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Globe, also identified as a sundial; from the peristyle E of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale.
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Title: Wall painting fragment from the peristyle of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Period: Late Republic
Date: ca. 50–40 BCE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Fresco
Dimensions: 28 3/8" X19 5/8"
Classification: Miscellaneous-Paintings
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1903
Accession Number: 03.14.2
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