House of L. Caecilius Jucundus, Pompeii. The atrium retains some faded plaster remnants but its mosaic floor is in much better condition. The paving consists of a black mosaic carpet with white insets and a double white border. The rooms off both sides of the atrium are in a semi-ruinous condition but , here again, some mosaic flooring has survived almost intact, particularly in the alae. On the rear wall of the atrium, facing the entrance, is the tablinum. The room is open to the atrium over its full width and is decorated in the third style with three yellow panels with decorative frames on each side above a lower black frieze. The side panels on each wall have small scenes featuring satyrs and maenads in various poses while the central panels contain larger mythological scenes including that of Iphigenia in Taurus, now in the Naples Archaeological Museum. (Ratna)
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