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Mosaic floor at the left of the atrium in House of the Faun, Pompeii | Pompeii - The Roman Time Capsule (IMG_1982.jpg)

Mosaic floor at the left of the atrium in House of the Faun, Pompeii

The floor of each ala (wings opening to left and/or right of the atrium of a Roman house) was ornamented with a mosaic picture. In that at the left are doves pulling a necklace out of a basket (seen in the picture), while the mosaic picture at the right, now in the Naples Museum, is divided into two parts; above is a cat with a partridge; below, ducks, fish and shellfish.
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