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The Baths on the Estate of the Philippiani at Gerace, Sicily

By R.J.A. Wilson

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Fig. 1. Drawings of tile stamps Types 1–11 found at Gerace (S. Cann).

Fig. 2. Entrance to the frigidarium (Room 1), from the east (scale: 20 cm).

Fig. 3. Rough, unfinished lower portion of the south wall of the frigidarium (Room 1) (scale: 1 m).

Fig. 4. Upper portion of the south wall of the frigidarium (Room 1); detail of pisé (above) and plastered (below) wall (scale: 10 cm).

Fig. 5. Unfinished cold pool in Room 2, west side. The original low front wall (the top step) of the intended pool can be seen at lower left. After the earthquake, the apse wall was cut back vertically (immediately to the left of the pole), and a makeshift wall was constructed across the front of the pool (left, center; for its front side, see print fig. 9) (scale: 2 m).

Fig. 6. Section through the dumps of backfilled material in the frigidarium (Room 1), showing tip lines (scale: 50 cm).

Fig. 7. Detail of the terracotta drain near the center of the mosaic floor in the frigidarium (Room 1) (scale: 20 cm).

Fig. 8. Detail of the mosaic on the east side of the frigidarium (Room 1) (scale: 20 cm).

Fig. 9. Mosaic showing crossed shields pattern from a domus at Marsala. Museo Archeologico Regionale—Baglio Anselmi.

Fig. 10. Mosaic detail from the Maison de Bacchus at Djemila. Musée de Djemila.

Fig. 11. Mosaic fragments from the first tepidarium (Room 5) (scale: 20 cm).

Fig. 12. Praefurnium arch in south wall of the second tepidarium (Room 6), from the north (scale 2 m).

Fig. 13. A tubulus filled with lime (center) serving as a pila in the second tepidarium (Room 6); compare normal pilae stacks at left (scale: 20 cm).

Fig. 14. Mosaic fragments from the second tepidarium (Room 6) (scale: 5 cm).

Fig. 15. Alternative reconstruction of the floor mosaic of the second tepidarium (Room 6) (drawing by Stephen Cosh).

Fig. 16. A selection of marble wall veneer fragments from the heated rooms: a, bigio morato; b, giallo antico brecciato; c, pavonazzetto; d, portasanta; e, verde antico.

Fig. 16. A selection of marble wall veneer fragments from the heated rooms: a, bigio morato; b, giallo antico brecciato; c, pavonazzetto; d, portasanta; e, verde antico.

Fig. 16. A selection of marble wall veneer fragments from the heated rooms: a, bigio morato; b, giallo antico brecciato; c, pavonazzetto; d, portasanta; e, verde antico.

Fig. 16. A selection of marble wall veneer fragments from the heated rooms: a, bigio morato; b, giallo antico brecciato; c, pavonazzetto; d, portasanta; e, verde antico.

Fig. 16. A selection of marble wall veneer fragments from the heated rooms: a, bigio morato; b, giallo antico brecciato; c, pavonazzetto; d, portasanta; e, verde antico.

Fig. 17. The 214 intact examples of vaulting tubes (tubi fittlili)found in the excavation of Room 9 (scale: 50 cm).

Fig. 18. Mosaic of Orpheus from the Thermes des Laberii, Oudna. Tunis, Musée du Bardo.

Fig. 19. Contorniate, obverse, with a bust of Trajan and an incuse monogram alongside, probably P ET L for palma et laurus (the palm and the laurel); mid fourth to early fifth century CE (scale: 2 cm; courtesy Münzsammlung des Instituts für Klassische Archäologie der Universität Tübingen).

Fig. 20. Detail of mosaic with a monogram in a Roman villa at Cuevas de Soria (courtesy SoriamuséuM).

Fig. 1. Drawings of tile stamps Types 1–11 found at Gerace (S. Cann).

Fig. 2. Entrance to the frigidarium (Room 1), from the east (scale: 20 cm).

Fig. 3. Rough, unfinished lower portion of the south wall of the frigidarium (Room 1) (scale: 1 m).

Fig. 4. Upper portion of the south wall of the frigidarium (Room 1); detail of pisé (above) and plastered (below) wall (scale: 10 cm).

Fig. 5. Unfinished cold pool in Room 2, west side. The original low front wall (the top step) of the intended pool can be seen at lower left. After the earthquake, the apse wall was cut back vertically (immediately to the left of the pole), and a makeshift wall was constructed across the front of the pool (left, center; for its front side, see print fig. 9) (scale: 2 m).

Fig. 6. Section through the dumps of backfilled material in the frigidarium (Room 1), showing tip lines (scale: 50 cm).

Fig. 7. Detail of the terracotta drain near the center of the mosaic floor in the frigidarium (Room 1) (scale: 20 cm).

Fig. 8. Detail of the mosaic on the east side of the frigidarium (Room 1) (scale: 20 cm).

Fig. 9. Mosaic showing crossed shields pattern from a domus at Marsala. Museo Archeologico Regionale—Baglio Anselmi.

Fig. 10. Mosaic detail from the Maison de Bacchus at Djemila. Musée de Djemila.

Fig. 11. Mosaic fragments from the first tepidarium (Room 5) (scale: 20 cm).

Fig. 12. Praefurnium arch in south wall of the second tepidarium (Room 6), from the north (scale 2 m).

Fig. 13. A tubulus filled with lime (center) serving as a pila in the second tepidarium (Room 6); compare normal pilae stacks at left (scale: 20 cm).

Fig. 14. Mosaic fragments from the second tepidarium (Room 6) (scale: 5 cm).

Fig. 15. Alternative reconstruction of the floor mosaic of the second tepidarium (Room 6) (drawing by Stephen Cosh).

Fig. 16. A selection of marble wall veneer fragments from the heated rooms: a, bigio morato; b, giallo antico brecciato; c, pavonazzetto; d, portasanta; e, verde antico.

Fig. 16. A selection of marble wall veneer fragments from the heated rooms: a, bigio morato; b, giallo antico brecciato; c, pavonazzetto; d, portasanta; e, verde antico.

Fig. 16. A selection of marble wall veneer fragments from the heated rooms: a, bigio morato; b, giallo antico brecciato; c, pavonazzetto; d, portasanta; e, verde antico.

Fig. 16. A selection of marble wall veneer fragments from the heated rooms: a, bigio morato; b, giallo antico brecciato; c, pavonazzetto; d, portasanta; e, verde antico.

Fig. 16. A selection of marble wall veneer fragments from the heated rooms: a, bigio morato; b, giallo antico brecciato; c, pavonazzetto; d, portasanta; e, verde antico.

Fig. 17. The 214 intact examples of vaulting tubes (tubi fittlili)found in the excavation of Room 9 (scale: 50 cm).

Fig. 18. Mosaic of Orpheus from the Thermes des Laberii, Oudna. Tunis, Musée du Bardo.

Fig. 19. Contorniate, obverse, with a bust of Trajan and an incuse monogram alongside, probably P ET L for palma et laurus (the palm and the laurel); mid fourth to early fifth century CE (scale: 2 cm; courtesy Münzsammlung des Instituts für Klassische Archäologie der Universität Tübingen).

Fig. 20. Detail of mosaic with a monogram in a Roman villa at Cuevas de Soria (courtesy SoriamuséuM).