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Herculaneum: House of the Skeleton, lararium
Herculaneum: Mosaic lararium at House of the Skeleton (photo: Athena Review)
A
small courtyard near the triclinium of the House of the Skeleton
contains a mural painting and a shrine or lararium with bright mosaic
decoration. Among the interesting features are actual seashells
attached to the lower front of the shrine.
Other
examples of marine motifs in mosaics at Herculaneum are the apse of the
nymphaeum, in the same House of the Skeleton; and the floor mosaic of a
triton and dolphins in the Central Thermae.
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