Herculaneum

Mosaic atrium, Herculaneum

The atrium or garden court of the House of Neptune and Amphitrite, a villa in Herculaneum. In the centre of the court is a summer triclinium (a dining room that would have had banqueting couches), veneered with marble. On the far end wall is a nympheum, an indoor fountain: its side and central niches are decorated with geometric and floral motifs and mosaics of hunting scenes with dogs and deer. On the back wall is the mosaic of Neptune and Amphitrite after which the house is named.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Tue Oct 25, 1994
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