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Gerasa, Nymphaeum
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Artist: |
Paul Draper
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Description: |
In 191 AD a richly adorned Nymphaeum was built as a focal point along the Cardo in Gerasa in what is now Jordan. It contained a semi circular exedra and two wings, faced with a double order of columns framing alternating rectangular and semi-circular recesses. The lower order was veneered with green Carystian marble, imported from the Aegean, and the exedra was vaulted with a semi-dome of light volcanic scoriae (from the rough cindery crust on the top of lava flows). In the upper recesses were statues of emperors, in the lower recesses were staues of females holding amphorae which poured water into the main basin, the front wall of which spouted water into a channel and into a smaller bowl shaped basin from which water could be collected by the local inhabitants. The drawing is a hypothetical reconstruction.
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Owner: |
Paul Draper |
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Material(s): |
Cartridge Paper
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Medium: |
Pen and Ink |
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Genre: |
Unassigned
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Year: |
2014 |
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Key: |
6314 |
Acc. No.: |
6314 |
Col. No.: |
6314 |
Number of views: |
1464 |
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