Fountain, Casa della Fontana piccola, VI-VIII-23

Name of structure: Fountain, Casa della Fontana piccola, VI-VIII-23
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: Middle of first century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: All over
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Marble head, birds, dolphins
Date of mosaic: Middle of 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), 75-76
See also:
Gell, Sir W., Pompeiana (London: 1832), 2, 4-5, pl 56 
Breton, E., Pompeia (Paris: 1870), 328-30
Maiuri, A., Pompei (Rome: Itinerari dei Musei e Monumenti d’Italia, no. 32, 1958), 44
Neuerburg, N., ‘L’architettura delle fontane e dei ninfei nell’Italia antica,’ in Memorie dell’Accademia di Archeologica Lettere e Belle Arti di Napoli, V (Naples: G. Macchiaroli, 1965), 124-5 


 




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