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V.2.7 Pompeii. Dwelling house. Excavated 1883-4.

 

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V.2.7 Pompeii, in centre. September 2021. Looking north to entrance on Via di Nola. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.7 Pompeii, in centre. September 2021. Looking north to entrance on Via di Nola. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance on Via di Nola.

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance on Via di Nola.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance doorway to a small vestibule, leading into a long entrance corridor which led into the wide atrium with impluvium.

V.2.7 Pompeii. May 2005.

Entrance doorway to a small vestibule, leading into a long entrance corridor which led into the wide atrium with impluvium.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking north from entrance corridor or fauces, across atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.7 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking north from entrance corridor or fauces, across atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. June 2012. Looking north from entrance corridor or fauces, across atrium around which were cubicula and the ala. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.2.7 Pompeii. June 2012.

Looking north from entrance corridor or fauces, across atrium around which were cubicula and the ala. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. September 2004. Looking north from entrance corridor or fauces, across atrium.

V.2.7 Pompeii. September 2004. Looking north from entrance corridor or fauces, across atrium.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking west from atrium towards low wall of rear room of shop V.2.6, on left. Room 2 which is open from the atrium is on the right.

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking west from atrium towards low wall of rear room of shop V.2.6, on left.

Room 2, west ala, which is open from the atrium is on the right.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Rooms 2, 3 and 4 on west side of atrium and room 5, tablinum/triclinium on north side. According to Boyce, in the west wall of the atrium between the doorways to rooms 3 and 4, was a niche. Its inside walls were coated with white stucco which was adorned with little red and black spots. Boyce said, according to Mau it was la nicchia del larario. See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.34, no.89)

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Rooms 2, 3 and 4 on west side of atrium and room 5, tablinum/triclinium on north side.

According to Boyce, in the west wall of the atrium between the doorways to rooms 3 and 4, was a niche.

Its inside walls were coated with white stucco which was adorned with little red and black spots.

Boyce said, according to Mau it was la nicchia del larario.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.34, no.89)

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, looking north across atrium.

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, looking north across atrium.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. September 2021. Room 1, looking north-east across atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.7 Pompeii. September 2021. Room 1, looking north-east across atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. September 2021. Room 1, east side of atrium, looking north-east across doorways to room 9, the open east ala (on right), doorways to rooms 8 and 7. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.7 Pompeii. September 2021.

Room 1, east side of atrium, looking north-east across doorways to room 9, the open east ala (on right), doorways to rooms 8 and 7.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. East side of atrium, looking north-east across doorways to rooms 9 (open), 8 and 7.

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. East side of atrium, looking north-east across doorways to room 9, the open east ala, rooms 8 and 7.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. September 2021. Room 1, looking north to impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.7 Pompeii. September 2021. Room 1, looking north to impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, impluvium in atrium. According to PPM quoting Mau, “the atrium would have been decorated in III style with a black zoccolo/dado at 1.50m high divided by means of white lines. The impluvium was covered with cocciopesto with rows of white tesserae.” (BdI, 1894, p.40).

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, impluvium in atrium.

According to PPM quoting Mau, “the atrium would have been decorated in III style with a black zoccolo/dado at 1.50m high divided by means of white lines. The impluvium was covered with cocciopesto with rows of white tesserae.”

See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1894, p. 40.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. September 2021. Room 1, detail from impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.7 Pompeii. September 2021.

Room 1, detail from impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 2, west ala, from doorway. According to PPM – Mau mentioned, but without dwelling on them for any great length (and his are the only remaining descriptions) that rooms 2, 9 and the “living room” end of 10 were all decorated in the “candelabra” style. (Mau, RM 1894, p,39-43). See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici, III. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p.825). Mau wrote – The alae, (g and h, our rooms 2 and 9) have a simple decoration on a white background, which rather recalls the "candelabra" style contemporary to the Third style. Standing in the left ala was the capital of a Doric column in tufa, without grooves, whereby in this house there are no columns. There was also a large weight of lava, elliptical in shape (0.42 long): a similar weight of travertine lies in "k". (BdI, 1894, p.40).

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 2, west ala, from doorway.

According to PPM –

Mau mentioned, but without dwelling on them for any great length (and his are the only remaining descriptions) that rooms 2, 9 and the “living room” end of 10 were all decorated in the “candelabra” style. (Mau, RM 1894, p,39-43).

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici, III. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p.825).

Mau wrote –

The alae, (g and h, our rooms 2 and 9) have a simple decoration on a white background, which rather recalls the "candelabra" style contemporary to the Third style.

Standing in the left ala was the capital of a Doric column in tufa, without grooves, whereby in this house there are no columns. 

There was also a large weight of lava, elliptical in shape (0.42 long): a similar weight of travertine lies in "k".

See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1894, p. 40.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 3, cubiculum, from doorway. According to PPM, quoting Mau, this room would have been decorated in the III style. The zoccolo/dado would have been painted black, the middle zone would have been divided into red panels. The south wall, with black zoccolo, had a central white panel, with red side panels.

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 3, cubiculum, from doorway.

According to PPM, quoting Mau, this room would have been decorated in the III style.

The zoccolo/dado would have been painted black, the middle zone would have been divided into red panels.

The south wall, with black zoccolo, had a central white panel, with red side panels.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 4, according to Mau “painted in the last style on a white background”.

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007.

Doorway to room 4, according to Mau “painted in the last style on a white background”.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 4, recess in north wall, in north-east corner. According to PPM, Mau thought the function of this room, probably for domestic uses, but could not be accurately specified. It was doubtful that this recess was for the short side of a bed because the bed would have prevented access through the doorway. The recess could have been for a small cabinet/piece of furniture ? See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici, III. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p.824).

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 4, recess in north wall, in north-east corner.

According to PPM,

Mau thought the function of this room, probably for domestic uses, but could not be accurately specified.

It was doubtful that this recess was for the short side of a bed because the bed would have prevented access through the doorway. 

The recess could have been for a small cabinet/piece of furniture?

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici, III. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p.824).

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 4, north wall with niche or window?

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 4, north wall with niche or window? 

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 5, triclinium, in the place of a tablinum, with window looking north. According to Mau, the flooring in this room would have been of cocciopesto with a decoration of geometric patterns outlined in white tesserae.

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 5, triclinium, in the place of a tablinum, with window looking north.

According to Mau, the flooring in this room would have been of cocciopesto with a decoration of geometric patterns outlined in white tesserae.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 6, corridor on east side of tablinum.

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 6, corridor on east side of tablinum.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 7.

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 7, cubiculum on east side of atrium.

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 8, room on east side of atrium. Mau wrote – This room was a pantry, with shelves on the walls, which were covered with rough/raw plaster. This room would have been decorated in the IV Style on a simple white background. Found in this room was a large weight of travertine. In this room (8 or "k") the bed was hanging from the right wall; to enlarge the place the stucco had been removed from the relative part of the entrance and back walls (instead of making the usual recesses). (BdI, 1894, p.40). According to PPM, “On the south wall, the zoccolo was edged with a green border, the middle zone was divided into two panels with purple “carpet border” edging with rectangles divided by diagonals, separated by a yellow border.”

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 8, room on east side of atrium.

Mau wrote –

This room was a pantry, with shelves on the walls, which were covered with rough/raw plaster.

This room would have been decorated in the IV Style on a simple white background.

Found in this room was a large weight of travertine.  

In this room (8 or "k") the bed was hanging from the right wall; to enlarge the place the stucco had been removed from the relative part of the entrance and back walls (instead of making the usual recesses).

See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1894, p. 40.

According to PPM,

“On the south wall, the zoccolo was edged with a green border, the middle zone was divided into two panels with purple “carpet border” edging with rectangles divided by diagonals, separated by a yellow border.”

 

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 9, east ala. According to PPM – Mau mentioned, but without dwelling on them for any great length (and his are the only remaining descriptions) that rooms 2, 9 and the “living room” end of 10 were all decorated in the “candelabra” style. (Mau, RM 1894, p,39-43). See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici, III. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p.825). Mau wrote – The alae, (g and h) have a simple decoration on a white background, which rather recalls the "candelabra" style contemporary to the Third style. (BdI, 1894, p.40).

V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 9, east ala.

According to PPM –

Mau mentioned, but without dwelling on them for any great length (and his are the only remaining descriptions) that rooms 2, 9 and the “living room” end of 10 were all decorated in the “candelabra” style. (Mau, RM 1894, p,39-43).

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici, III. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p.825).

Mau wrote –

The alae, (g and h) have a simple decoration on a white background, which rather recalls the "candelabra" style contemporary to the Third style.

See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1894, p. 40.

 

 

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