House of the Small Fountain
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Athanasia Varveri
Creators: Athanasia Varveri
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Valeria Vitale
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Feb 06, 2021 03:43 PM
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History
A Samnite-type house located on the Via di Mercurio (VI, 8, 23). The house derives its conventional name from a mosaic fountain located at the rear of the peristyle.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/489062160
40.7514285, 14.4836452
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of so-called "Casa della fontana piccola" (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Casa della piccola fontana (Italian, modern)
- Casa della piccola fontana a musaico (Italian, modern)
- Casa della seconda fontana (Italian, modern)
- Casa della seconda fontana di mosaico (Italian, modern)
- House of the Landscapes (English, modern)
- VI.8.23 (English, modern)
- House of the Small Fountain located at Pompeii (30 BC - AD 300)
- House of the Small Fountain part of (analytical) Regio VI, Pompeii (modern)
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townhouse
- See Further:
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- AD79 House of the Small Fountain
- Arachne 2100178: Casa VI 8, 23.24. Sog. Casa della Fontana piccola a mosaico Pompeii, Pompei
- Fröhlich 1996
- PompeiiinPictures VI.8.23 Pompeii. Casa della Fontana Piccola or House of the Small Fountain or House of the Second Fountain or House of the Landscapes
- pompeiisites.org: Casa della Fontana Piccola (VI 8,23)
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The house was first excavated in 1823 and again in 1826.
Athanasia Varveri, Jeffrey Becker, and Valeria Vitale, 'House of the Small Fountain: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/489062160> [accessed: 24 April 2025]
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