jassense

Updated: June 16, 2025

This beautiful material was brought from the mountains in the neighbourhood of Jassus a celebrated fishing town of Caria, situated on a small island close to the north coast of the Jassian Bay. From this circumstance it was called by the ancient Romans Marmor Jassense.

Hugh Macmillan - Roman Mosaics: Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood