VII .16.15 Pompeii. House of
Aulus Umbricius Scaurus (Father and Son).
Linked to VII .16.12, VII .16.13, VII .16.14,
VII .16.16.
Part 1 Part 2 VII.16.15/16 Casa di Umbricius Scaurus (I) plan VII.16.13/12/14 Casa di Umbricius Scaurus (II) plan
VII.16 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking south-east across rear of VII.16.16, and VII.16.15. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VII.16.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking south-west from area 14.
Area 18 of VII.16.13 on upper level is the flat area at the top left in the photograph.
Corridor 33 and adjacent rooms on the lower level of VII.16.15 are on the right of the photograph.
The remains of room 8 are on the left front of the photograph.
VII.16.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north-east towards
room 2, atrium from area 18, peristyle of
VII.16.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north-east across room 2 atrium, from area 14.
VII.16.15 Pompeii. “Cornice in terracotta of a Compluvium preserved at Pompeii”. Photograph courtesy of Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection.
These are Grondaia or water spouts that fed rainwater from the Compluvium in the roof to the Impluvium below.
These were reconstructed and displayed during the 19th
century in
Mau identified these as being from “a House near the Porta Marina”.
The plan provided by Mau can be used to identify the house
as
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.251, p.253, p.298).
There are no rooms at this level on this side only a vertical drop to rooms on the lower level.
VII.16.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north-west across lower levels from area 14.
Room 30 is the arch at the rear. Room 7 is front right of the photograph and room 25 is centre left.
This photograph also shows the vertical drop at the north side of room 2, atrium.
Looking down onto room 34 (at front) across room 27 to large arch, with vaulted room behind.
VII.16.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north-east towards area 14, the flat area on upper level, from area 18, the peristyle of VII.16.13.
On the lower level are unnumbered rooms which may have been under area 14.
VII.16.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north-west across rooms 27 to 36 on lower level.
VII.16.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Corridor 33, room 35 and room 36 on lower level.
VII.16.15 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west from area 14, across lower-level corridor 33 and surrounding rooms.
VII.16.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north from room 2, atrium, across lower levels towards room 18 on lower level of VII.16.16.
VII.16.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north-east from north side of room 2, atrium.
Looking across site of rooms 7, 6, 5, and rooms 15 and 16 on lower level of VII.16.16.
VII.16.15 Pompeii. December 2007. North-east corner of room 2, atrium. Looking towards doorway to room 3, leading to entrance VII.16.16.
South-western edge of Pompeii, being excavated in 1959. 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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Part 1 Part 2 VII.16.15/16 Casa di Umbricius Scaurus (I) plan VII.16.13/12/14 Casa di Umbricius Scaurus (II) plan