91. HGE12 Pompeii. Villa delle Colonne a Mosaico or Villa of the Mosaic Columns.

Herculaneum Gate East Side. (Eschebach East 12, Kockel Nord 12).

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HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns.

Looking south-west from staircase across courtyard towards entrance at HGE12 (centre left).

A second staircase and entrance HGE14 is on the right.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Second staircase against south wall of courtyard, with small niche below.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking west along corridor leading to interior of entrance HGE14.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north-west towards columns in courtyard on north side of entrance HGE14.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north-east towards columns on north side of courtyard.

According to Garcia y Garcia, the bombardment during the night of 18th September 1943 caused the destruction of four rooms of the ground floor.

Also hit was part of the raised east side, and the toppling of a large portion of the portico.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.160)

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north from courtyard towards entrance to central corridor.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Doorway to room on east side (right) of entrance to central corridor.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. North-west corner of room to right of entrance to central corridor.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. North-east corner of room, with niche. Was this the kitchen?

According to Boyce, in the kitchen was “un piccolo Larario…..colla pittura del genio del loco”.

He thought this was probably a niche with a single serpent painted on the wall beside it.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14.  (p.97, no.480)

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking west from “kitchen” across corridor to doorway to room on left side.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking west across room on left side of corridor.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north along corridor to rooms at rear.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Area on west side of north end of Villa.

Was this the area of the kitchen, and the lararium niche as described by Boyce?

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. North-west corner of north end of Villa.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. North wall of room in north-west corner of north end of Villa.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. North side of north end of Villa.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. North-east corner of north end of Villa.

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