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VIII.2.16 Pompeii. Casa dei Mosaici Geometrici or House of the Geometric Mosaics.

Linked to VIII.2.14.

 

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VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017.  Looking north through doorway of cubiculum in north-east corner of atrium.  Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017.

Looking north through doorway of cubiculum in north-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. c.1930. Looking north through doorway across flooring of cubiculum in north-east corner of atrium.
See Blake, M., (1930). The pavements of the Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early Empire. Rome, MAAR, 8, (p.76, 81, & Pl.20, tav.4).

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. c.1930. Looking north through doorway across flooring of cubiculum in north-east corner of atrium.

See Blake, M., (1930). The pavements of the Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early Empire. Rome, MAAR, 8, (p.76, 81, & Pl.20, tav.4).

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017.  Doorway threshold between atrium and cubiculum floor.  Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Doorway threshold between atrium and cubiculum floor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2018. North-west corner of cubiculum in north-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2018. North-west corner of cubiculum in north-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking towards north-west corner of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking towards north-west corner of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2018. North wall and north-east corner of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2018. North wall and north-east corner of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

VII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking towards north-east corner of cubiculum.   Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking towards north-east corner of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking north across mosaic floor.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking north across mosaic floor.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. November 2017. Looking north across mosaic floor.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. November 2017. Looking north across mosaic floor.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of mosaic flooring. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of mosaic flooring. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Mosaic floor in cubiculum on north side of atrium, on east side of corridor leading to VIII.2.14. Geometric mosaic floor with central motif of a petalled rosette.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Mosaic floor in cubiculum on north side of atrium, on east side of corridor leading to VIII.2.14.

Geometric mosaic floor with central motif of a petalled rosette.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Central motif in cubiculum in north-east corner of atrium.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Central motif in cubiculum in north-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of central motif in cubiculum in north-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of central motif in cubiculum in north-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Doorway to cubiculum on north side of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Doorway to cubiculum on north side of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. November 2017. Looking east across flooring in cubiculum on north side of entrance corridor.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. November 2017. Looking east across flooring in cubiculum on north side of entrance corridor.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. 
Cubiculum on north side of entrance corridor, with decorated floor of cocciopesto with regular lines of large white tesserae. 
In the centre of the floor, the smaller tesserae make a decoration of a net of meanders and squares.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005.

Cubiculum on north side of entrance corridor, with decorated floor of cocciopesto with regular lines of large white tesserae.

In the centre of the floor, the smaller tesserae make a decoration of a net of meanders and squares.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of flooring.  Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of flooring. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. 
Remains of mosaic of the Rape of the Leucippides (the daughters of Leucippus), on a slab of tufa, found in September 1890.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 120619.
Found in a room at the rear of VII.2.14, according to Rom. Mitt, vii, 1892, p.12. 
This room was at the rear of the triclinium with the shallow basin.
It would have been in the south-east corner of the northern peristyle, also accessed from a corridor in VIII.2.14.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii.

Remains of mosaic of the Rape of the Leucippides (the daughters of Leucippus), on a slab of tufa, found in September 1890.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 120619.

Found in a room at the rear of VII.2.14, according to Rom. Mitt, vii, 1892, p.12.

This room was at the rear of the triclinium with the shallow basin.

It would have been in the south-east corner of the northern peristyle, also accessed from a corridor in VIII.2.14.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. February 2021. 
Marble wall decoration made of cut marble (opus sectile) with a vegetal motif, on display in Antiquarium at VIII.1.4.
Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. February 2021.

Marble wall decoration made of cut marble (opus sectile) with a vegetal motif, on display in Antiquarium at VIII.1.4.

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

 

VIII.2.16, Pompeii.        Via delle Scuole looking north.             VIII.3

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. December 2004.                 Via delle Scuole, looking north.                                    VIII.3 on right.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. Via delle Scuole, looking north.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. Via delle Scuole, looking north.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii, on left with white marble sill. 1968. 
Looking north along Via delle Scuole, looking north. 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.2.16 Pompeii, on left with white marble sill. 1968.

Looking north along Via delle Scuole, looking north. 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.2.16 Pompeii, on left with white marble sill. 1968. West side of Via delle Scuole, looking south. 
The marble sill of the entrance doorway on the right belongs to VIII.2.13. 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.2.16 Pompeii, on left with white marble sill. 1968. West side of Via delle Scuole, looking south.

The marble sill of the entrance doorway on the right belongs to VIII.2.13. 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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