Nymphaeum, Porta Marina

Name of structure: Nymphaeum, Porta Marina
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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: Third quarter first century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Pumiced recess with mosaic panel in centre. Two mosaic columns bearing a long frieze.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Panel: Mercury and three Erotes. Columns: spiral patterns. Frieze: fish and sea monsters, seaside villa, buildings and monuments.  Birds in spandrels.
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:
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 85
See also:
Joly, D., in La La mosaïque gréco-romaine (Paris: 1963), 57-71

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