VI.17.17 Pompeii. Another entrance to double atrium house.
Linked to VI.17.16. First excavated 1779.
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VI.17.17 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking along north side of atrium towards the north-east corner.
Although Fiorelli stated there were only rooms on one side of the atrium, see below, there are definitely three thresholds on the north side (as well as three rooms with thresholds on the south side). The doorways on the north side (now blocked) were ancient.
Fiorelli -“Esse avevano due ingressi separati sulla strada e due
botteghe, stando in relazione tra loro per gli atrii, entrambi tuscanici, e
ciascuno con tre cubicoli da un solo lato”.
(translation -They had two
separate entrances on the roadway and two shops, linked to the atriums, both
atriums were Tuscanic, and each with three cubicula only on one side.)
According to Breton – “On the right side of the atrium, were imitation doorways with their thresholds; the first doorway was real and led down to the other part of the house. The rear of the house no longer exists.”
VI.17.17 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking east along north side of atrium.
VI.17.17 Pompeii. September 2021.
Looking towards doorways (now blocked) on north side of atrium from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17.17 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking towards doorways (now blocked) on north side of atrium from entrance doorway.
VI.17.17 Pompeii. May 2005.
North wall of atrium, with doorway to steps to VI.17.16. On the left can be seen an ancient doorway, blocked.
VI.17.17 Pompeii. May 2011. Cellars or rooms on a lower level, near north-east corner of atrium.
VI.17.17 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking east across atrium, towards entrance doorway.
VI.17.17 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking east towards entrance doorway and steps down to Via Consolare.
On the 10th July 1779, they were definitely excavating in an underground room of VI.17.16/17, as the paintings of figures on pedestals are described, but it is difficult to know when they had moved on to the next house.
Pompeianarum Antiquitatum
Historia, 1, 1, 305, 1779
Copy of Pompeianarum Antiquitatum Historia 1, 1, page 305, 1779.
According to Pagano & Prisciandaro, the items found on 10th July 1779 were taken from a room in the sotterranei, mentioned many times before.
They locate this room as being in VI.17.15-18. The flooring was of white mosaic, with some black panels in the centre; the walls were decorated with some paintings, in part worn-out and faded, they remained in the main part on a red background, separated by some bands with meanders, and in the space that was left between the bands, were some figures placed on pedestals. Four of them remained to the right of the entrance, and four on the left; all of these figures, some men and some women, were winged figures. The women were entirely clothed, and the men nude or with small fluttering clothes. The zoccolo of the same walls were decorated with various arabesques, as was the frieze, where there were many figures, but worn out and faded, as those of the entrance. In the same room, two human skeletons were found: one with a gold ring ………..etc.
Copy of Pompeianarum Antiquitatum Historia 1, 1, page 306, July 1779.
VI.17.15-18, Pompeii. Winged female figure with arm and hand outstretched on pedestal.
Drawing by Vincenzo Campana engraving by Aniello Cataneo.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 350946.
Photo © ICCD. https://www.catalogo.beniculturali.it
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The ICCD image is of a copper plate and has here been reversed to show the painting as it would have been on the wall and in print.
See Pagano, M.
and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle
provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples:
Nicola Longobardi, p.77 and Rami Inediti 382.
See Pompeianarum Antiquitatum Historia 1, 1, 305, copy above.
VI.17.15-18, Pompeii. Winged female figure with cup and thyrsus on pedestal.
Drawing by Vincenzo Campana engraving by Giuseppe Guerra.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 350949.
Photo © ICCD. https://www.catalogo.beniculturali.it
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condizioni della licenza Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Condividi
allo stesso modo 2.5 Italia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 IT)
The ICCD image is of a copper plate and has here been reversed to show the painting as it would have been on the wall and in print.
See Pagano, M.
and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle
provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples:
Nicola Longobardi, p.77 and Rami Inediti 383.
See Pompeianarum Antiquitatum Historia 1, 1, 305, copy above.
VI.17.15-18, Pompeii. Winged female figure playing harp on pedestal.
Drawing by Vincenzo Campana engraving by Carmine Pignataro.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 350952.
Photo © ICCD. https://www.catalogo.beniculturali.it
Utilizzabili alle
condizioni della licenza Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Condividi
allo stesso modo 2.5 Italia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 IT)
The ICCD image is of a copper plate and has here been reversed to show the painting as it would have been on the wall and in print.
See Pagano, M.
and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle
provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples:
Nicola Longobardi, p.77 and Rami Inediti 384.
See Pompeianarum Antiquitatum Historia 1, 1, 305, copy above.
VI.17.15-18, Pompeii. Winged male figure with caduceus on pedestal.
Drawing by Vincenzo Campana engraving by Giuseppe Guerra.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 350957.
Photo © ICCD. https://www.catalogo.beniculturali.it
Utilizzabili alle
condizioni della licenza Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Condividi
allo stesso modo 2.5 Italia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 IT)
The ICCD image is of a copper plate and has here been reversed to show the painting as it would have been on the wall and in print.
See Pagano, M.
and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle
provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples:
Nicola Longobardi, p.77 and Rami Inediti 385.
See Pompeianarum Antiquitatum Historia 1, 1, 305, copy above.
VI.17.15-18, Pompeii. Winged male figure with staff on pedestal.
Drawing by Vincenzo Campana engraving by Aniello Cataneo.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 350979.
Photo © ICCD. https://www.catalogo.beniculturali.it
Utilizzabili alle
condizioni della licenza Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Condividi
allo stesso modo 2.5 Italia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 IT)
The ICCD image is of a copper plate and has here been reversed to show the painting as it would have been on the wall and in print.
See Pagano, M.
and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle
provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples:
Nicola Longobardi, p.77 and Rami Inediti 386.
See Pompeianarum Antiquitatum Historia 1, 1, 305, copy above.
VI.17.15-18 Pompeii.
Sketch of wall with two figures in underground area, the male playing a horn and the female playing the harp.
See Lesueur, Jean-Baptiste Ciceron. Voyage
en Italie de Jean-Baptiste Ciceron Lesueur (1794-1883), pl. 21.
See Book on INHA reference INHA NUM PC 15469 (04) « Licence Ouverte / Open Licence » Etalab
VI.17. 1 – 28, Insula Occidentalis, dated 9th January 1954, detail from RAF Aerial photo. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Starting from the right, the white reconstructed dwelling would be VI.17.27/8, House of the Skeletons, opposite the Vicolo di Mercurio.
On its left would be VI.17.25/26, opposite the House of Sallust, and next to that, on its left, would be the street level peristyle of VI.17.23, with a view of the remaining floors which would have been visible beneath, all part of the House of the Lion.
On its left, divided by a wall, front to back, would be VI.17.17/16, the House of C. Ceio.
On its left, another dividing wall would separate VI.17.13, the House of C. Nivillio
On its left would be VI.17.10/9, the House of the Danzatrice/of House of Diana I, with some of the rear remaining floors underneath no.10 still visible, opposite the House of the Surgeon.
Then there is the small house at VI.17.5, the House of Popidius Rufus
On the left of the photo is the rear of the area from VI.17.1/2/3/4.
For details of
excavation from Fiorelli G., 1860. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol.
1: 1748 - 1818, Naples, 1,1,
see page at VI.17.25, parts 2 and 3.