenges; dolphin (opus tessellatum) in spandrel

House built end of 2nd cent. BC, demolished end of 1st cent. BC


Ramallo Asensio et al. 2008, fig. 9



Carta14.01 Calle San Francisco no. 8

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Second half of 1st cent. BC

Ramallo Asensio 1991-1992, 202; Ramallo Asensio et al. 2008, 596



Carta15.01 Monte Sacro. Calle del Rosario

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square

Ramallo Asensio 1989, 70; Ramallo Asensio 2001, 175



Carta16.01 Calle Jara nos. 19-23

Opus signinum


Semis of bichrome crosslets Ramallo Asensio 1991-1992, 202



Carta17.01 Calle del Duque no. 33

Opus signinum





Carta18.01 Plaza San Ginés no. 1. Intersection with calle Duque

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum


Semis of bichrome crosslets, orthogonal layout First half of 1st cent. AD

Ramallo Asensio 1991-1992, 202; Ramallo Asensio 2001, 173-174; Soler Huertas 2004, 518

Ramallo Asensio 2001, lám. 2; Soler Huertas 2004, fig. 5



Carta19.01 Calle San Cristóbal La Corta

Opus signinum





Carta20.01 Calle de la Serreta no. 8

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout Republican period

Ramallo Asensio 1985, 46-47 (no. 9)

Ramallo Asensio 1985, lám. Xia




Mazarrón Maz1.01 Loma de las Herrerías. Museo Arqueológico de Murcia


Opus signinum


Border: Inscription in Latin: M FAC / HEISCE MAG CUR SELE / CAELI. Main field: grid of lozenges

End of 2nd or 1st cent. BC. First half of 1st cent. BC

Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, 306-309, no. 10; Blázquez 1982, 67 (no. 63); Ramallo Asensio 1985, 79-82, no. 67; Gómez Pallarès 1997, 113-115 (no. MU 2); Brem 2000, 152; Vassal 2006, 116-117 (no. 50); Días Ariño 2008, 140-141 (no. C 52)

Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, lám. VII.1; Blázquez 1982, lám. 24; Ramallo Asensio 1985, fig. 13, lám. XXXVI; Gómez Pallarès 1997, lám. 40; Ramallo Asensio 2001, lám. 11; Días Ariño 2008, 140-141, p. 315

Partly destroyed


Mazarrón Maz2.01 El Rihuete. Museo de Cartagena


Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Threshold: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square.Fillet of poised four-tessera squares.Field: double latchkey meander.

End of 1st cent. BC or beginning of 1st cent. AD

Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, 309, no. 12; Ramallo Asensio 1985, 82, 84 (no. 69); Vassal 2006, 117 (no. 52)

FIG. 203; Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, fig. 4, lám. VII.2; Ramallo Asensio 1985, fig. 14, lám. XXXVIIa-b




Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Central field: double latchkey meander.


Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, 309-310, no. 13; Ramallo Asensio 1985, 84 (no. 70); Vassal 2006, 117 (no. 53)

FIG. 203; Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, fig. 5, lám. VIII.1; Ramallo Asensio 1985, fig. 14, lám. XXXVIIb, XXXVIIIa




Opus signinum


Box: Inscription in Latin: SI . ES . FVR . FORAS. Field: double latchkey meander.Niche: semicircle, stem with volutes and leaves in two corners.


Ramallo Asenisio 1979-1980, 310-312, no. 14; Ramallo Asensio 1985, 84 (no. 71); Brem 2000, 151; Vassal 2006, 117 (no. 54)

FIG. 203; Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, fig. 6, lám. VIII.2; Ramallo Asensio 1985, fig. 14, lám. XXXVIIIb


Mazarrón Maz2.04 El Rihuete. Museo de Cartagena. Two fragments


Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square.Grid of lozenges.


Ramallo Asensio 1985, 84 (no. 72)

1587 Spain Navarre Andelos And1.01 West side of hill. One fragment in Museo de Navarra, Pamplona

Cementicio. Opus signinum

Tesserae: white First field: grid of squares, diagonal layout. Second field: possible pseudo-shield of lozenges.

End of 2nd cent. BC (no stratigraphy)

Blázquez & Mezquíriz 1985, 13-15; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 120 (no. 190, entry: Mendogorría); Vassal 2006, 109 (no. 10)

Blázquez & Mezquíriz 1985, láms. 1-2; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, lám. LXI.3



1588 Spain Navarre Andelos And1.02 West side of hill. In situ and one fragment in Museo de Navarra, Pamplona

Cementicio. Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.Main field: swastika-meander and spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with an orthogonal cross; small area with orthogonal semis of tesserae placed next to one of the swastika-meanders

End of 2nd cent. BC (no stratigraphy)

Blázquez & Mezquíriz 1985, 13-15; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 120 (no. 189, entry: Mendogorría); Vassal 2006, 109 (no. 10)

Blázquez & Mezquíriz 1985, láms. 1-2; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, lám. LXI.2

1589 Spain Navarre Andelos And2.01 Museo de Navarra, Pamplona

Association house?

Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Inscription in Iberian (translated): LIKINE ABULORAUNE EKIEN BILBILIARS.First border: double latchkey meander. Second border: foliate scroll with hederae. Central field/panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.

1st cent. BC (dating evidence)

Mezquíriz Irujo 1991-1992; Gómez Pallarès 1997, 119-120 (no. NA 1); Tang 2010, 638-639

FIG. 192; Mezquíriz Irujo 1991-1992, p. 367; Gómez Pallarès 1997, lám. 43; Tang 2010, fig. 14

1590 Spain Navarre Cascante (Cascantum)

Casc1.01 Habitation. Urban

1 Mortero (blanco). Opus signinum

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Field: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons

70-50 BC (stratigraphy)

Lasheras Corruchaga 1984b, 174; Blázquez & Mezquíriz 1985, 23-25 (no. 3); Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 109 (no. 175)

Blázquez & Mezquíriz 1985, fig. 1, lám. 18; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, lám. XLIX.1

1591 Spain Navarre Cascante (Cascantum)

Casc1.02 Museo de Navarra, Pamplona

Habitation. Urban

2 Mortero (blanco). Opus signinum

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Field: semis of crosslets (four tesserae), orthogonal layout

70-50 BC (stratigraphy)

Lasheras Corruchaga 1984b, 174; Blázquez & Mezquíriz 1985, 23-25 (no. 4); Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 110 (no. 176)

Blázquez & Mezquíriz 1985, fig. 1; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, lám. XLIX.2

1592 Spain Navarre Pamplona (Pompaelo)

Pam1.01 Terrenos del Arcedianato

Habitation. Urban

2. Tablinum? Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Front zone: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tesserae.U-shaped area: grid of lozenges. First border of central panel: elliptic/ovoid semicircles. Second border of central panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central panel: square - circle - concave hexagon - hexafoil; dolphin in spandrel.

Republican period (no stratigraphic data)

Blázquez & Mezquíriz 1985, 58-59 (no. 40); Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, 124 (no. 195); Vassal 2006, 117-118 (no. 56)

Blázquez & Mezquíriz 1985, fig. 6, lám. 37; Fernández-Galiano Ruiz 1987, lám. LXVI

1593 Spain Navarre Santacara (Cara)

Santa1.01 Opus signinum

Tesserae: black?

Possible front area: grid of hexagons (honeycomb).Field: grid of octagons and poised squares. Possibly other grids of geometric forms.

Blázquez & Mezquíriz 1985, 73 (no. 47)

Blázquez & Mezquíriz 1985, lám. 43

1594 Spain Navarre Santacara (Cara)

Santa2.01 Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of squares, composed of four rectangles around a square

Blázquez & Mezquíriz 1985, 73 (no. 48)

Blázquez & Mezquíriz 1985, lám. 56

1595 Spain The Va-lencian Commu-nity

La Alcudia de Elche

LaAl1.01 Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Grid of lozenges Terminus ante quem of the late 1st cent. BC

Abad Casal 1986-1987, 97-98; Abad Casal 1989, 161-162

Abad Casal 1989, figs. 4-6




Sagunto (Saguntum)

Sag1.01 Plaza de Armas del Castillo. Museo Arqueológico de Sagunto

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Scale pattern.Grid of lozenges.

Vall de Pla 1961, 149; Abad Casal 1989, 160

Vall de Pla 1961, fig. 3; Abad Casal 1989, fig. 1


Alicante (Lucentum)

Alic1.01 Tossal de Manises. Uppermost part of the site

Opus signinum


Border: swastika-meander. Central field: square - circle - pseudo-shield of lozenges, black tesserae at intersections

Abad Casal 1989, 160-161; Vassal 2006, 108 (no. 7)

Abad Casal 1989, figs. 2-3

1600 Spain The Valen-cian Com-munity

Valencia (Valentia)

Val1.01 Grid of lozenges.Circle - rosette.

Abad Casal 1985, 368


Large room on the west side of the atrium

Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout First half of 2nd cent. BC


Identification of motif based on drawing


Glanum Gla2.02 Maison IV/Maison du Capricorne

Habitation. Urban

K. East of the portico. Reception room

Béton de tuileau. Béton de tuileaux. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Southern part of room: circle - pseudo-shield of lozenges; dolphin in spandrel

Second phase: mid-1st cent. BC to mid-1st AD

Rolland 1946, 70-71; Rolland 1952, 11-13; Provost et al. 1999, 362-364

Rolland 1946, fig. 52; Rolland 1952, fig. 8; Provost et al. 1999, fig. 355


Bonnieux Bon2.01 Domaine de Thorame

Ciment (grisâtre)

Semis of crosslets (distance: 15 cm) Lavagne 1979, 153-154 (no. 211)

1604 France Occitanie Auch (Augusta Auscorum)

Auc1.01 Collège Mathalin. Fragments in the Musée des Jacobins

Mortier au tuileau

Ceramic aggregate


Crosslet(s), clusters of tesserae Probably 1st to 2nd cent. AD

Balmelle 1987, 223-224 (no. 363)

Balmelle 1987, pl. CLX

Destroyed

1605 France Occitanie Ordan-Larroque

OrdL1.01 Saint-Brice-de-Cassan. Roman villa. Dépôt archéologique

Habitation. Villa

Located in the bath

Mortier au tuileau

Ceramic aggregate


Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally) and inset pieces, diagonal layout

1st to 2nd cent. AD

Balmelle 1987, 231 (no. 379)

Balmelle 1987, fig. 17, pl. CLXII.1-2

1606 Italy Tuscany Sovana Sov1.01 North-east of the cathedral. Four fragments in the deposits of the Museo Archeolo-gico Nazionale di Firenze. Acquisto Mancinelli

Habitation? Temple?


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges 2nd to 1st cent. BC

Rendini 2001, 228-229; Bueno 2011, 157, no. Sov-01

Rendini 2001, figs. 3-4; Bueno 2011, tav. CVI.1

1607 Italy Sicily Catania(Catana)


Habitation. Urban

H Opus signinum

Semis of tesserae The house in use from around the mid-3rd cent. BC to the end of 1st cent. AD



Santi3.01 F. Collantes de Terán

Opus signinum

Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout.Swastika-meander.

2nd to 1st cent. BC

de Amores Carredano & Rodríguez Hidalgo 1987, 550-551

de Amores Carredano & Rodríguez Hidalgo 1987, fig. 1

Lost




Bolbax Bolb1.01 South-west slope. Fragments

Opus signinum


Fillets.Semicircle.

Ramallo Asensio 1985, 111 (no. 100); Ramallo Asensio 1991-1992, 205

Ramallo Asensio 1985, lám. XLIX


La Unión LaUn1.01 Mina Balsa (cantera San José)

Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 8-9 cm)

End of 2nd or beginning of 1st cent. BC

Ramallo Asensio 1985, 153 (no. AD. 2); Vassal 2006, 114-115 (no. 41)

Ramallo Asensio 1985, lám. XXXV


Los Ruices LosR1.01 El Algar. Museo Minero de la Unión, Museo Arqueológico Provincial


Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white First field: scattering of clusters of two, three and four tesserae, crosslets, chevrons/Y-shapes, four-tessera squares.Second field: grid of lozenges. Border of central panel: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central panel: pseudo-shield of lozenges; anchor, clusters of three tesserae and four-tessera squares in spandrel.

Last third of 1st cent. BC or slightly before (no stratigraphy)

Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, 292-296, no. 2; Ramallo Asensio 1985, 64, 66 (nos. 55); Ramallo Asensio 1991-1992, 204; Vassal 2006, 114 (no. 37)

FIG. 202; Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, fig. 2; Ramallo Asensio 1985, fig. 9, lám. XXVI-XXVII; Ramallo Asensio 1991-1992, fig. 4


Los Ruices LosR1.02 El Algar. Museo Minero de la Unión, Museo Arqueológico Provincial


Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 10 cm).

Last third of 1st cent. BC or slightly before (no stratigraphy)

Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, 292-296, nos. 3-4; Ramallo Asensio 1985, 66-67 (no. 56); Vassal 2006, 114 (no. 38)

FIG. 202; Ramallo Asensio 1979-1980, fig. 2; Ramallo Asensio 1985, fig. 9, lám. XXVII


Pal2.01 Cassaro. Monastero di Monte Vergini

Q Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white (ca. 2 x 2 cm)

Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout (distance: 12 cm)

2nd cent. BC Garofano 1997-1998, 585; Giordano 2012

Garofano 1997-1998, tav. CL, fig. 2; Giordano 2012, fig. 3


Pal2.02 Cassaro. Monastero di Monte Vergini. Cortile della Mazara

Below mosaic Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Republican period

Giordano 2012 Giordano 2012, fig. 4

1615 Italy Abruzzo Amiternum Ami1.01 Theatre. Postscaenium. Lower level

Cemetizio a base littica (bianco)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Border: spaced swastika-meander. Main field: grid of lozenges

2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

Tuteri 2012, 81-82 Tuteri 2012, fig. 2

1616 Italy Abruzzo Civita di Bagno

CivB1.01 Frazione Civita di Bagno. Località Moritola-Fonte d’Amore


Ceramic aggregate



First phase: between 2nd and 1st cent. BC

Tuteri 2012, 85-86



Corridor Cementizio bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black North-eastern side: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

Tuteri 2012, 86



On the south side

Cementizio bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Tuteri 2012, 86




Tera5.01 Area Lisciani. Between Via dei Mille and Via del Baluardo

Habitation. Urban

US 43 Cocciopesto Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black (eye of dolphins), whiteOpus tessellatum: spandrel (dolphins)

Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: pseudo-shield of lozenges; dolphin (opus tessellatum) in spandrel


Di Vincenzo 2012, 19-21

Di Vincenzo 2012, fig. 5


Tera5.02 Area Lisciani. Between Via dei Mille and Via del Baluardo

Habitation. Urban

US 44 Cementizio a base fittile. Cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate


Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Second half of 2nd cent. BC (stratigraphic data from the south-eastern part of the area)

Di Vincenzo 2012, 19-21


Tera6.01 Circonvallazione Spalato

Habitation? Urban

Small room. Service room?

Cementizio a base litica. Malta bianca

Stone aggregate



Second phase: probably end of 2nd to beginning of 3rd cent. AD

Mancini, M.C. 2012, 26-28

Mancini, M.C. 2012, fig. 6


Taponas Tap1.02 La Commanderie Habitation. Villa

Opus signinum

Stars formed by triangles (possibly identical with a grid of recumbent and upright lozenges and four-pointed stars)

The occupation of the villa dated 2nd to 4th cent. AD (no statigraphy)

Grenier 1943, 229



Habitation. Urban

H Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white First field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.Second field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.


Salcuni 2012, 91-93 (Interamna 06B)



Tera3.02 Below the Antica Cattedrale. Largo Torre Bruciata

Habitation. Urban

B Cementizio a base litica. Cocciopesto

Stone aggregate


Main field: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 15 cm)

Probably 2nd cent. AD (wall paintings in room A)

Angeletti 2006, 135; Salcuni 2012, 87-88 (Interamna 02C); Guidobaldi, F. & Sposito 2013, 323

Angeletti 2006, figs. 214-215; Salcuni 2012, fig. 166; Guidobaldi, F. & Sposito 2013, fig. 8

1625 Italy Abruzzo Carsoli (Carsioli)

Cars1.01 Civita di Oricola. Via Civita


Stone aggregate


Fillet of tesserae.Row of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre, set orthogonally).

Salcuni 2012, 50 (Carsioli 02A)

Salcuni 2012, figs. 87-88

1626 Italy Abruzzo Castrum Novum

CastNA1.01 Cimitero di Giulianova

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Republican period (1st cent. BC)

Salcuni 2012, 71 (Castrum Novum 01A)


1627 Italy Abruzzo Penne (Pinna Vestinorum)

Pen1.01 Viale Ringa Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate



Probably Republican period

Salcuni 2012, 104 (Pinna 01B)



Norm5.01 Secondo diverticolo to main road from Acropoli minore. Domus V-VI

Habitation. Urban

Domus V. Atrium


Ceramic aggregate


Impluvium rim: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

S. Ferrante in Carfora et al. 2013, 594

Carfora et al. 2013, fig. 4a



Habitation. Urban

Domus V. Room at the rear


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white (2 x 2 cm)Red paint

Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 13-14 cm)


Carfora et al. 2013, fig. 4b





Habitation. Urban

Domus VI. Room at the rear


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: green (eyes of dolphins), white (grid: 2 x 2 cm).Opus tessellatum: motifs at entrance (dolphins)

Grid of lozenges.At entrance: two dolphins in opus tessellatum

S. Ferrante in Carfora et al. 2013, 594-595

Carfora et al. 2013, figs. 4c, 5a



Habitation. Urban

Domus VI. Room in the right corner at the back. Recpetion room


Ceramic aggregate


Semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 10-12 cm)


Carfora et al. 2013, fig. 3d


A Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Built immediately after 31 BC


Baggio Bernardoni 1987, p. 231; Tosi 1992, fig. 298; George 1997, fig. 31


G Opus signinum (fondo rossastro)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae (scaglie): white

Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Built immediately after 31 BC


Baggio Bernardoni 1987, p. 231; Tosi 1992, fig. 298; George 1997, fig. 31

1636 Italy Campania Alife (Allifae) Alif3.01 Via Roma (decumanus maximus), intersection with Via San Pietro

Habitation. Urban

Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Semis of tesserae and inset pieces 1st or beginning of 2nd cent. AD

Miele 2009, 421


Amp18.01 Roman city. Insula 30. Southern half

Habitation. Urban


Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Late Republican period

Santos 2012, 76-78 Santos 2012, fig. 6.7

Personal com-munication with Marta Santos



Habitation. Urban

Room south of the atrium

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white At doorway: dolphin.Central field: grid of lozenges.



Personal com-munication with Marta Santos



Habitation. Urban

Room west of the atrium

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Grid of bands, forming four oblong panels: bands with swastika-meander; two panels with grid of lozenges and two with scale pattern



Personal communication with Marta Santos

1640 Italy Umbria Fossato di Vico

Fos1.01 Contrada «Aja della Croce»

Cocciopisto rossastro

Ceramic aggregate


Narrow field on northern side: grid of lozenges. First border of central panel: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout. Second border: half-upright double latchkey meander. Third border: cubes in perspective; fill: crosslet. Fourth border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square. Fifth border: row of crenellated towers. Sixth border: scale pattern. Central panel: unknown

1st cent. BC Stefani 1940, 176-177

FIG. 105; Stefani 1940, fig. 7



1641 Italy Molise Larino(Larinum)

Lar3.01 Loc. Le Piane Habitation. Villa


Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set diagonally) with T-shapes in outmost row, diagonal layout

Period 1: probably end of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC (stylistic criteria)

Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 6); Soricelli 2014, 32-33

Soricelli 2014, fig. 2

1642 Italy Molise Larino(Larinum)

Lar3.02 Loc. Le Piane Habitation. Rural. Villa

4: US 459, US 409. Fragments


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Meander.Grid of lozenges.

Period 1: probably end of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC (stylistic criteria)

Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 6); Soricelli 2014, 32-33

Soricelli 2014, figs. 3-4

The room was turned into a storeroom in a later phase

1643 Italy Molise Roccavivara Roc1.01 S. Fabiano Habitation. Rural. Villa

Entrance room

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges First phase: end of 2nd to 1st cent. BC

Di Niro 1987, 22; Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 5); Soricelli 2014, 32 note 4

1644 Italy Molise Venafro (Venafrum)

Vena2.01 Via Carmine 2 Habitation. Urban

b-c. Triclinium Cementizio a base litica

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: blackInset pieces: field (semis, diagonal layout)Opus tessellatum: panel

Antechamber: Frame: fillet.Dining area: Couch area: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

Augustan period (Third Style wall paintings)

Ciliberto 2014; Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 62)

Ciliberto 2014, figs. 4-5

1645 Italy Molise Vinchiaturo Vin1.01 East of the Chiesa di S. Maria di Monteverde



Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally) with T-shapes in outmost row, orthogonal layout

Republican to late Republican period

Guidi 2014, 58 fig. 1 (no. 37); Soricel-li 2014, 32 note 4; http://www.archeologia.beni-culturali.it/index.php?it/142/scavi/scaviarcheologici_ 4e048966cfa3a/178

http://www.archeologia.be-niculturali.it/in-dex.php?it/142/scavi/scaviar-cheologici_ 4e048966cfa3a/ 178: fig. 2

1646 Italy Campania Castellamma-re di Stabia(Stabiae)

CastSt2.01 Loc. Ponte Benedetto. Complesso archeologico

Habitation? Industrial building?

13. Tepidarium



Roman period Di Maio et al. 2011, 218

Di Maio et al. 2001, figs. 6-7

1647 Italy Campania Castellamma-re di Stabia(Stabiae)

CastSt2.02 Loc. Ponte Benedetto. Complesso archeologico

Habitation? Industrial building?

14. Caldarium Cocciopesto (rosso)

Tesserae: white Motifs not preserved Di Maio et al. 2011, 218

Di Maio et al. 2001, figs. 8-9


Phase IA: D4. Later: 35. Cubiculum

Cementizio a base mista

Mixed stone aggregate: limestone, marble

Tesserae: blackOpus tessellatum: threshold


Phase IA: end of 2nd to beginning of 1st cent. BC

De Rosa 2014, 72 De Rosa 2014, fig. 2


2 Cementizio a base litica

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: blackOpus tessellatum: central field

Border: row of rosettes Phase II: 30 BC onwards

De Rosa 2014, 73

1650 Italy Campania Nocera Superiore (Nuceria Alfaterna)

Noc1.01 Below the battistero

Outside the battistero


Ceramic aggregate


Field: grid of intersecting octagons making squares and irregular oblong hexagons; fill: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, black centre)

Late Republican period/1st cent. BC.

Lombardo 1994, 103; Ferri 2014, 133

Lombardo 1994, fig. 3; Ferri 2014, fig. 3



1651 Italy Sicily Adrano (Adranon)

Adra1.01 Proprietà Lazzaro-Di Guida. East of Strada 1. Via Grosseto. Abitazione B?

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Semis of tesserae.Tabula ansata with inscription in Greek: XAIRE

2nd to 1st cent. BC

Spigo 2009, 126; Giordano 2014, 220-221

Spigo 2009, fig. 9; Giordano 2014, fig. 4


Agri7.02 Contrada S. Nicola. Insula III. Casa IIIA

Habitation. Urban

g. Exedra Cocciopesto. Signino

Unidentifiable De Miro 2009, 331 and note 450


Hal1.02 Basilica Basilica Portico: room I (from left)

Grid of lozenges Joly 1997, 35-36 note 14


Hal1.03 Basilica Basilica Portico: room II (from left)

Grid of lozenges Joly 1997, 35-36 note 14



7. Dining-room

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Border (couch area): semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Main field: grid of lozenges

Around 180 BC Isler 2011, 40; Aberle 2012, 347; Russenberger 2014, 60, 62

Isler 2011, fig. 20; Russenberger 2014, Abb. 5, 10

1657 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor13.01 The North Baths Baths 9. Caldarium Opus signinum

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: threshold between rooms 8 and 9


Second quarter of 3rd cent. BC. Mid-3rd cent. BC

Lucore 2013, 160, 163; Stone 2014, 33, 35, 45-47

Lucore 2013, fig. 15

1658 Italy Sicily Morgantina Mor13.02 The North Baths Baths 5. Bathroom with individual hip-bathtubs

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Second quarter of 3rd cent. BC. Mid-3rd cent. BC

Lucore 2013, 160, 168; Stone 2014, 33, 35, 45-47

1659 Italy Sicily Paternò (Hybla Gereatis?)

Pat1.01 Acropol. Near chiesa di Cristo al Monte


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Tabula ansata with inscription in Greek: XAIRE.Border of field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Field: grid of lozenges.

Spigo 2009, 126; Giordano 2014, 220-221

Spigo 2009, fig. 8; Giordano 2014, figs. 1-3


Sol1.01 Insula 2. Casa del vano circolare

Habitation. Urban

d/north of peristyle. Dining-room


Semis of crosslets Cutroni Tusa et al. 1994, 54; Aberle 2012, 246


Sol1.02 Insula 2. Casa del vano circolare

Habitation. Urban

e. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: polychrome

Central area: geometric motif Cutroni Tusa et al. 1994, 54


Sol6.02 Insula 7. Casa 1 Habitation. Urban

Cubiculum Opus signinum. Signino

Grid of lozenges Greco, C. 1997, 41

1663 Italy Sardinia Nora Nor4.01 Sanctuary. Coltellazzo, Area F. Settore Nord. Sotto-area 1. USR 7262

Sanctuary Corridoio occidentale. Corridor

Cocciopesto Floral motif End of 1st to 2nd cent. AD

Melchiorri 2012, 277, 285

Melchiorri 2012, fig. 9



1664 Switzer-land

Geneva (Ge-nava)

Gen1.01 Parc de “La Grange”

Habitation. Villa

South of the peristyle

Terrazzo-Signinum (weiß)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Front part: grid of lozenges, with groups of horizontal rows of tesserae separating the grid at regular intervals.Rear part: grid of lozenges.

After mid-1st cent. AD

von Gonzenbach 1961, 108-110 (no. 50.3.I-II); Vassal 2006, 211 (no. 549)

FIG. 211; von Gonzenbach 1961, Taf. A.2-3, Taf. 1

1665 Switzer-land

Nyon (Novio-dunum)

Nyo1.01 “La Muraz”. Fragment


Terrazzo-Signinum (weiß)

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Semis of tesserae and black crosslets (quincunx, set orthogonally), diagonal layout

1st cent. AD von Gonzenbach 1961, 160 (no. 86.4.IV)

FIG. 211; von Gonzenbach, Taf. A.1

1666 Switzer-land

Oberkulm Obe1.01 “Murhubel” Habitation. Rural. Villa

3 Buntsigni-num. Kalk-mörtelestrich. Signinum

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: colouredInset pieces

Field: semis of crosslets (quincunx, set diagonally) and rectangular inset pieces (set horizontally or diagonally), diagonal layout. Central field: square - target (six concentric circles), crosslet (quincunx, set orthogonally) as centre; diagonal line in spandrel

Late 2nd or 3rd cent. AD

von Gonzenbach 1961, 160-161 (no. 89.I), 166

FIG. 212; von Gonzenbach 1961, Taf. 31

1667 Italy Apulia Minervino Murge

Min1.02 Loc. Lamalunga Habitation. Villa

Unidentifiable Corrente 1991

1668 Tunisia Carthage Car1.01 Hannibal Quarter. Maison C3

Habitation. Urban

Entrance room


Late Punic period. Very beginning of 2nd cent. BC

Lancel in Byrsa II, 49; Tang 2005, 94, 291 (no. CarH7)

Byrsa II, figs. 51-52

1669 Tunisia Carthage Car2.01 Hannibal Quarter. Maison E1

Habitation. Urban

Courtyard Terrazzo-signinum

Tesserae: white Porticoes: scattered tesserae.Basin: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout.

Late Punic period. Very beginning of 2nd cent. BC

Lancel in Byrsa II, 121; Tang 2005, 94, 294-295 (no. CarH13)

Byrsa II, figs. 148-150, 152 and 155; Tang 2005, fig. 7

Originally with porticoes, closed at a later date

1670 Tunisia Carthage Car3.01 Magon Quarter Habitation. Urban

Floor or fragment?

Terrazzo Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout No earlier than 3rd cent. BC

F. Rakob in Karthago, 222

Karthago, Taf. 49f

1671 Tunisia Carthage Car4.01 Magon Quarter Habitation. Urban

Floor or fragment?

Terrazzo Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout No earlier than 3rd cent. BC

F. Rakob in Karthago, 222

Karthago, Taf. 50c

1672 Tunisia Carthage Car5.01 Magon Quar-ter. Insula E 117. Between decuma-nus maximus and decumanus I, nor-th, and west of car-do XVII east. (Area of Punic Haus I)

R 2 Opus-signinum-Estrich. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre, set orthogonally or diagonally), orthogonal layout. Traces of panel with possible circle and grid

Periode 3: first half of 1st cent. AD

F. Rakob in Karthago, 221; F. Wiblé in Karthago, 113

Karthago, Taf. 52h-j

1673 Tunisia Carthage Car6.01 Magon Quar-ter. Insula E 117. Between decuma-nus maximus and decumanus I nor-th, and west of car-do XVII east. (Area of Punic Haus I)

R 5. Cellar. Fragments from fill in the room

Opus signinum. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges The cellar abandoned in the last quarter of 2nd cent. AD and filled in

F. Rakob in Karthago, 221; F. Wiblé in Karthago, 115 and Synoptische Tabellen between pp. 134 and 135

Karthago, Taf. 52f-g

1674 Tunisia Carthage Car7.01 Magon Quarter. Insula E 218. North of decu-manus I north and between car-do XVII east and XVIII east. (Area of Punic Haus V)

R 55 Signinum. Terrazzo

Ceramic aggregate


Central panel: square - circle - eight-lozenge star; fill between lozenges: bichrome crosslet (Greek cross, white centre)

First quarter of 1st cent. AD

F. Rakob in Karthago, 221; O. Teschauer in Karthago, 194, 210

Karthago, Taf. 44b and 52k, Plan 4



1675 Tunisia Gammarth Gam1.01 Baie des Singes Habitation. Suburban. Villa

Entrance room

Béton. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Late Punic period

Fantar 1973, 242; Fantar 1984a, 7-9; Fantar 1985, 17, 21-23; Tang 2005, 93, 303 (no. Car3)

Fantar 1984a, pl. IV; Fantar 1985, 56-57 pls. XIIIa-b

1676 Tunisia Carthage Car8.01 Carthage-Dermech, Terrain Clariond

Habitation. Urban

Ciment. Magma de tessons de briques

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Late Punic period

Vézat 1946-1949, 677; Lancel 1984, 48; Fantar 1985, 25; Tang 2005, 95, 306 (no. Car8)

1677 Tunisia Carthage Car9.01 Between the Salammbô and Carthage-Byrsa stations, along Avenue Habib Bourguiba, Terrain Ghali

Habitation. Urban

Opus signinum

Semis of tesserae Late Punic period

Annabi, C. 1978, 19; Tang 2005, 95, 306-307 (no. Car9)

1678 Tunisia Carthage Car10.01 Le Kram, Avenue Habib Bourguiba, opposite the municipal stadium

Habitation. Urban

Corridor Opus signinum (rougeâtre)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout 3rd cent. BC Abdallah et al. 1980, 18; Annabi, M.K. 1981, 27; Chelbi 1983, 82; Lancel 1984, 47; Chelbi 1992, 69-70; Lancel 1997, 146; Tang 2005, 95, 307 (no. Car10)

Abdallah et al. 1980, pp. 17-18; Chelbi 2004, p. 58

1679 Tunisia Carthage Car11.01 Bir Massouda Habitation. Urban

SU 1083. Small fragment in situ

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout (somewhat irregular)

Probably late Punic period

We are grateful to Antonella Mezzolani for this information and to Roald Docter who also provided a photograph of the floor

1680 Tunisia Carthage Car12.01 Sidi bou Saïd Sanctuary Cult room Béton, briques. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Punic period Merlin 1919, 180; Carton 1929, 3; Fantar 1986, 35-36

1681 Tunisia Kerkouane Ker1.01 Rue de l’Apotropaïon no. 2

Habitation. Urban

Courtyard Opus signinum. Sol bétonné

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: Sign of Tanit, except for the bar

In front of main room doorway: Sign of Tanit Terminus ante quem of the mid-3rd cent. BC

Fantar 1985, 120; Brem 2000, 154

Fantar 1984b, 539 pl. LIV; Fantar 1985, 258 pl. XCId (written no. 25 in the caption)


Habitation. Urban

Courtyard Ciment. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteObsidian fragments

In front of main room doorway: Sign of Tanit Terminus ante quem of the mid-3rd cent. BC

Fantar 1984b, 503; Fantar 1985, 117-118; Brem 2000, 154; Vassal 2006, 211 (no. 551)

FIGS. 213-214; Fantar 1984b, 540 pl. LV; Fantar 1985, 255 pl. XCIa, 256 pl. XCIb; Vassal 2006, fig. 21




Habitation. Urban

Courtyard Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: Sign of Tanit, except for bar

In front of main room doorway: Sign of Tanit, flanked by a dolphin or fish on either side

Terminus ante quem of the mid-3rd cent. BC

Fantar 1984b, 503; Fantar 1985, 120; Brem 2000, 154; Vassal 2006, 211 (no. 552)

Fantar 1984b, 539 pl. LIII; Fantar 1985, 257 pl. XCIc (written no. 26 in the caption)

1684 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc3.04 III, 1-2, 18-19. Casa dell’Albergo

Habitation. Urban

Lower storey. F


Ceramic aggregate



Ercolano 2014, no. 113, 139



Habitation. Urban

Lower storey. D. Triclinium


Ceramic aggregate


Threshold between room E and D: foliate scroll.Grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons; fill in hexagons: bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally)

Third Style phase Maiuri 1958, 333; Ercolano 2014, nos. 114-115, 139-141

Ercolano 2014, tav. XVII-XIX

1686 Tunisia Kerkouane Ker4.01 Quartier du Four no. 1

Habitation. Urban

Antechamber to bathroom

Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


At threshold: fillet Terminus ante quem of the mid-3rd cent. BC

Fantar 1984b, 502; Fantar 1985, 333

Fantar 1984b, 536 pl. XLVIII; Fantar 1985, 385 pl. XXXVI; Mezzolani 1999, pl. II.3

1687 Tunisia Kerkouane Ker5.01 Quartier du Boulevard no. 1. Maison aux portiques

Habitation. Urban

Antechamber to bathroom

Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white At threshold: fillet Terminus ante quem of the mid-3rd cent. BC

Fantar 1984b, 503 Mezzolani 1999, pl. II.4

1688 Tunisia Kerkouane Ker5.02 Quartier du Boulevard no. 1. Maison aux portiques

Habitation. Urban

Courtyard Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white At column bases: fillet Terminus ante quem of the mid-3rd cent. BC

Fantar 1984b, 503

1690 Tunisia Thuburbo Majus

Thu1.01 Edifice des Trois Bassins, secteur 3

Habitation. Urban

Cour IV. Courtyard

Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre) at random

The mosaics are dated to end of 2nd to beginning of 3rd cent. AD and the first half of 3rd cent. AD

Ben Abed-Ben Khader et al. 1985, 102, 107, no. 242

Ben Abed-Ben Khader et al. 1985, pl. XLVII


Thu2.01 Quartier de la Maison de Fouille. Edifice 24

Espace II Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Northern field: grid of lozenges with a 90° rotation

Ben Abed-Ben Khader 1987, 135, no. 343

Ben Abed-Ben Khader 1987, pl. LIV


Thu3.01 Region de forum. Maison du Panneau Floral. Musée National du Bardo

Habitation. Urban

“l’angle oriental”

Béton. Mortier blanchâtre

Stone aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, white centre), slightly diagonal layout

Alexander & Ben Abed-Ben Khader 1994, 117, no. 49A

Alexander & Ben Abed-Ben Khader 1994, pl. LXIII

1693 Tunisia Utica Uti1.01 Insula II, lot 1. Maison du Trésor

Habitation. Urban

XXIV Opus signinum (rouge)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Period 1: begin-ning of 1st cent. AD (stratigraphic data)

Alexander et al. 1973, 13-14, no. 7

Alexander et al. 1973, pl. II

1694 Tunisia Utica Uti1.02 Insula II, lot 7. Maison du Trésor

Habitation. Urban

XIII Opus signinum (éclats de tuiles)

Ceramic aggregate


Period 1: begin-ning of 1st cent. AD (stratigraphic data)

Alexander et al. 1973, 15, no. 9

Alexander et al. 1973, pl. III



1695 Tunisia Utica Uti2.01 Insula II, lot 11 Habitation. Urban

XIIb Opus signinum (rougeâtre)

Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 11-12 cm)

Period 1: beginning of 1st cent. AD (stratigraphic data)

Alexander et al. 1973, 96, no. 105

Alexander et al. 1973, pls. XLV and LX

1696 Tunisia Utica Uti3.01 Region de la source d’eau chaude

Cistern? Outside on the east and west sides

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 13-15 cm)

Probably 1st cent. AD

Dulière 1974, 77, no. 227

Dulière 1974, pl. XLIII

1697 Tunisia Utica Uti4.01 Region de la grande citerne voutée

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, diagonal layout Probably 1st cent. AD

Dulière 1974, 79, no. 230

1698 Turkey Pergamum Perg1.01 House of Attalos Habitation. Urban

38 Estrich Tesserae: dark, white

Field: grid of lozenges; fill: tessera No earlier than the second quarter of the 1st cent. BC. Mid-1st cent. BC (stratigraphy)

Salzmann 1991, 440-444; Wulf 1994, 152; Vassal 2006, 212 (no. 557); Tang 2010, 637; Scheibelreiter-Gail 2011, 59-60, 330

Salzmann 1991, fig. 11; Vassal 2006, fig. 20

1699 Turkey Pergamum Perg2.01 Hill of Musalla Mezarlık. Mitte

Habitation. Urban

C Estrich. Ziegelmosaik

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: grid of lozenges Augustan period. Early Imperial period

Salzmann 1991, 452; Salzmann 1993, 398; Tang 2010, 637; Wirsching 2010, 170-171; Scheibelreiter-Gail 2011, 60, 346

Salzmann 1991, fig. 24; Wirsching 2010, Abb. 4

1700 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom3.01 I.3, 25-26 Habitation. Urban

Second room on the left in the peristyle. Cubiculum

Signinum (rot) Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (“…Art von Bogenstellung…”) Pernice 1938, 106; PPM I, 86-109

1701 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom4.01 I.4, 5.25. Casa del Citarista

Habitation. Urban

3. Entrance room

Tonestrich Ceramic aggregate

Semis of tesserae Pernice 1938, 68; PPM I, 117-177

1702 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom4.02 I.4, 5.25. Casa del Citarista

Habitation. Urban

56. Third peristyle


Porticoes: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre)

Republican period

Pernice 1938, 69; PPM I, 117-177


Habitation. Urban

I.6, 4: a. Entrance room

Signinum (rot) Tesserae: black, whitePolychrome sto-ne fragments

Crosslets Pernice 1938, 61; PPM I, 193-195, 280-329


Habitation. Urban

I.6, 11: 5. Cubiculum

Lavapesta. Lavasigninum



Grid of recumbent and upright lozenges and four-pointed stars

Pernice 1938, 106; PPP I, 38

1705 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom6.05 I.6, 8-9. 11. Casa dei Quadretti Teatrali/di P. Casca Longus

Habitation. Urban

I.6, 11: Passage to peristyle. Lower floor

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Pernice 1938, 106


Habitation. Urban

I.6, 11: Passage to peristyle. Upper floor

Signinum Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Pernice 1938, 106




Habitation. Urban

I.6, 11: 12. Peristyle


Tesserae: white North portico: grid of hexagons and lozenges making intersecting irregular hexagons

Pernice 1938, 106; PPP I, 38-39

1708 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom10.01 I.7, 1.20. Casa di Paquius Proculus

Habitation. Urban

4. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Antechamber: Border of field on two sides: semis of tesserae (two and three rows respectively), orthogonal layout. Field: latchkey meander.Bed area: no motifs.

PPM I, 483-552; Ehrhardt 1998, 39

Ehrhardt 1998, Abb. 165

1709 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom10.02 I.7, 1.20. Casa di Paquius Proculus

Habitation. Urban


Threshold: rectangle - lozenge; crosslets in corners

PPP I, 50-51; PPM I, 483-552; Ehrhardt 1998, 81-82

Ehrhardt 1998, Abb. 68


Habitation. Urban

e. Ala Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: threshold

Semis of crosslets PPP I, 59

1711 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom20.01 I.9, 11-12. Casa di Q. Mestrius Maximus/Lupanar di Amarantus//Casa e taberna di Amarantus

Habitation. Urban

I.9, 12: 5. Tablinum

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Wallace-Hadrill 2005, 102

Wallace-Hadrill 2005, fig. 4


Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room

Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: green Threshold: spaced swastika-meander PPP I, 105


Habitation. Urban

h. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae PPP I, 107

1714 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom35.02 I.13, 12.14 Habitation. Urban

7. Ala Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout 2nd cent. BC PPM II, 920-927 PPM II, 926 fig. 11


14. Antechamber to cubiculum and triclinium


Tesserae: whiteInset pieces: outer border

Threshold: grid of lozenges; fill: inset pieces. Inner border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with an inset piece.


Nappo 2001, 347-348; Vassal 2006, 210 (no. 544)




13 Tesserae: white Inscription in Latin: …COS De Simone & Nappo 2001, 228 (Poster 19b)

De Simone & Nappo 2001, p. 228 (Poster 19b)

1717 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom51.02 V.1, 3.7.9. Casa del Toro

Habitation. Urban

15. Cubiculum. Later passage

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges 2nd cent. BC PPM III, 481-532; Pesando 1997, 59

PPM III, 508 fig. 56


Habitation. Urban

d Cocciopesto Tesserae: black Near door: circle or wheel of fortune PPM III, 539


Habitation. Urban

l Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae PPP II, 13; PPM III, 539


Habitation. Urban

V.1, 23: k. Triclinium

Cocciopesto Crosslets 1st cent. BC PPP II, 16; http://www.pompejiprojektet.se




Habitation. Urban

V.1, 26: s Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diagonal grid of squares, black tessera at intersections

Pernice 1938, 96; PPP II, 28; http://www.pompejiprojektet.se (room s)


Habitation. Urban

V.1, 26: t Signinum Possible grid of hexagons with crosslets and poised squares

Pernice 1938, 96; http://www.pompejiprojektet.se (room t)

1723 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom55.01 V.2, 1.a Habitation. Urban

Tablinum Kalkmasse Tesserae: black Semis of tesserae (distance: 23 cm) Pernice 1938, 109

1724 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom56.01 V.2, g. Casa di N. Fufidius Successus

Habitation. Urban

l. Tablinum Signinum Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae. Main field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central rectangular panel: grid of lozenges

Pernice 1938, 38; PPM III, 641-649

Pernice 1938, Taf. 10.5


Habitation. Urban

k Signinum Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout (distance: 5 cm)

Pernice 1938, 38; PPM III, 641-649



Habitation. Urban

Room behind tablinum, to the left

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 4-4.5 cm) Pernice 1938, 38


o. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Geometric motifs 2nd cent. BC PPM III, 824-829, esp. 825


n/area between l-i-n

Signinum (rot) Tesserae: black, whitePolychrome stone pieces: threshold

Threshold: tesserae and crosslets. Alternating white and black tesserae/rows (distance: 11-12 cm) and crosslets.

Pernice 1938, 109; PPM III, esp. 929-930



l. Portico Tesserae: black, whiteMarble fragments

Semis of tesserae Pernice 1938, 109; PPM III, esp. 929-930


Habitation. Urban

i. Ala Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Allison 2004, http://www.stoa.org/projects/ph/rooms?hou-seid=18#382

Peters 1977, pl. 60 fig. 3

1731 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom66.05 VI.2, 4. Casa di Sallustio


22. Original floor. Reception room


Ceramic aggregate


Late Samnite period. Mid-2nd cent. BC (stratigraphic data)

Laidlaw 1993, 222; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 11

Laidlaw 1993, fig. 12; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 35


15. Cubiculum


Tesserae: whiteInset pieces: outer border, central field

Inner border: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with an inset piece


Nappo 2001, 347-348; Vassal 2006, 210 (no. 544)



1733 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom79.02 VI.5, 1-3.22. Casa di Nettuno

Habitation. Urban

Behind tablinum, room on the left

Tonsigninum Ceramic aggregate

Grid of lozenges Pernice 1938, 104




Second room to the left in the atrium

Kalkestrich, Tonbrocken

Tesserae: white Frame: fillet. Field: unidentifiable Pernice 1938, 48


Third room to the left in the atrium

Threshold: crosslets.Frame: fillet.

Pernice 1938, 48


Fourth room to the left in the atrium

Signinum Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 3 cm) Pernice 1938, 48


8 Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteTile

Possible semis of tesserae? PPP II, 145


Habitation. Urban

4. Ala Cementizio a base fittile. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: grid of squares, diagonal layout. Field: spaced swastika-meander (white), each space containing a black square with a white tessera.


Pernice 1938, 47; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 80

Blake 1930, pl. 5.1; Pernice 1938, Taf. 15.4; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 238-239


Habitation. Urban

4A. Ala Cementizio a base fittile. Signinum

Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: grid of squares, diagonal layout. Field: spaced swastika-meander (white), each space containing a black square with a white tessera



Pernice 1938, Taf. 15.4; Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 238-239


Habitation. Urban

Third room to the left in the atrium


Semis of tesserae Pernice 1938, 47


Habitation. Urban

3C. Cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Antechamber: grid of lozenges.Dividing band: scattered tesserae.Bed area: no motifs.



Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 240-241


Habitation. Urban

9. Peristyle Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of octagons and rectangles making lozenges

PPP II, 146

1743 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom88.02 VI.7, 18.1-2. Casa di Adone ferito

Habitation. Urban

First room to the left in the peristyle



Lozenges, circles with crosslets, squares Pernice 1938, 72


Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room

Ton- und Lavasigninum

Semis of tesserae (distance: 21-22 cm) Pernice 1938, 88


Habitation. Urban

12. Courtyard Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white East portico: semis of tesserae PPP II, 154

1746 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom91.02 VI.8, 3-8. Casa del Poeta Tragico

Habitation. Urban

17. Cubiculum


Grid of squares, orthogonal layout; fill: crosslets

PPP II, 172

1747 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom92.01 VI.8, 20-21.2. Casa di L. Vera-nius Hypsaeus, officina fullonica

Habitation. Urban. With fullery

34. Entrance room

Signinum (schwarze)


Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: ca. 10 cm) Pernice 1938, 86-87; PPM IV, 604-612

1748 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom92.02 VI.8, 20-21.2. Casa di L. Vera-nius Hypsaeus, officina fullonica

Habitation. Urban

33. Atrium Signinum (schwarze)


Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: ca. 10 cm) Pernice 1938, 86-87; PPM IV, 604-612

1749 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom92.03 VI.8, 20-21.2. Casa di L. Veranius Hypsaeus, officina fullonica

Habitation. Urban

Room left of the entrance. Cubiculum

Ziegelestrich Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border/band: semis of tesserae. Main field: grid of lozenges

Pernice 1938, 86-87; PPM IV, 604-612



1750 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom93.01 VI.8, 22.1. Casa della Fontana grande

Habitation. Urban

Third room to the right in the atrium

Signinum Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Pernice 1938, 111; PPM IV, 613-620

Originally together with VI.8, 20-21

1751 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom94.05 VI.8, 23-24. Casa della Fontana piccolo

Habitation. Urban

VI.8, 23: 2. Atrium

Lavapesto Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout 120-80 BC. Imperial period

PPP II, 176; Fröhlich 1996, 19

Fröhlich 1996, Abb. 62, 89-92

1752 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom94.06 VI.8, 23-24. Casa della Fontana piccolo

Habitation. Urban

VI.8, 24: 26/27. Entrance room

Lava-Estrich Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Fröhlich 1996, 69 Fröhlich 1996, Abb. 62, 449, 454


Habitation. Urban

16. Peristyle Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white North portico: semis of tesserae (distance: 12 cm)

PPP II, 187


Habitation. Urban

Casa del Centauro: 15


Ceramic aggregate


First half of 2nd cent. BC

PPP II, 205; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 105

Zulini 2011-2012, p. 318


Habitation. Urban

7. Peristyle Estrich Tesserae: white Porticoes: semis of tesserae (distance: 7.5 cm) Pernice 1938, 111



1. Entrance room

Signinum Tesserae: white (2-2.5 cm)


Strocka 1991, 18 Strocka 1991, Abb. 79



3. Atrium Signinum Tesserae: white (2-2.5 cm)


Strocka 1991, 20 Strocka 1991, Abb. 100



30. Cubiculum

Signinum Tesserae: white Antechamber: scattered fragments.Bed area: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 4-5 cm).

End of 2nd cent. BC

Strocka 1991, 31-32; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 141

Strocka 1991, Abb. 171; Zulini 2011, pp. 391-392



31. Ala Signinum Tesserae: white Border of field: meander Strocka 1991, 32 Strocka 1991, Abb. 179

1760 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom105.02 VI.12, 1-8. Casa del Fauno

Habitation. Urban

51 Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae PPP II, 261


Habitation. Urban

3. Cella atriensis


Ceramic aggregate


First half of 2nd cent. BC

Lipizer & Loccardi 2009, 130; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 151


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Band: double spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a tessera.Field: scale pattern.

First half of 2nd cent. BC?

Lipizer & Loccardi 2009, 131; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 152

Pernice 1938, Taf. 9.4; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 414

Lost


Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 5.5 cm). Central field: meander

Lipizer & Loccardi 2009; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 153




Habitation. Urban

10. Ala Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae After AD 62 Lipizer & Loccardi 2009


d. Kitchen? Earlier floor


Ceramic aggregate


2nd to 1st cent. BC

Zulini 2009, 185; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 155

Zulini 2011-2012, p. 419


Habitation. Urban

f. Ala Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Rear area: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.


Zanier 2009, 240, 259; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 161

Zanier 2009, tav. LXXVI.4; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 429


Habitation. Urban

g. Cubiculum Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Antechamber: spaced swastika-meander. Bed area: semis of tesserae.


Zanier 2009, 240-241, 259-260; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 163

Zulini 2011-2012, p. 431


Habitation. Urban

k. Ala Cementizio a base fittile. Cementizio di cocciopesto

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout. Main field: swastika-meander


Zanier 2009, 243, 264; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 162

Zanier 2009, tav. LXXVIII.3; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 429


Habitation. Urban

VI.14, 20: b. Atrium

Battuto di lava



1st cent. BC Peris Bulighin 2006, 87


Habitation. Urban

VI.14, 20: c Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Peris Bulighin 2006, 90


Habitation. Urban

VI.14, 20: q. Triclinium



Habitation. Urban

VI.14, 20: room to the right of the triclinium


1774 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom114.01 VI.14, 38. Casa di C. Poppaeus Firmus

Habitation. Urban

b. Tablinum Lavaestrich Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Pernice 1938, 49; PPM V, 376-383

1775 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom114.02 VI.14, 38. Casa di C. Poppaeus Firmus

Habitation. Urban

g. Ala (left) Lavaestrich Stone aggregate: lava

Threshold: grid of lozenges Pernice 1938, 49


Room right of the entrance

Ziegelboden Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: black, whiteMarble fragments: threshold

Threshold: lozenges.Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre).

Pernice 1938, 48; PPM V, 384-389


Room left of the entrance

Tesserae: white Crosslets e.g. Pernice 1938, 48


h. Tablinum Tesserae: white Crosslets e.g. Pernice 1938, 48

1779 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom122.01 VI.15, 6. Casa del Forno di ferro

Habitation. Urban

f. Tablinum Cocciopesto Central area: circular motif PPM V, 622-646; Pesando 1997, 211



1780 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom122.02 VI.15, 6. Casa di Forno del ferro

Habitation. Urban

l. Triclinium Cocciopesto Linear motif Pesando 1997, 211


Habitation. Urban

b. Entrance room

Signinum Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 11 cm), orthogonal layout

Strocka 1984, 18; PPM V, 647-679


Habitation. Urban

c. Cubiculum Signinum Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 11-13 cm x 17-19 cm)

Strocka 1984, 20


f. Atrium Tonsigninum Ceramic aggregate

Semis of tesserae.West side: hexagons.

Pernice 1938, 88; PPM V, 692-700


F. Peristyle Ziegelbrocken Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white (2-2.5 cm)

Semis of tesserae (distance: 16.5 cm) Pernice 1938, 102

1785 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom131.01 VI.17, 40-41. Casa con Biblioteca

Habitation. Urban

7. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: threshold, band, panel

Semis of tesserae PPP III, 3

1787 Italy Lazio Rome RomC8.01 Palatine Hill. Vigna Barberini


Grid of lozenges End of Republican period

Pergola et al. 1995, 493

Pergola et al. 1995, fig. 15

1788 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom147.01 VII.4, 37 Originally part of room 31 in VII.4, 31.51

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.Scale pattern.

PPP III, 128 PPM VI, 1079 fig. 120b



c Opus signinum

Geometric Vallet et al. 1983, 15

1790 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom148.01 VII.4, 56. Casa del Granduca di Toscana

Habitation. Urban

12. Corridor Lavasigninum Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Rows/semis (description only) Staub Gierow 1994, 29

1791 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom148.02 VII.4, 56. Casa del Granduca di Toscana

Habitation. Urban

7. Atrium Lavapesta (northern part). Battuto bianco (eastern part)

Stone aggregate: lava, limestone


Northern part: semis of tesserae.Southern part: semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout.

1st cent. AD (northern part)

Staub Gierow, 1994, 23; PPP III, 139


Habitation. Urban

B. Atrium Lavapesto Stone aggregate: lava


Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout (distance: 16 cm)

Staub Gierow 1994, 51

Staub Gierow 1994, Abb. 135


Habitation. Urban

d. Entrance room


Tesserae: white Meander (description only) Staub Gierow 2000, 22

1794 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom152.01 VII.6, 3-4. Casa della Diana Arcaizzante

Habitation. Urban

3. Atrium Lavasigni-num. Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Field: semis of tesserae (distance: 9.5 cm). Impluvium rim: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a crosslet.

Pernice 1938, 59; Alonso et al. 2011, 113, 114-115

Alonso et al. 2011, figs. 19, 24

1795 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom152.02 VII.6, 3-4. Casa della Diana Arcaizzante

Habitation. Urban

Room right of the tablinum

Tonsigninum (threshold)

Ceramic aggregate


Threshold: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout.Field: semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre).

Pernice 1938, 59; Alonso et al. 2011, 114

Alonso et al. 2011, fig. 21




45. Tablinum Signinum (rot: threshold; grau: field)

Tesserae: white Threshold: meander.Field: semis of tesserae (distance: 11 cm).

Pernice 1938, 89; PPM VII, 176-179


Third room to the right of the peristyle

Signinum (rot: threshold; schwarz: field)

Tesserae: white Threshold (later): semicircles.Field: semis of tesserae.

Pernice 1938, 89; PPM VII, 176-179


60. Entrance room


Tesserae: white Threshold to atrium: scale pattern Pernice 1938, 84; PPM VII, 180-181


95. Entrance room

Battuto di lava. Lavasigninum


Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 10-11 cm) Pernice 1938, 41


1A. Ala (right) Signino Tesserae: white Front area: grid of lozenges Spano 1910, 465


4. Peristyle Lavasigninum Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Porticoes: semis of tesserae (distance: 8 cm). Intercolumniations: concave squares, grid of lozenges.

Pernice 1938, 41


Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room

Lavaestrich Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 18-20 cm) Pernice 1938, 90; PPM VII, 258-276

1803 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom161.01 VII.10, 5.8.13. Casa settentrionale A4

Habitation. Urban

A. 10. Triclinium



First phase: no earlier than the 2nd cent. BC

Amoroso 2005, 37-38; Amoroso 2007, 43-44, 104

Amoroso 2005, fig. 3; Amoroso 2007, fig. 31a


Habitation. Urban

A. 4. Triclinium


Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: dividing bandRed paint

Antechamber (east): Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a bichrome crosslet (white centre). Border of panel: foliate scroll with hederae; geometric and plant motifs.West area: semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally), with T-shapes in outmost rows, orthogonal layout.Dividing band: superposed sprays of leaves. Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a crosslet.

Third phase: late Republican period/between Sulla and Augustus

Amoroso 2005, 47-49; Amoroso 2007, 47, 51, 60, 104-105

Amoroso 2005, figs. 10-11; Amoroso 2007, figs. 33a-b


Habitation. Urban

A. 56 Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava


Grid of lozenges Fourth phase: Julio-Claudian period

Amoroso 2005, 49-50; Amoroso 2007, 61-62, 65, 104

Amoroso 2007, fig. 31b

1806 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom167.01 VII.15, 12-13. Casa di A. Octavius Primus

Habitation. Urban

d. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Behind the threshold: Inscription in Latin: CEDOCENEMUS

1st cent. BC PPP III, 234; PPM VII, 824-839


Lost

1807 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom167.02 VII.15, 12-13. Casa di A. Octavius Primus

Habitation. Urban

h. Tablinum Cocciopesto Semis of crosslets PPM VII, esp. 824

1808 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom172.01 VIII.1, 1. Building beneath the Basilica

Saggio B-X: at eleventh column in south portico

Signino. Signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Pernice 1938, 38; Maiuri 1973, 217

Pernice 1938, tav. 10.1

1809 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom173.01 VIII.2, 1-2. Casa di Championnet I

Habitation. Urban

8. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Rows of tesserae PPP III, 286


b. Atrium Signinum (grau)

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 15 cm) Pernice 1938, 102




k. Ala (right) Signinum Tesserae: black, white

Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: square - octagon made from fillet of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre); the octagon contains a star composed of a central octagon (fillet of bichrome crosslets), a poised square and a square, with eight concentric lozenges as radii.

Pernice 1938, 102 FIG. 136; Pernice 1938, Taf. 46.5


h. Room right of the tablinum


Grid of octagons and poised squares Pernice 1938, 102


Room at end of the west portico in peristyle

Signinum (grau)

Row of crosslets.Hexagons and lozenges.

Pernice 1938, 102


Antechamber to the right of the corridor

Row of crosslets.Hexagons and lozenges.

Pernice 1938, 102


Habitation. Urban

i’ Signinum Tesserae: white Border: semis of tesserae. Main field: spaced swastika-meander

Pernice 1938, 115; PPM VIII, 72-93


Habitation. Urban

VIII.2, 16: Portico behind tablinum. Earlier floor

Signinum Tesserae: white Scale pattern Pernice 1938, 75-76; PPM VIII, 72-93


1818 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom178.01 VIII.2, 28. Casa con Ninfeo

Habitation. Urban

a/b. Entrance room: exterior and interior part

Signinum Tesserae: white Southern part: Border: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Main field: scale pattern




Habitation. Urban

d. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) Pernice 1938, 72; Allison 2004, http://www.stoa.org/projects/ph/rooms? houseid=26#589


Habitation. Urban

q. Ala (right) Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Spaced swastika-meander.Scale pattern.

Pernice 1938, 72; Allison 2004, http://www.stoa.org/projects/ph/rooms?hou-seid=26#601


Habitation. Urban

h. Ala (left) Tesserae: white Spaced swastika-meander Pernice 1938, 72


Habitation. Urban

a’. Corridor Lavapesta Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Allison 2004, http://www.stoa.org/projects/ph/rooms?hou-seid=29#732


Habitation. Urban

z1. First lower storey

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of hexagons; fill: white crosslet PPP III, 319



1824 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom183.01 VIII.3, 4.6. Casa di Ercole e Augia

Habitation. Urban

1. Entrance room

Lavasigninum Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 9-10 cm).Mat at entrance to atrium: spaced swastika-meander.


Pernice 1938, Taf. 41.3; PPM VIII, 358 fig. 2

1825 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom184.01 VIII.3, 7. Shop Shop Sidewalk in front of entrance

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Republican period

PPP III, 324; PPM VIII, 362-384, esp. 362

PPM VIII, 363 fig. 1, 366


9. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally), orthogonal layout

2nd cent. BC PPM VIII, 443-448 PPM VIII, 447, 448 fig. 8

1827 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom188.01 VIII.4, 14-16.22-23.30. Casa di C. Cornelius Rufus

Habitation. Urban

VIII.4, 15: a. Entrance room

Signinum (rot) Tesserae: white Hexagons or octagons Pernice 1938, 70; PPM VIII, 518-525


Habitation. Urban

VIII.4, 15: b. Atrium

Signinum (rot) Tesserae: white (2-3 cm)

Semis of tesserae (distance: 23 cm) Pernice 1938, 70; PPM VIII, 518-525


Habitation. Urban

VIII.4, 15: u. Left exedra in peristyle


Semis of tesserae (distance: 12 cm) Pernice 1938, 71; PPM VIII, 518-525

1830 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom189.01 VIII.5, 2-3.5. Casa e Protocasa del Gallo

Habitation. Urban

Protocasa: Below atrium: a-a’

Signino Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout Maiuri 1944-1945, 147

Maiuri 1944-1945, fig. 7

1831 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom189.02 VIII.5, 2-3.5. Casa e Protocasa del Gallo

Habitation. Urban

Protocasa: Below eastern ala (secondary atrium)/o


Border: volutes Maiuri 1944-1945, 147

Maiuri 1944-1945, fig. 11


f. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Not described Republican period

PPM VIII, 569-571

1833 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom191.01 VIII.5, 15-16.38 Habitation. Urban

15: f. Ala Signinum (rot) Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Central panel: double latchkey meander.

Pernice 1938, 103; PPM VIII, 572-599

FIG. 137; Pernice 1938, Taf. 46.6


15: h. Ala Signinum (rot) Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Central panel: double latchkey meander.

Pernice 1938, 103 Pernice 1938, Taf. 46.6


15: Atrium Signinum (rot) Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: central panel

Impluvium basin: rectangle - oblong hexagon Imperial period Pernice 1938, 103-104


1836 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom192.01 VIII.5, 39. Casa di Acceptus e Euhodia

Habitation. Urban

d. Cubiculum Travertinope-sto

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Semis of tesserae Republican period

PPP III, 359


Habitation. Urban

a. Entrance room

Semis of tesserae Pernice 1938, 78-79; PPM VIII, 956-1044


Habitation. Urban

b. Atrium Semis of tesserae Pernice 1938, 78-79


Habitation. Urban

x. Passage between first and second peristyle

Crosslets Pernice 1938, 78-79




Habitation. Urban

u/z. Large room right of the passage to second peristyle

Signinum Tesserae: white (2-2.5 cm)

Semis of tesserae (distance: 9 cm) Pernice 1938, 78-79


Habitation. Urban

m. Peristyle Cocciopesto Tesserae: white North portico: semis of tesserae 1st cent. AD PPP III, 402


g. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white


PPM IX, 600-669 PPM IX, 634 fig. 53


IX.6, 5: i. Ala (right)

Signinum Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (distance: 4 cm) Pernice 1938, 46-47; PPM IX, 747-764


IX.6, 4: 1. Entrance room

Signinum (rot) Tesserae: black, white

Grid of lozenges; fill: bichrome crosslet (white centre)

Pernice 1938, 118; PPM IX, 747-764

1845 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom213.01 IX. 7, 24-25. Protocasa

Habitation. Urban

IX. 7, 25: Saggio 1611. US 16045. Tablinum

Cocciopesto Semis of tesserae Terminus post quem: beginning of 3rd cent. BC. Terminus ante quem: Augustan period

Giglio, M. 2011, 102. Personal communication with Marco Giglio


Habitation. Urban

13/third room to the right in the peristyle

Signinum Semis of crosslets Pernice 1938, 62


Habitation. Urban

19. Tablinum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Field: grid of rectangles; fill: tessera, chevron, Y-shape

PPP III, 592; PPM X, 361-500

1848 Spain Aragon Cabezo del Moro

CabMo1.01 Opus signinum



Lasheras Corruchaga 1984b, 172


Tarr4.01 Between Calle de Pons de Icart and the port. Museo Nacional

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Inscription in Latin: AVE SALVE 1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD

Gómez Pallarès 1997, 141-142 (no. T 1)

Gómez Pallarès 1997, lám. 59


Estacio Esta1.01 La Manga del Mar Menor. Estacio promontory. Estacio Lighthouse. Museo Arqueológico de Cartagena, inv. no. 201

Opus signinum

Tesserae: black, whiteOpus tessellatum: central motif (circle - concave hexagon - hexafoil), motifs in corner (dolphins and flower/star)

Poised square - square - concentric circles Transition from 1st cent. BC to 1st cent. AD

Blázquez 1982, 69-70 (no. 69); Ramallo Asensio 1985, 61-64 (no. 54)

Blázquez 1982, lám. 28; Ramallo Asensio 1985, lám. XXV




CabA3.01 Lower town. At the foot of the acropolis

Baths Opus signinum

Simple geometric motifs separated by borders with hederae


Lasheras Corruchaga 1984b, 171

Only description exists

1852 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc2.01 II, 2. Casa dell’Argo

Habitation. Urban

Upstairs room. Eastern side. Corridor

Signino Grid of lozenges Maiuri 1958, 371; Ercolano 2014, 119

Maiuri 1958, fig. 302

The upper storey of the house is no longer preserved


Habitation. Urban

1 Cementizio a base fittile. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of bands divided into small squares and rectangles with larger squares in the interspaces

Second Style phase

Maiuri 1958, 327; Ercolano 2014, no. 99, 133

Ercolano 2014, tav. XV


Habitation. Urban

3 Cementizio a base fittile. Signino

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Orthogonal grid of squares with superimposed diagonal grid of squares

Second Style phase

Maiuri 1958, 327; Ercolano 2014, no. 100, 133-134

Ercolano 2014, tav. XV


Habitation. Urban

Lower storey. A3. Corridor


Ceramic aggregate



Ercolano 2014, no. 112, 138-139



Sarsina (Sassina)

Sar9.01 Via Vallauri/ex Forum Boarium. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Sarsina (inv. no. 907)

Ceramic aggregate


Circle - hexafoil. Bichrome fillets of tesserae Personal observation of floor


Sarsina (Sassina)

Sar10.01 Unknown prove-nience. Museo Archeologico Na-zionale di Sarsina (inv. no. 908)

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae (also rectangular): black, grey, red, white

Pelta with two-headed axe; edge of pelta with row of superposed chevrons

FIG. 95 Personal observation of floor


Sarsina (Sassina)

Sar11.01 Via Vallauri. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Sarsina (inv. no. 909)

Ceramic aggregate


Unidentifiable Personal observation of floor


Sarsina (Sassina)

Sar12.01 Valle delle Case populare. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Sarsina (inv. no. 913)

Ceramic aggregate





Habitation. Urban

V.1, 26: d Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae http://www.pompejiprojektet.se (room d)


Habitation. Urban

V.1, 26: f. Lower floor

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white North-west corner: square - circle - hexafoil http://www.pompejiprojektet.se (room f)




c Semis of tesserae Pernice 1938, 40


d. Atrium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Impluvium rim: semis of tesserae.Impluvium basin: spaced swastika-meander.

Pernice 1938, 40; PPP III, 418


e. Tablinum Semis of tesserae Pernice 1938, 40


Habitation. Urban

44. Frigidarium

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Below pool: semis of tesserae PPP III, 534


Habitation. Urban. With shops and bakery

a. Atrium Estrich. Lava und Ton

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Pernice 1938, 112


Habitation. Urban. With shops and bakery

Tablinum Signinum Tesserae: black, white

Grid of hexagons; fill: bichrome crosslet (black centre)

Pernice 1938, 112


Habitation. Urban

11. Cubiculum


Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) PPP II, 300; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 198


Habitation. Urban

16. Triclinium Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Border: grid of lozenges PPP II, 303


Habitation. Urban

Tablinum Signinum Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Pernice 1938, 78


Habitation. Urban

Passage between tablinium and garden

Lavasigninum Stone aggregate: lava

Tesserae: white Circles, eight-lozenge stars Pernice 1938, 78


Habitation. Urban

Peristyle Tesserae: white Porticoes: semis of tesserae (distance: 23 cm) Pernice 1938, 114


Habitation. Urban

Sondages G, H, O. Peristyle

Opus signinum

Tesserae: black, whiteBlack and white tesserae, polychrome stone fragments

Scattering of white four-tessera squares Around the mid-1st cent. BC

Morard 2007, 63-64

Morard 2007, fig. 69

1875 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom71.02 VI.2, 16.21. Casa di Narciso

Habitation. Urban

20. Peristyle Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (quincunx, black centre)

Late Republican period. 1st cent. BC (stratigraphy)

Zulini 2011-2012, no. 33

Zulini 2011.2012, p. 115


Habitation. Urban. Later stabulum. Association house originally?


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera.Eastern zone: semis of tesserae (set orthogonally), orthogonal layout.

Last quarter or end of 2nd cent. BC

F. Panzetti in Panzetti et al. 2010, 16, 18; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 46

Zulini 2011-2012, pp. 147-148



1877 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom75.02 VI.2, 23-24. Casa di Narcisso

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Semis of tesserae.Unidentifiable motif(s).

Zulini 2011-2012, no. 59

Zulini 2011-2012, p. 181



48. Corridor Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Scale pattern End of 2nd cent. BC

Strocka 1991, 31; Zulini 2011-2012, no. 144

PPM V, 22 fig. 37; Zulini 2011-2012, p. 398

1879 Italy Abruzzo Atri (Hatria) Atr2.01 Via Ferrante and Piazza della Cattedrale

Habitation. Urban

B Cementizio a base litica

Stone aggregate


Field: semis of black crosslets (four tesserae) Second half of 1st cent. to first half of 2nd cent. AD

Azzena 1987, 24-26; Salcuni 2012, 74-76 (Hatria 03B)


1880 Italy Abruzzo Alba Fucens AlbF3.01 Sanctuary of Hercules. On the other side of the eastern wall of the shrine

Cementizio Tesserae: white Not described Balty 1969, 87; Salcuni 2012, 14 (Alba 04D)

1881 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom136.02 VII.2, 20, 40. Casa di N. Popidius Priscus

Habitation. Urban

z2. Triclinium Battuto bianco

Stone aggregate

Tesserae: black Crosslets (four tesserae) PPP III, 71

1882 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom138.02 VII.2, 24-26. Casa delle Quadrighe

Habitation. Urban

m. Cubiculum Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Threshold: rectangle - lozenge.Field: semis of tesserae.

PPP III, 82


Habitation. Urban

g Cocciopesto Tesserae: black, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (black centre) PPP III, 84


Habitation. Urban

First room to the right in the atrium

Signinum Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae Pernice 1938, 105



11. Cubiculum

Opus signinum

Field: grid of lozenges Around 180 BC Russenberger 2014, 60, 62, 64



5a. Upstairs room

Opus signinum

Grid of lozenges Around 180 BC Russenberger 2014, 60, 67

1888 Italy Campania Paestum Pae9.01 Southern sanctuary. Temple of Hercules

Temple Cella Signino Spaced swastika-meander 2nd cent. BC Torelli 1999, 50-51 Torelli 1999, fig. 48

1889 Spain Catalonia Vila-Seca Vil1.01 Habitation. Rural. Villa

Opus signinum

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae End of 2nd cent. AD (dating evidence)

Macias Solé 2000a, 210-211

1890 Italy Campania Pompeii Pom195.01 VIII. Temple of Venus. Fragments

Temple Cella? Cementizio (rosso)


First half of 1st cent. BC (stratigraphic data)

Coletti & Sterpa 2008, 133-134, 136

Coletti & Sterpa 2008, fig. 8


Habitation. Urban

Lower storey. E. Antechamber to triclinium


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Field: semis of white crosslets (no central tesserae, set diagonally), orthogonal layout

Third Style phase Ercolano 2014, no. 116, 141

Ercolano 2014, tav. XVII


Habitation. Urban

Lower storey. O


Ceramic aggregate


Field: grid of octagons and poised squares; fill in octagons: bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre), set orthogonally

Third Style phase Ercolano 2014, no. 117, 141-142

Ercolano 2014, tav. XVIII

1893 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc6.02 IV, 5-7. Casa della Fullonica

Habitation. Urban

1. Tablinum Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate


First Style phase Ercolano 2014, no. 198, 217-218

Ercolano 2014, tav. III




Habitation. Urban

9. Courtyard Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white (2.5-2.8 cm)


Second Style phase

Ercolano 2014, no. 251, 280-281



Habitation. Urban

Upstairs room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Grid of lozenges Possibly First Style phase

Ercolano 2014, no. 293, 316-317

Ercolano 2014, tav. VI


Habitation. Urban

Entrance room


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Semis of tesserae (set diagonally) First Style phase. Repaired or remade in the Third or Fourth Style phase

Ercolano 2014, no. 330, 352-353

Ercolano 2014, tav. XII

Almost disappeared


Habitation. Urban

M Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white Threshold: grid of lozenges with a 90° rotation; fill: tessera. Carpet loop at corner. Semicircle on one of the sides




Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally) - only one row is left.Semis of bichrome crosslets (Greek cross, black centre, set orthogonally) and geometic-shaped inset pieces - only one row is left.

First Style phase (semis of cros-slets). Second Style phase (se-mis of crosslets and geome-tric-shaped inset pieces)

Ercolano 2014, no. 38a-b, 78-79

Ercolano 2014, tav. V, XXIII

The semis of crosslets was originally part of the floor in the corridor between the peristyle and exedra 16


Habitation. Urban

14. First floor Cementizio a base fittile

Ceramic aggregate


Semis of bichrome crosslets First Style phase Ercolano 2014, no. 39a, 79


Habitation. Urban

19. Corridor-balcony


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white (2-2.2 cm)


Late Second Style phase. Late Republican period

Ercolano 2014, no. 46, 89


1901 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc18.01 II, 3. Casa del Genio

Habitation. Urban


Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: white (1.5-2 cm).Inset fragments at random

Field: semis of tesserae, diagonal layout First or Second Style phase. Republican period

Ercolano 2014, no. 97, 129-130


1902 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc19.01 IV, 12-13, 15-16 Caupona with habitation

8. Reception room. Later service room


Ceramic aggregate


Field: grid of octagons and poised squares; fill in octagons: crosslet with black or white centre; fill in poised squares: tessera or crosslet



Originally a single room together with room 9

1903 Italy Campania Herculaneum Herc19.02 IV, 12-13, 15-16 Caupona with habitation

9. Reception room. Later cubiculum


Ceramic aggregate


Field: grid of octagons and poised squares; fill in octagons: crosslet with black or white centre; fill in poised squares: tessera or crosslet. Panel: semis of crosslets and inset pieces

Third Style phase Ercolano 2014, no. 204a-b, 222-223

Ercolano 2014, tav. XXXIII

Originally a single room together with room 8


Saint-Romain-en-Gal (Vienna)

SRomG1.02 Chantier de la Plaine. Maison aux Pierres Dorées. Below the Maison des Dieux Océan (phase 4)


K Sol de béton Stone aggregate

Tesserae: blackScattered black and white tesserae


Phase 2A: around AD 20

A. Desbat in La maison des Dieux Océan 1994, 201; D. Tavernier in La maison des Dieux Océan 1994, 103, 113; A. Desbat & O. Leblanc in La maison de Dieux Océan 1994, 76

La maison de Dieux Océan 1994, fig. 168



1905 Italy Calabria Reggio Calabria (Rhegium Julium)

RegC2.01 Near the Asilo d’Infanzia

Battuto, formato di coccio

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: grey, white

Semis of bichrome crosslets (grey centre) Fiorelli 1886, 62-63; Agostino & Malacrino 2012, 577


Habitation. Urban

Cocciopesto Pseudo-shield of lozenges 1st cent. BC Pelagatti 2006, 33 note 11

1907 Italy Campania Boscoreale Bos1.01 Contrada Pisanella


B. Portico Opus signinum

Northernmost part: semis of crosslets, orthogonal layout

AD 40-45 Bastet 1976, 140 Bastet 1976, Abb. 15



8 Opus signinum

Threshold: grid of alternating squares and rectangles, the middle row is composed of rectangles only.Field: grid of recumbent and upright lozenges making tilted squares.




9 Opus signinum

Threshold: rectangle - lozenge.Field: grid of intersecting circles making overlapping quatrefoils and concave squares.





Field: grid of intersecting octagons making squares and irregular oblong hexagons. Central panel: grid of intersecting circles making quatrefoils and concave poised squares

AD 40-45 Bastet 1976, 138-139

Bastet 1976, Abb. 15



11. Exedra Opus signinum

Threshold: grid of lozenges.Field: grid of hexagons (honeycomb).

AD 40-45 Bastet 1976, 139-140

Bastet 1976, Abb. 15

1912 France Occitanie Uzès (Ucetia) Uze1.01 Mortar. Opus signinum

Ceramic aggregate



1st cent. BC http://www.inrap.fr/en/discovery-antique-uzes-12596#http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4367620/Roman-mosaics-unearthed-southern-France.html

http://www.inrap.fr/en/discovery-antique-uzes-12596

1913 Greece Epirus Gitana Git1.01 South-west part. Junction of roads 7 and 11. Building A

Prytaneum Dining-room in the south-east wing

Ceramic aggregate

Tesserae: whiteOpus tessellatum: mat, border of central field, central field

Couch area: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout

Terminus ante quem of 167 BC

Preka-Alexandri 1989, 304; Preka-Alexandri 1993, 105; Kanta-Kitsou 2008, 57

Preka-Alexandri 1989, fig. 4; Preka-Alexandri 1993, fig. 1; Kanta-Kitsou 2008, pp. 56 and 74; http://henriettahobby.blogspot.dk/2011/04/


8. Possible summer triclinium

Signino Tesserae: white Outer border: semis of tesserae, orthogonal layout. Border of central field: spaced swastika-meander, each space containing a square with a tessera. Central field: grid of lozenges



Nappo 1993, CLXVII.3

Originally a single room with room 7





RegE8.01 Via Berta Habitation? Urban

Cocciopesto Tesserae: white Unidentifiable motif(s) Scagliarini Corlàita & Venturi 1999, 113-114 (no. 92)

Scagliarini Corlàita & Venturi 1999, tav. LIV, LV fig. 1

Partly covered by mosaic

decorating floors. the tesserae-in-mortar technique in the

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