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Pompeii: House of the Wild Boar, mosaic (VIII 5, 9)



Pompeii: House of the Wild Boar, mosaic (photo: Athena Review 2003)


The House of the Wild Boar  is located on the via dell' Abbundanzia (VIII 5, 9).

"The mosaic of a boar hunted by two dogs is in the long vestibule or fauces leading to the atrium and peristyle. A finely worked geometric mosaic surrounds the hunting motif.



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