I rivestimenti pavimentali di Pompei ed Ercolano e l’uso dell’alabastro in epoca Romana (II SEC. A.C. – I SEC. D.C.): nuove indagini
Alabaster (calcitic onyx alabaster) was highly valued by the Romans for ornamental purposes. Pliny the Elder testifies to the novelty of alabaster, presumably calcareous, in mid first century BC Rome. The Alabaster: Quarrying and Trade in the Roman World Project examined alabaster in pavements at Po...
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| Format: | book part |
| Publication Date: | 2017 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repository: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2072/450576 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2072/450576 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Mosaics romans -- Pompeia (Ciutat antiga) Alabastre -- Itàlia Pompeia (Ciutat antiga) -- Arqueologia Herculà (Ciutat antiga) -- Arqueologia 90 |
| Summary: | Alabaster (calcitic onyx alabaster) was highly valued by the Romans for ornamental purposes. Pliny the Elder testifies to the novelty of alabaster, presumably calcareous, in mid first century BC Rome. The Alabaster: Quarrying and Trade in the Roman World Project examined alabaster in pavements at Pompeii and Herculaneum in order to determine the varieties employed at each city to fully understand its use and trade from the second century BC to the first century AD. This paper presents the results of the surveys (2014-2016). Onyx alabaster, in all probability from Egypt, is the earliest and most frequent variety at Pompeii, Turkish fiorito and North African pecorella at Herculaneum. The use of alabaster in many floors in rich Vesuvian houses confirms Pliny and other writers’ testimony of the predilection for such material by the Roman élite since the beginning. |
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