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Herculaneum: House of Wooden Partition, atrium cartibulum
Herculaneum: House of Wooden Partition, cartibulum in atrium (photo: Athena Review)
The
atrium of the House of the Wooden Partition, thought to date from the 1st century BC, has an inward sloping
mosaic floor, a feature of the Tuscan order of construction during the
late Republican era.The marble-faced impluvium or rain-catching pool had a central fountain.
Just east of the impluvium is a marble stand or display table (cartibulum),
shown in this image. Similar tables, often decorated with lions,
griffons, or other animals, have been found in Pompeii houses. This one
has a small relief carving of a lion on one side.
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