Fountain

Name of structure: Fountain
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Fountain
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Via S. Basilio
Date of structure: Second half third century AD
Century of structure 1: 3 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Mosaic plaques
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Only one plaque has survived, partially preserved.  Seascape with fish. Red, grey, green, black and white glass tesserae.
Date of mosaic: Second half third century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 3 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site: Yes
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), 128
See also:
De Marco, NSc/Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità (1938), 387-90, figs 11.22-24

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