II.2.2 Pompeii. House of Loreius Tiburtinus or House of D. Octavius Quartio.

Excavated 1916, 1918, 1921, 1933-35 and 1973. Linked to II.2.5.

 

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II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2011.

Room 1, looking south-west across atrium towards doorway to room 4.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2011. Room 1, fountain base which may have held a statuette.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Room 1, remains of flooring on south side of atrium.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium.  Looking east across impluvium and fountain.

The east and west sides of the impluvium were badly damaged by bombing in 1943 and have been rebuilt.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.78)

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2005. 

Room 1, looking north across atrium to entrance. The doorway to room 7 is behind scaffolding.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Doorways to rooms 2 and 3 on west side of atrium.

According to Garcia y Garcia, as a result of the bombing of 19th September 1943, the three rooms on the west side of the atrium were partially destroyed.

All of the corresponding perimeter external wall was also destroyed.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.45-47)

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. March 2009.

North-west corner of room 1, the atrium, with doorway to II.2.1

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 2, triclinium, on west side of atrium.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, south wall of triclinium.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, west wall of triclinium.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, north wall of triclinium.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 3, cubiculum on west side of atrium.

As a result of the bombing of 19th September 1943, nearly all of the IV Style decoration of the central cubiculum was lost.

The decoration from the north and west wall, and part of the south wall, were destroyed.

Two figured paintings were badly damaged in this cubiculum.

One was the The rape of Europa, only partially damaged and restored.

The other was of a female, possibly the daughter of the household, according to Della Corte.

Warscher said “in the rooms surrounding the atrium, we find well-preserved paintings.

The portrait of a young girl in the room on the right side is very fine, probably it is the daughter of the owner.”

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.45-47).

See Warscher, T., 1930. Pompeii in three hours. Rome, (p.134)

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, south wall of cubiculum.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, west wall of cubiculum, with remains of painted decoration.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, north wall of cubiculum.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Room 1, atrium.  

Doorway to room 4, on right, and entrance to garden area, on left.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 4, west wall of ala, the room with paintings of warriors.

 

 

 

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