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  • Villa detta della Livia di Copenaghen
  • Pozzuoli
  • Puteoli

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      • In the suburban area a further excavation campaign was undertaken on the villa of the so-called “Livia di Copenhagen”, near the ancient _stadium_. The funerary monument of one of the last owners of the villa was found abutting the structure enclosing the building complex that was decorated with niches and statues to emphasize the entrance on the _via Domitiana_. The inner nucleus, in _opus caementicium_, incorporated a strigilated sarcophagus, unfortunately already robbed of its tomb group, only worked on the front face and partially on the sides. The central almond shaped medallion showed a miniature relief of _Eros_ and _Psyche_ embracing; the sides showed the figures of the two deceased, done in the style of the second half of the 3rd century A.D. The man wears a toga and holds a volumen, the woman wears a tunic and cloak, holds a roll and is being led towards her husband by two Eroti. At the edges of the scene two schematically incised peacocks. To be noted, the headless statue in Pentelic marble of a barbarian prisoner, of Julio-Claudian date, was recovered, unfortunately, as a sporadic find during work to restore the slope below the villa itself.

    Bibliography

      • S. De Caro 2001, L’attività della Soprintendenza archeologica di Napoli e Caserta nel 2000, in Atti del XL Convegno di Studi sulla Magna Grecia (Taranto 2000), Taranto: 865-905.