Fountain, Casa dello Scheletro III-3
Name of structure: | Fountain, Casa dello Scheletro III-3 |
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Type of structure: | Fountain |
Country or main area: | Italy |
Region within country or main area: | Campania |
City or area within region: | Herculaneum |
Date of structure: | First half first century AD |
Century of structure 1: | 1 AD |
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Specific place of mosaic: | Plinth, pilasters, apse |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Shells and pumice plus blue and white, purple and yellow glass, black and white tesserae, green, turquoise and blue pattern, plus blue, white, yellow and blue and white glass rods. Palmettes, acanthus, flowers. |
Date of mosaic: | First century AD |
Century of mosaic 1: | 1 AD |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), pp. 66-67 |
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