Fountain, Casa dell'Orso, VII-II-45
| Name of structure: | Fountain, Casa dell'Orso, VII-II-45 |
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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: | 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: | Venus in shell, man on rock with birds and fish, winged putti in spandrels, mythical beast in pediment |
| 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 |
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| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
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| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 77 See also: Maiuri, A., Pompei (Rome: Itinerari dei Musei e Monumenti d’Italia, no. 32, 1958), 61 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), 128-29, no. 31 Joly, D., MEFRA 74 (1962), fig 29 |
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