Pediment, Casa dei Cervi, IV-21

Name of structure: Pediment, Casa dei Cervi, IV-21
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Pediment
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Campania
City or area within region: Herculaneum
Date of structure: Second half first century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Frieze and pediment over doorway giving access to the garden of the house
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Frieze has horses and sea creatures on blue ground, Shell and flower patterns. Pediment very damaged but a head  plus some decoration remain.
Date of mosaic: Second half 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), 96
See also:
Maiuri, A., Ercolano (Rome: Itinerari dei Musei e Monumenti d’Italia, no, 53, 1936 and later editions), 62, pl. 30-33
Maiuri, A., Erconano, I nuovi scari (1927-1958), vol 1(Rome: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1958), 312, fig 246

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