I.6.4 Pompeii. Casa del Sacello iliaco or Casa del Larario di Achille

or House of the ilion sanctuary or House of the Lararium of Achilles.

Excavated 1913 and 1929.

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I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 5.

I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2005. Doorway to room 5.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 5, looking east through doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2005. Room 5, looking east through doorway.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022.

Room 5, looking east along north wall from doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024. Room 5, upper north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, upper north wall.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024. Room 5, north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, north-west corner.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024.

Room 5, north-west corner. Painted flying figure on west wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, north-west corner. Painted flying figure on west wall.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, north wall, with painted figure at west end.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022.

Room 5, detail of painted figure from west end of north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, north-west corner. Painted figure on north wall.

I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2005. Room 5, north wall from doorway.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024. Room 5, east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 5, east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east from doorway into room 5.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024.

Room 5, detail from upper north-east corner of east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, upper north-east corner of east wall.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024.

Room 5, detail of figure from upper north-east corner of east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024. Room 5, upper east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024.

Room 5, detail of painted figure from upper east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024. Room 5, detail from upper centre of east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024.

Room 5, detail from upper east wall towards south end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, east wall, painted flying figure at north end.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024.

Room 5, detail of flying figure from north end of east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024. Room 5, upper south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024. Room 5, south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2021.

Room 5, east end of south wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024.

Room 5, detail of painted figure from east end of south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, detail of remains of painted figure on south wall, east end.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 5, south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024. Room 5, south wall at west end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009.  Room 5, detail of remains of painted figure on south wall, west end.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024.

Room 5, detail of painted figure on south wall at west end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, south wall.

I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2005. Room 5, south wall.

I.6.4 Pompeii. 1968.

Room 5, detail of black zoccolo with painted plant and bird on south wall in south-west corner. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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I.6.4 Pompeii. 1968.

Room 5, black zoccolo with painted plants and birds in south-west corner near doorway. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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I.6.4 Pompeii. 1968.

Room 5, detail of black zoccolo with painted plant and bird on west wall in south-west corner. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 5, remains of painted flying figure from west wall in south-west corner.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, mosaic floor.

I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2021. Room 5, detail of mosaic floor. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

I.6.4 Pompeii. Before 1938. Triclinium mosaic floor.

DAIR 41.664. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

See Pernice, E.  1938. Pavimente und Figürliche Mosaiken: Die Hellenistische Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin: de Gruyter, Taf. 25,4.

I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2021. Doorway to room 6, on left, in south-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 6.

I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2005. Doorway to room 6.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022.

Room 6, looking east along north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 6, upper north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, north wall. 

The painters were also interrupted on this wall, as well as on the south one.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, upper north wall.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, east wall.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022.

Room 6, looking east along south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, south wall showing the incomplete painted wall.

The upper wall is finished, but the lower area only shows the plaster, which is still waiting for its decoration.

The north wall is similar. The painters were interrupted.

See De Carolis, E., 2001. Gods and Heroes in Pompeii.  Roma: Bretschneider.  (p.31, T:27, 28).

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024. Room 6, upper south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 6, upper south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 6, detail from upper south wall, centre left. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 6, detail from upper south wall, centre right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, upper south wall. East end.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, upper south wall. West end. Both the south and north walls show an uncompleted painted wall.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2024.

Room 6, upper south wall at west end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 6, detail from upper south wall at west end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

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