Fountain, House of Orpheus

Name of structure: Fountain, House of Orpheus
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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: Undated
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Specific place of mosaic: All over
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Triangles, birds, trees, dolphins, tridents.
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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:
Thouvenot, PSAM/Publications du Service des Antiquitiés du Maroc 6 (1941), 42-66, fig 2
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