Fountain, House of the Nereids

Name of structure: Fountain, House of the Nereids
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Fountain
Country or main area: Morocco
Region within country or main area: Meknès-Tafilalet
City or area within region: Volubilis
Date of structure: Beginning third century AD
Century of structure 1: 3 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: All over
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Top: six nereids on sea-monsters
Front: head of Oceanus plus dolphins
Scrolls
Date of mosaic: Beginning third century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 3 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
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Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 154
See also:
Etienne, Le Quartier Nord-est de Volubilis (1960), 68-70
Luquet, Volubilis (1972), 89-91, pl. 38

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