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• RELIEF DEPICTING THREE NYMPHS,
  marble
  2nd – 3rd century
  Finding site: in the ruins and the structure of the northern wall of the spring pool (exploration in 2011 and 2012)
  Height: 56 cm, width: 60 cm, thickness: 2.5–6 cm
  
  A relief depicting three nymphs standing, with nude upper part of their bodies and with capes which slide along their hips. The middle one is holding a seashell in front of her, and the lateral ones are holding a wreath above her head.
  
  Also visible are the traces of colour used to paint the parts of reeds and plants in the lower section of the relief. Compositional analysis of remnants determined the traces of copper pigment (probably malachite) which indicates that the original colour was most likely green.