%0 Journal Article %1 2007 %A Westgate, Ruth %D 2007 %I British School at Athens %J British School at Athens Studies %K archaeology hellenistic household %P pp. 313-321 %T Life's rich pattern: decoration as evidence for room function in Hellenistic houses %U http://www.jstor.org/stable/40960601 %V 15 %X This paper considers how far it is possible to identify the function of rooms in Hellenistic houses from their wall and floor decoration. It is demonstrated that certain types of plain flooring were used predominantly in service rooms, and some types of pavement design can be broadly related to room type. However, although most decorated pavements have the concentric type of design which originated in Classical dining rooms, this is not a reliable indication of dining function, as it had become conventional; little evidence is also found to support the common assumption that the subject matter of figural decoration is directly related to the function of the room.

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