Nymphaeum, Casa dello Scheletro, Herculaneum, III-3

Name of structure: Nymphaeum, Casa dello Scheletro, Herculaneum, III-3
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: Herculaneum
Date of structure: Third quarter first century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Walls
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Mosaic panels (see separate entries for Dionysus and Tritons panels). Panels showing female with dog and female with deer remain in situ. Frieze, swags,borders etc.of mosaic.
Date of mosaic:

Third quarter 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: Yes
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), 80-81
See also:
Maiuri, A., Erconano, I nuovi scari (1927-1958), vol 1(Rome: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1958), 268-70, fig 214
Maiuri, A., Ercolano (Rome: Itinerari dei Musei e Monumenti d’Italia, no, 53, 1936), 29
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), 135, no. 40
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Comments: See also separate entry for large fountain niche now in Naples Museum, as this may have originally come from this site.

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