I.2.10 Pompeii. Domus of L & M Volusii Fausti.

Linked to I.2.9. Excavated 1873. Bombed in 1943.

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I.2.10 Pompeii, centre right. September 2015. Looking east to entrance doorways on Via Stabiana.

I.2.11 is on the left, then I.2.10 linked with I.2.9, on the right.

I.2.10 Pompeii. October 2024. Looking east towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.2.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking east to entrance doorway, from Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.10 Pompeii. September 2010. Name plate on north side of entrance doorway.

The name of this house was derived from a bronze seal found in the house. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

According to Warscher, quoting Bull. Inst.1874, p.196, it described –

Il nome di Domus L. Volusi Fausti dato a questa casa fu ricavato dal suggello di bronzo in essa rinvenuta e dall’epigrafe sopra anfora (vedi Gli scavi in Pompei nel volume “Pompei e la regione sotterrata, 1879”, p. 11).

See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2. (after no.21 and 21a), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.

I.2.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

ID number plate on north side of entrance and looking north along Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.11, Pompeii, on left. May 2005. Looking east on Via Stabiana.   I.2.10, entrance in centre.        I.2.9, on right.

I.2.10 Pompeii. December 2006. Entrance doorway in centre.

I.2.10 Pompeii. October 2024. Looking east along north wall of entrance corridor/fauces. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.2.10 Pompeii. October 2024. Looking east along south wall of entrance corridor/fauces. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.2.10 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking east across north side of atrium from entrance corridor.

I.2.10 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking east across north side of atrium from entrance.

I.2.10 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking east across south side of atrium from entrance doorway.

I.2.10 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking east across south side of atrium from entrance.

I.2.10 Pompeii. October 2024. Looking east along entrance corridor/fauces, towards atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.2.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking east along entrance fauces, towards atrium. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

According to Warscher, quoting Bull. Inst, 1874, p.196, the floor of the tuscanic atrium was made of opus signinum with white stones that were not inlaid regularly into it.

See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2. Rome: DAIR (after no.21and 21a).

I.2.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking west along entrance corridor towards doorway, and Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Remains of north wall of atrium (north-west side). Looking north towards I.2.11/12/13/14. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.10 Pompeii. September 2010. Remains of north wall of atrium (north-east side), with doorway to rear of house, on right.

Looking north towards I.2.11/12/13/14. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.10 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking north into doorway of remains of cubiculum, in north-west corner of atrium.

At the rear is I.2.11/12/13/14. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.10 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking south from small cubiculum across atrium. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.13 Pompeii at front of picture. September 2005.

Looking south into I.2.10 showing ruined cubiculum and ala (left and middle of picture).

I.2.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking north into remains of second room on north side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

According to Eschebach, this would have been the ala (or a storeroom or cupboard).

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.16).

I.2.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

East wall of ala or storeroom/cupboard in north-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

The wall decoration would have consisted of a red zoccolo, with the middle of the wall decorated with a red central panel and yellow side panels.

At the top would have been a stucco cornice. 

I.2.10 Pompeii. 1972.  House, NE of atrium, E wall, detail of cornice. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_72_10_3.   

I.2.10 Pompeii. September 2004.

The ala is in centre of picture behind right-hand end of scaffolding, at the side of the doorway to the corridor to the rear.

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