VI.2.10 Pompeii. Small house. Linked to VI.2.9. Excavated 1788, 1812.
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VI.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east across atrium through tablinum to the small garden.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking south across atrium towards doorway to oecus. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Oecus on south side of atrium, looking south.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking east across garden area. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Small garden at rear of tablinum.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. May 2011.
Looking north-east towards doorway to kitchen area, with garden area on the right. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north from doorway towards hearth in kitchen.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. May 2011. Hearth in kitchen. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Hearth in kitchen.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking east across kitchen, towards latrine and east wall, with remains of upper room.
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking east in kitchen, towards latrine. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking east in latrine. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Latrine on east side of kitchen.
According to Hobson, this shows the slots in the side walls together with the plastering covering the three walls down to the level of the seat.
He thought that this showed that this latrine may have been at least comfortable and may even have had decoration on the wall plaster.
See Hobson, B., 2009. Latrinae et foricae: Toilets in the Roman World. London; Duckworth. (p.49)
VI.2.10 Pompeii. May 2005. Latrine on east side of kitchen.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking west in kitchen. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. West side of the kitchen.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking west across tablinum through atrium to the front of the house.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking south-west from garden area, towards doorway to triclinium on south side of tablinum.
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Triclinium on south side of tablinum, looking south.
VI.2.10 Pompeii, can be seen in the lower centre. May 2010. Looking east.
Model as viewed in Naples Archaeological Museum.