VIII.1.4 Pompeii. Antiquarium. Opened either 1861 (Maiuri) or 1873-4 (SAP).

Including the Larario dei Pompeianisti which was opened in 1948.

Bombed 1943. Reconstructed 1947. Reopened 13th June 1948.

Closed after earthquake in 1980. Reopened 2016.

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VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. 1978. Description of rooms III and IV, Roman Pompeii.

See Maiuri A., 1978. Pompeii: 15th Edition. Roma: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, p. 107.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. One of the two bronze statuettes, (as described on P.107 above).

Bronze statuette of young boy holding a goose and a bunch of grapes, from the peristyle of VI.15.1 (the House of Vettii).  

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021.

Cast of a young woman fallen onto her face, supporting her head on her arm, stripped of her clothing.

(she was found in the layers of lapilli above Via Stabia, near VI.14.).  Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021.

Cast of a chained dog (from the House of Vesonius Primus (VI.14.20) –

who was caught by death while struggling with all his contracted sinews against the restricting chain.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

Boscoreale Antiquarium, May 2018. Cast of a man’s head with a mouth-gag, from the Villa of Pisanella.

Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

See Maiuri A., 1978. Pompeii: 15th Edition. Roma: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, p. 107 above.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. 1978. Description of room IV, Roman Pompeii, and exit through VIII.1.4.

See Maiuri A., 1978. Pompeii: 15th Edition. Roma: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, p. 108.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Anchor, found in the area of Pompeii.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. December 2005. Exit room with cast of a wheel on left.

In this room were also displayed the casts of a tree, a cupboard, and the crouching man found in the Palaestra.

The wheel, fixed to the wall, was the only item that remained after the 1978 closure and relocation of items.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. 1978. Description of Larario dei Pompeianisti and Forma Urbis Pompeiorum.

See Maiuri A., 1978. Pompeii: 15th Edition. Roma: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, p. 109.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. 1978.

Room III with frescoes, marble statues and bronze basin (labrum) on a pillar. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.  

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. 1978.

Working in room III with frescoes, marble statue and bronze basin on a pillar.

Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.  

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. About 1948.

Room III with furniture, furnishings and utensils and bronze basin in the centre. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. About 1948. Photograph of room IV with female cast and cast of a dog.

Behind are cabinets with trade and industry items and the model and finds of the rustic Villa of Boscoreale (Villa Pisanella).

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium.

Cast of female victim with cabinet of terracotta jars and kitchen utensils at the back. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.4, Pompeii Antiquarium, August 1965.

Plaster-cast of a woman found above Via Stabiana, on the north-east corner of VI.14. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021. Terracotta from Doric Temple, at VIII.7.31.

Top: Part of a roof (sima) decorated with female faces alternating with palmettes.

Lower left: decorative elements of the roof (antefixes) with the head of Athena and Hercules.

Lower right: Roof tiles decorated with sphinxes and vegetal motifs.

Photographed in the Antiquarium. Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4, Antiquarium, Pompeii. August 1965. Terracotta reliefs, antefisse with head of Athena.

Stabia, Santuario in località privati. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021.

Grave goods with black painted red-figured vases, ointment jars and rings, from Herculaneum Gate necropolis.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021. Detail from grave goods from Herculaneum Gate necropolis.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Detail from grave goods from Herculaneum Gate necropolis.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4, Antiquarium, Pompeii. August 1965. Display shelf with pre-Roman excavation finds. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.4, Antiquarium, Pompeii.  August 1965.

The Inn Sign from I.11.10/11, had a painting of a phoenix with 2 peacocks and the welcoming inscription –

PHOENIX FELIX ET TU.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.4, Antiquarium, Pompeii. August 1965.

Fresco painting from I.8.8. of Bellerophon and Pegasus, found on the west wall of the triclinium. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.4, Pompeii Antiquarium, July 1964. Bronze statue of Bacchus. Found in I.16.2 on 26th September 1957. Height 0.96m, width 0.37m.

SAP inventory number 11864. At the rear is a cabinet with small bronze and marble statuettes.  Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.4, Antiquarium, Pompeii. 1970s Ajman Emirate stamp with face value of 2 Riyals and showing the Pompeii Antiquarium.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. 1970. Bronze male statue and candelabra, from 1.16.2.

VIII.1.4, Pompeii Antiquarium. Bronze statuette of Isis Fortuna.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. 1970. Marble oscillum bas relief. Dionysus?

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. 1970. Detail of decorated bronze jug handle with figures and garlands.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. 1970. Two handled jug.

Antiquarium 1943 Bombing

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. 1943. Bomb damage.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. On exhibition March 2018. Inventory book.

A special stamp was used to help with the recording of finds destroyed in the 1943 bombing.

Photo courtesy Dr Sophie Hay.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. 1944. Much abbreviated description of antiquarium contents after the 1943 bombing.

See Maiuri A., 1944. Pompeii: 4th Edition. Roma: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, p. 88.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. 1932. Arca or money chest, perhaps the one on display in Room I, see above Appendix, with iron plating and riveting?

According to Pernice –

Bronze chest. Find location unknown. Now in Pompeii Antiquarium.

See Pernice, E., 1932. Hellenistische Tische, Zisternenmündungen, Beckenuntersätze, Altäre u. Truhen. Berlin, p. 93, Taf. 58.6.

DAIR 32.1089. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

Thanks to Espen B. Andersson for assisting us in our interest in money-chests.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. 1944. Much abbreviated description of antiquarium contents after the 1943 bombing.

See Maiuri A., 1944. Pompeii: 4th Edition. Roma: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, p. 88.

Antiquarium pre-1943

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. 1931 photograph taken by a British officer serving aboard the HMS Ramilles.

Stacked body casts. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. About 1892. Cast of woman - (Victim number 10) found on Via Stabiana.

See Dwyer, E., 2010. Pompeii’s Living Statues. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Behind are shelves with clay amphorae and jars. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. About 1875. Photograph of interior room with body casts and amphorae. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. About 1870. Photograph of interior by Brogi showing body casts, amphorae and grondaie.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. Old postcard 1895 stereoview by Keystone View Company no. 1914.

In the cupboards behind the casts are many terracotta urns and on top of the cupboards are numerous terracotta grondaia.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. Old postcard showing interior.

On the shelves to the left are numerous large clay amphorae. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. 1900. Drawing by Gusman of bas relief in terracotta, of Victory driving a Biga, from VI.15.

According to Gusman three bas reliefs of Victory driving a chariot were fastened to the wall in the same house each by three large nails.

The terracotta was painted, the horses in orange-red, Victory was dressed in green with a green cap and the hands and face were pink.

See Gusman P., 1900. Pompeii: The City, Its Life & Art. London: Heinemann, p.402-3.

Please note the captions in the English version are reversed on the gutter and the bas relief from the French version of the book.

VIII.1.4, Antiquarium, Pompeii. 1899. Drawing by Pierre Gusman of single marble table leg, (Monopodium) from Pompeii Museum.

See Gusman P., 1899. Pompei : La Ville, Les Mœurs, Les Arts. Paris : Société française d'éditions d'art, (p.440)

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