I.10.11 Pompeii. Casa degli Amanti or House of the Lovers or Casa di Tiberius-Claudius Eulogus.

Linked to I.10.10. Excavated 1933.

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I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 15, kitchen. Looking south.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, kitchen hearth against south wall.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, kitchen hearth.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, kitchen hearth and south-west corner.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 15, east wall of kitchen with niche and remains of painted serpent from lararium painting.

On the left is the doorway to room 16.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, niche and Lararium painting on east wall of kitchen. 

According to Boyce, the arched niche was fitted with a heavy stucco cornice ornamented with an egg design in relief.

The interior walls were white and unpainted; a projecting tile formed the floor.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.29, no.59 and Pl.10, 2).

See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern.  (L17, p.256).

See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico.  Milano: LED Edizioni. (21: p.148-9).

I.10.11 Pompeii. 1968.

Room 15, niche and Lararium painting on east wall of kitchen. 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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I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 15, remains of painted serpent from lararium painting on east wall of kitchen. 

According to Boyce, on the wall below the niche were two brown and yellow painted serpents.

They approached a painted altar of imitation red and yellow marble, one from either side.

Plants with red flowers formed the background.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.29, no.59 and Pl.10, 2).

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, west wall of kitchen.   

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, doorway to room 16 in east wall of kitchen.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16, south-east corner.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16, north wall. 

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16, south wall.

I.10.11 Pompeii. September 2021.

Room 10, looking west along south side of peristyle from outside doorway to room 17. 

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, looking west along south side of peristyle. 

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, looking north-west across peristyle. 

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, puteal and remains of large basin in south-east corner of peristyle.

I.10.11 Pompeii. September 2021.

Room 10, puteal in south-east corner of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 17. 

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, east wall.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, east wall and remains of two amphorae.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, south wall and south-west corner.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, north wall with small window to peristyle.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, north wall with window and doorway to peristyle.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, remains of metal tools in peristyle. 

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 18.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 18, east wall.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 18, south wall.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 19. 

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 19, east wall.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 19, south wall.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 19, west wall.

I.10.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 19, north wall and doorway to peristyle.

I.10.11 Pompeii. October 2022.

Peristyle 10, looking towards south-west corner, with large doorway to atrium, centre right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.10.11 Pompeii. September 2021.

Room 10, peristyle, looking east across south portico from outside doorway to room 19.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.10.11 Pompeii. September 2021.

Room 10, peristyle, looking south across west portico towards doorway to room 19, with doorways to atrium, on right.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

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