Nymphaeum, Casa di Nettuno ed Anfitrite, V-6

Name of structure: Nymphaeum, Casa di Nettuno ed Anfitrite, V-6
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Nymphaeum
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: Plaque, niches in fountain
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Plaque: Neptune and Amphitrite, variety of colours
Niches: hunting scenes, peacock, winged animals, bearded face, patterns in a variety of colours
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), 95-96
See also:
Maiuri, A., Ercolano (Rome: Itinerari dei Musei e Monumenti d’Italia, no, 53, 1936 and later editions), 36, pl. 20, 35
Maiuri, A., Erconano, I nuovi scari (1927-1958), vol 1(Rome: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1958), 397-401, figs 333-35
Crema, L., L’architettura romana, Enciclopedia Classica, Sezione III, Archeologia e storia dell’arte classica, vol 12, Archeologia (Turin: Arte romana Tomo1), 1959), fig 148
Neuerburg, N., ‘L’architettura delle fontane e dei ninfei nell’Italia antica,’ in Memorie dell’Accademia di Archeologica Lettere e Belle Arti di Napoli, V (Naples: G. Macchiaroli, 1965), 136, no. 41
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