Fountains [two]

Name of structure: Fountains [two]
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Fountain
Country or main area: Algeria
Region within country or main area:
City or area within region: now in Cherchel Museum
Date of structure:
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Specific place of mosaic: Walls and top
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: 178: Swag pattern, Ulysses and companions, dolphins, sirens. Coloured stone tesserae and red, green and blue glass tesserae.
179: Swag pattern, Neptune, two seahorses, two Nereids. Coloured stone tesserae and green and blue glass tesserae.
Date of mosaic:
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Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site:
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
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Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 145
See also:
Gsell, Cherchel (1952), 90.126
Leschi, Algérie antique (1952), 174

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