Location of the House (Ins III, 3) .. View of Cardo III looking North, with the House of the Skeleton centre right opposite the entrance to the House of the Genius Plan of the House .. ...........Plan of the House Key: A. Atrium B. Tablinum C. Hall D. Oecus E. Nymphaeum F. Oecus G. Nymphaeum Description .. Today only the ground floor of this two storey building still remains. The entrance on Cardo III, paved in a black and white mosaic (pictured above), leads into a reasonably sized atrium (A), which is without the usual impluvium. At the rear of the atrium is the tablinum (B) which appears to have been reduced in size in the remodelling of the house. .. ,, At the rear of the atrium, to the right of the tablinum, a passage leads to an oecus (F) with an apse in its rear wall (pictured right). This room, through a broad opening in its west wall, overlooks a small courtyard (G) containing a mosaic lararium. High on the wall above the lararium is a tablet depicting a winged figure (pictured below). .. Across Cardo III from the House of the Genius is the House of the Skeleton. This building, probably the aggregation of three smaller buildings, derives its name from the discovery of human remains in a second floor room in 1831. .. This was the first body to be found in the town which had assumed to have been abandoned when the eruption began. Further human remains have since come to light in several buildings in the town and especially down by the waterfront in the boathouses where dozens of skeletons were found. .. .. On the left side of the atrium there is a small hall (C) which gives access on its left to an oecus (D) and on its right to a nymphaeum (E) with a masonry biclinia. The nymphaeum consists of two rectangular basins with a decorative rear wall (pictured above and left) in inlaid limestone. Above the nymphaeum is a frieze composed of seven panels, of which only three originals remain (one of which is pictured left), the central three being modern copies. ..

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