VI.14.40 Pompeii. Dwelling house.

Excavated 1846, 1876. Bombed in 1943.

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. December 2007.

Looking north to entrance doorway on Vicolo dei Vettii.

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance doorway.

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east from fauces or entrance corridor, across atrium to tablinum. 

According to Garcia y Garcia, this house also had two rooms hit  by the 1943 bombardment, with the loss of IV style painting.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.93, with two photos by Tatiana Warscher pre 1943 on p.94).

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east across atrium.

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. December 2004.

Looking east from entrance corridor across atrium through tablinum to the garden area at rear.  

 

VI.14.40, Pompeii. August 1965. Looking east across atrium.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. December 2007.

Doorway to corridor on north side of tablinum, which leads to rear rooms and garden.

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. December 2004.

North wall of atrium, with doorway in north-east corner to corridor to rear.  

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. December 2007. North wall of atrium, with double niche.  

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. December 2007. Double niche on north wall of atrium.  

According to Boyce, at the extreme east end of the north wall of the atrium, are two vaulted niches, side by side.

Above them both is a single pediment formed of projecting tiles.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p. 54, no.207, with Pl.4, 6)

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. December 2007. Impluvium in atrium, with puteal and marble table. 

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east towards tablinum. 

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. December 2007. Peristyle on east side of tablinum. 

According to Jashemski, the peristyle garden at the rear of the tablinum was visible from the entrance doorway.

It was enclosed on most of the north and part of the south sides by narrow passageways.

On the west side by a wide portico supported by two stuccoed columns, yellow to a height of I.86m, red above.

The side passages were covered by overhanging roofs from the adjacent rooms.

The triclinium on the left had a large window looking into the garden.

On the right of the garden, a statuette of a small boy holding a little dog, was found.

The front legs of the dog were missing, as were also the legs of the boy from the knees down.

A rectangular base with a portion of the feet was found.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 120511.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.151)

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. 1878. Drawing of graffiti found in the north-west corner of the peristyle.

According to Presuhn these show the greetings

QUIIINTUS ROMANUS VA and QUINTUS ROMANUS FELIX.

He suggests that Quintus Romanus may have been a gladiatior.

See Presuhn E., 1878. Pompeji: Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen  von 1874 bis 1878. Leipzig: Weigel. (V, plate III, p. 6).

 

The Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) records

 

Qu{e}intus Romanus

sua       [CIL IV 4563]

 

Quintus Romanus Felix       [CIL IV 4565]

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. Looking west from rear, across area on cork model in Naples Archaeological Museum.

Note the large triclinium, on the right, (north side) with the painted decoration.

According to Boyce, on the south side of the peristyle beside the doorway to the kitchen, was found a fragmentary lararium painting, of which only the left side was preserved. A yellow serpent with red crest coiled above a flaming altar.

The entire painting was originally framed by an aedicula painted in red, within which were green garlands with red flowers stretched across the top and hanging down the sides.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.54, no.208)

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p.18, no.57, he described it as damaged on the right extremity).

See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico.  Milano: LED Edizioni. (p.180)

 

VI.14.40 Pompeii. 1878. Painting of the black painted wall of the large triclinium on the north side rear of the house.

See Presuhn E., 1878. Pompeji: Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen  von 1874 bis 1878. Leipzig: Weigel. (V, plate IV, p. 6).