Fountain niche (small)

Name of structure: Fountain niche (small)
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: Herculaneum/Naples
Date of structure: Third quarter first century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: All over.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Variety of colours and patterns. Panel depicting a cockerel and two pomegranates.
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?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 87
See also:
von Heintze, H., Roman Art (1971), 125, fig 111
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Comments:

Now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Archaeological Museum), Naples

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