Fountain with fishes [57.049]

Name of structure: Fountain with fishes [57.049]
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Type of structure: Fountain
Country or main area: Tunisia
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City or area within region: now in museum, Sousse
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Specific place of mosaic: Floor and walls
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Walls have a scene with an antelope, lion, panther and other animals. Great use is made of coloured tesserae.
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Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 161
See also:
Foucher, Inventaire des mosaïques de la Gaule et de l’Afrique: Sousse (Feuille no. 57 de l’Atlas arch: 1960), 23, pl. 810c11
Foucher, Mus. Sousse, 7-8
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