Fountain niche, nymphaeum

Name of structure: Fountain niche, nymphaeum
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: Villa on Cape Posillipo, near Naples
Date of structure: Middle of first century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Sides and back of niche.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Plants, white dove, flowers. Shells, blue, yellow, white, green, black tesserae, borders of spirally twisted glass, black with a thread of yellow.
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?
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), p. 77
See also:
Gunther and Manley, Archaeologia 63 (1912), 86, fig 49 and frontispiece.

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