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DefinitionCut and polished marble
MaterialWhite marble
Amount1
Length (cm)
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Thickness (cm)1.5
Diameter (cm)6.0
State of ConservationThe once polished surfaces are lightly pitted and discoloured.
DescriptionA small disk of white marble, roughly cut into a circle. The top and bottom surfaces were finished to a smooth polish.
ComparandaCosmatesque floors comprised of pieces of marble like these were extremely common in Lazio, especially Rome. See, for example, S. Clemente (Pajares-Ayuela (2001, 249–51 and 258, figs 6-7, 6-8, 6-9 and 6-30), SS. Quattro Coronati in Rome and S. Ambrosio in Ferentino (Glass 1980, plates 7–9 and I) all dated to the first two decades of the twelfth century, and the Cathedral of S. Maria in Anagni constructed from 1224 through the early 1230s (Claussen 1987, 96–8 and 110–44).
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Area
- Area B/C (Monastery)

Context VM_4186
- DefinitionDeposit of collapsed wall 4134

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- Megan McNamee

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Fentress, E., Goodson, C., Maiuro, M., Andrews, M., Dufton, J.A. (eds.) 2016. Villa Magna: an Imperial Estate and its Legacies. Excavations 2006–2010. British School at Rome, Rome.

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