Marble fountain from Baiae. 1st century CE. A nereid (sea spirit) rides a pistrix (shark) - (the water would have originally flown from its mouth). Found in the sea off the spa resort of Baiae on the Bay of Naples, it is most likely from a villa's garden. It ended up underwater due to a bradyseism - (when the magma chamber is emptied, causing the land to fall below sea level) - from the nearby volcano at Campi Flegrei. Museo dei Campo Flegrei, (photo taken at The National Maritime Museum, Sydney)
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