Fountain, Casa del Granduca VII-IV-56

Name of structure: Fountain, Casa del Granduca VII-IV-56
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Fountain
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Campania
City or area within region: Pompeii
Date of structure: First half first century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: All over
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Scroll/flower motifs, figurative Nile scene.  Pumice, shells, Egyptian blue, twisted glass rods, glass discs and broken glass.
Date of mosaic: First half first century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 1 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site: No
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), p. 67
See also:


Breton, E., Pompeia (Paris: 1870), 328, 374
Niccolini, F. and F., Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei (Naples: 1854-96), 4 vols, vol. 4 pl. supp. 10
Murano, D., Pompei – Donde venivano le acque potabili ai castelli acuarii (Naples: 1894, 115
Neuerburg, N., L’architettura delle fontane e dei ninfei nell’Italia antica (Naples: Memorie dell’Accademia di Archeologia Lettere e Belle Arti di Napoli, V, 1965), 129-30, no. 32

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