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| Directly to the north of the forum you will see the Victoria column, a late 1st century
victory monument with a height of 3.7 m. Some of the original parts were found on
site, some of them were recovered from the foundations of the fort wall in
Kaiseraugst. Today, they are safely deposited in the museum depot. A copy of the
column is erected here on the original foundation. |
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| Various parts of columns and other architectural elements are positioned along the
small barn in the forum. An ashlar with a relief of a phallus from one of the
craftsmen's houses in insula 31 (possibly a 'shop sign'?) and a relief of Medusa's head
with writhing snake hair, which probably once adorned a funerary monument, are
particularly worth mentioning. |
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| To the left of this barn you will find a geometric mosaic under a protective roof; this
mosaic was found in 1973 during pipe construction work south of the Roman town
(right: excavation photograph). It originally adorned a room in a house located on the
southwestern arterial road out of Augusta Raurica and was laid sometime around AD
200. |
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| A fountain is situated in front of the mosaic. It was reconstructed from original parts
discovered in 1971 on the eastern corner of insula 44 and the waterspout was
subsequently added. Since its reconstruction, the sandstone slabs have suffered
considerably from climatic influences and they will soon have to be placed in a depot
for their protection. |
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| Right beside the fountain, you will see a section of a small water drain. Its most
interesting feature is the silt container in a hollow in the drain. The drain supplied the
quarters on the southeastern periphery with fresh water from the region of
Rheinfelden. It had no connection with the large aqueduct in Lausen-Augst, a section
of which can also be seen in Augusta Raurica. |
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