VII.2.18 Pompeii. Domus C. Vibi or House of C. Vibius.
Linked to VII .2.19 and
VII.2.42. Excavated 1844 and 1867.
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VII.2.18 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards south-west corner
of south portico. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. South-west corner of south portico, with doorways to rooms 18 and 19.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 18, south wall of cubiculum.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. October 2017. Room 19, corridor
leading south to kitchen area from peristyle.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 19, kitchen and hearth, looking north.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 19, kitchen. North wall and corridor to peristyle.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 19, latrine at south end of kitchen area.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 19, corridor to peristyle, from kitchen area.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 20, small room in west wall of portico.
According to Boyce, this recess had been variously called a sacrario or an armadio.
He thought it was certainly an armadio (cupboard).
VII.2.18 Pompeii October 2017. Aedicula Lararium
on west side of peristyle.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. December
2018.
Looking
towards aedicula lararium, on west wall of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Aude
Durand.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. December
2018.
West
wall of peristyle with aedicula lararium. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Aedicula lararium, on west wall of peristyle.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. West side of peristyle, aedicula lararium brick pediment originally covered with stucco.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. December 2018. Rectangular
niche of lararium. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Rectangular niche of lararium.
According to Boyce, this had been called a lararium, but he thought it was most unlike one.
Matz (in Bull. Inst.) thought it may have been a receptacle for the arms of the master of the house.
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1868, p. 194.
He reached this conclusion by the painting of a sword in a red sheath found on the yellow stucco of the rear wall.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p. 62, no.252)
VII.2.18 Pompeii. December
2018.
Looking
towards painting on rear wall of lararium, showing a sword in a red
sheath.
Photo
courtesy of Aude Durand.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Painting on rear wall of lararium, showing a sword in a red sheath.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. West portico, looking north to room 21, triclinium.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east across remains of pool in peristyle garden.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north across peristyle garden from south portico.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 21, triclinium.
According to Richardson, when found, the floor of this room was paved with white mosaic around a panel of squares and triangles of coloured marble.
Also found here were the remains of three dining couches with beautiful mounts of bronze inlaid with silver.
These have been reconstructed and are in the Naples Archaeological Museum.
See Richardson, L., 1988. Pompeii: An Architectural History. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. (p.312)
According to Mau, the wooden frame and end board of one of the dining couches was completely charred, but the form was clearly indicated and the woodwork was restored.
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.367-8, and fig. 188)
VII.2.18 Pompeii. W.7. Detail from end of dining couch, wood and bronze inlaid with silver.
According to Breton, found on January 11th, 1868, were a total of three large and magnificent dining couches.
At that time, the marks where their feet had stood could still be seen in the soil.
They were made of wood and bronze, inlaid with silver and copper.
The wood was not preserved but could be reconstructed from the impression left in the ash.
One of the couches was on display at the Museum of Naples.
Near the couches were remains of pieces of bread, two large candelabra, a lamp, a bucket, a beautiful lantern surmounted by a figure of Pan, two strigils, vases and cups of bronze, and a bronze bracelet in the shape of a serpent with eyes made from small emeralds.
See Breton, Ernest. 1870. Pompeia, Guide de visite a Pompei, 3rd ed. Paris, Guerin.
Photo by Tatiana Warscher. With kind permission of DAI Rome, whose copyright it remains.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. From an Album by
M. Amodio, c.1880, entitled “Pompei, destroyed on 23 November 79, discovered in
1748”.
Reproduction of a reconstructed dining couch. Photo
courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. Pre-1862. Room 21, painting by Niccolini of triclinium couches.
According to Niccolini –
“In the room to the right of the tablinum, three couches were found, as indicated by the small plan at the top of the drawing, showing three walls of the room, while in the middle was the usual area for the remains of the small table. It was clear that the skeleton of these beds was made of wood with bronze inlaid in silver, the ornaments that decorated them.
The second shows the side of the bed, the site of the pillows.
The third shows the rear of the bed, with the precise and clear detail of the decoration in bronze.”
See Niccolini F, 1862. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Secondo. Napoli, Tav. XXXV.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 21, north wall of triclinium.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 21, triclinium. Small door to tablinum, on south end of east wall.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south-east from north portico across peristyle garden.
VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Deep well, approximately 26m. deep in peristyle garden.
Bronze sistrum found in VII.2.18. Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Silver sistrum found in VII.2.18. Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.
VII.2.18 Pompeii.
December 2004. Vicolo del Panettiere looking west.
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