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Fresco of Duck and Tripod, Columbarium 3, Vigna Codini

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by Francesca Santoro L'hoir
published on 19 October 2014

This fresco is on the first landing of the columbarium discovered in 1852 CE at the Vigna Codini, on the strip of land between Via Latina and Via Appia. The fresco has crumbled from the wall, revealing the first-century CE opus reticulatum brickwork. The urns in these loculi were properly concealed beneath a marble revetment.

About the Author

Francesca Santoro L'hoir

Francesca Santoro L'hoir

I am a former college professor and Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, 1997.

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