Fountain (Oceanus fountain) [57.041]
| Name of structure: | Fountain (Oceanus fountain) [57.041] |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Fountain |
| Country or main area: | Tunisia |
| Region within country or main area: | |
| City or area within region: | now in museum, Sousse |
| Date of structure: | Mid second century AD |
| Century of structure 1: | 2 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Floor and walls of fountain |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Floor: Oceanus Walls: seascape with three boats, scene with three dolphins Glass tesserae used for fish around Oceanus' head and fish on the walls of the basin |
| Date of mosaic: | Mid second century AD |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 2 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? | |
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| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 161 |
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