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title: asaroton
created: 2009-06-20 17:03
updated: 2009-06-25 16:43
revision: 5
author: Auriea
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asaroton: genre of mosaic, depicting left over food scraps in a trompe l'oeil manner.

[[image:asaroton-img]]

*see also: Food*
Asarotos Oikos[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/wine/unswept.html]

items in asaroton mosaic

- fish (heads, bones)
- crabs claws
- chicken bones
- little mouse
- locusts
- pomegranates
- nuts (shells)
- left over grapes