Nymphaeum, Casa di Apollo VI-VII-23

Name of structure: Nymphaeum, Casa di Apollo VI-VII-23
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Nymphaeum
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: On four free-standing, two engaged columns, 3 niches, plaque
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: traces of blue glass on columns and central niche.  Plaque depicts Achilles disguised as a maiden at court of Lycomedes in coloured tesserae (not 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:
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), 68-70
See also:
Maiuri, A., Pompeii (Rome: 1958), 42

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