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tablinum
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Also known as Tabulinum

thumb|upright=1.4|Architectural details of a with the marked number 5 In Roman architecture, a '''' (or , from , board, picture) was a room in a domus'' (house) generally situated on one side of the atrium and opposite to the entrance; it opened in the rear onto the peristyle, with either a large window or only an anteroom or curtain. The walls may be richly decorated with fresco pictures, and often busts of the family were arranged on pedestals on the two sides of the room.

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thumb|upright=1.4|Architectural details of a with the marked number 5 In Roman architecture, a '''' (or , from , board, picture) was a room in a domus (house) generally situated on one side of the atrium and opposite to the entrance; it opened in the rear onto the peristyle, with either a large window or only an anteroom or curtain. The walls may be richly decorated with fresco pictures, and often busts of the family were arranged on pedestals on the two sides of the room.

== Description == thumb|left|The tablinum of the Casa del Menandro|House of Menander (Regio I), Pompeii The tablinum'' was the office in a Roman house, the owner's centre for business, where he would receive his clients. According to one hypothesis, it was originally the master bedroom.

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