Fountain (large), Casa degli Scienziati, VI-XIV-43

Name of structure: Fountain (large), Casa degli Scienziati, VI-XIV-43
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: Pompeii
Date of structure: Middle of first century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: All over
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Birds, dolphins, extensive use of Egyptian blue
Date of mosaic: Middle of 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), 74-75
See also:
Breton, E., Pompeia (Paris: 1870), 380
Spano, G., NSc. (1910), 255
Briggs,R.A., Pompeian Decorations (London: B. T. Batsford, 1911) under C. Ricci, Bd’A, 8 (1914), 274
Neuerburg, N., L’architettura delle fontane e dei ninfei nell’Italia antica (Naples: Memorie dell’Accademia di Archeologia Lettere e Belle Arti di Napoli, V, 1965), 126-27, no. 28

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