Fountain with head of Oceanus

Name of structure: Fountain with head of Oceanus
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Fountain
Country or main area: Tunisia
Region within country or main area: 60k southwest of Carthage
City or area within region: Thuburbo Majus/Maius, now in National Bardo Museum, Tunis
Date of structure: Second century AD
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Walls [Oceanus on floor]
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Marine creatures, tritons and nereids.  Above are birds in cages and baskets of fruit.  Stone tesserae
Date of mosaic: 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?
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), 165
See also:
Yacoub, Le Musée du Bardo (1969), 95

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