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I.11.6 Pompeii. Casa della Venere in Bikini or House of Venus in the Bikini

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, south wall of tablinum.

Wall painting of Dionysus with maenad, tambourine and satirello.

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1981. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 1. Rome: ICCD. (p.153).

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 5, south wall of tablinum with window overlooking garden, and door to corridor.

According to Jashemski, the small garden had a covered passageway on the east and a water channel along this side to catch roof water.

The garden was excavated between 1952 and 1954.

A terracotta puteal covered the cistern opening in the southwest corner of the garden.

There was also a sundial and a small statue base in the garden when excavated.

There were garden paintings on the south and west walls.

From the entrance a large picture window in the tablinum permitted a fine view to the garden beyond.

There was a niche lararium in the south wall of the passageway on the east.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.51

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 6, west wall of garden area with remains of garden painting.

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 6, west wall of garden area with remains of garden painting.

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 6, south wall of garden area with remains of garden painting, and niche.

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 6, south wall of garden area with remains of garden painting.

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, niche on south wall of garden area.

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, niche.

Arched niche on east side of south wall in garden.

According to Giacobello, the niche was found on a wall frescoed in yellow and was part of a painted wall decoration.

The niche was made in the last period of the house, when the interior decoration of the garden was done.

See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico. Milano: LED Edizioni. (p.257)

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, east wall of garden area.

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 7, triclinium.

Doorway on east side of garden area.

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, east wall of triclinium.

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 7, east wall of triclinium with central figure of Hymenaios with torch in left hand, above painting of Acteon and Artemis.

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, east wall of triclinium.

Wall painting of Acteon and Artemis, or Diana.

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1981. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 1. Rome: ICCD. (p.155).

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, south end of east wall of triclinium.

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, upper south end of east wall of triclinium.

I.11.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, north end of east wall of triclinium.