V.2.7 Pompeii. Dwelling house.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 6, corridor on east side of tablinum.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 10, at north end of corridor. Looking towards north-east corner.
V.2.7 Pompeii.
December 2007. Room 10, cistern mouth in south-east corner.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 17, looking south from doorway in room 10.
According to PPM, this small room/storeroom would have had a masonry step of a wooden staircase leading to the upper rooms around the atrium.
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 10, looking west along rear window of triclinium/tablinum, on left, towards a “living room”, overlooking the garden area, on right.
In the south-west corner, a pile of lime was found, near to the doorway to room 13.
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).
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 13, looking south into room on west side of triclinium/tablinum.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 11 on right, and doorway to garden area 12, in centre.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 11, looking towards north-east corner.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 11, west wall with window onto garden area, and doorway into room 14.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 12, garden area. According to Jashemski, 15 amphorae were found in the garden.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.111).
According to PPM, the area around the garden area 12 and room 10, was protected by the roof that covered rooms 11, 13, 14 and 15 and also protruded out into the garden area, forming a sort of covered passage, even in the absence of a portico.
See Carratelli, G.
P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici,
III. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p.824).
Mau wrote –
The walls of the garden area were covered with a rough white plaster.
The decoration of the covered protruding strip around the edge of the garden was seen to be a high zoccolo with some painted decoration – but nothing was preserved.
The rooms surrounding the garden area would have probably been triclinia, in better times, and been well decorated. By the time of the eruption, these were run-down rooms and probably had some other use.
Of the wall decoration, there was only a zoccolo/dado around 1.30m high, of brick plaster in rooms 11 and 14, and black divided by means of yellow lines in room 15.
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1894, p. 42.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 14, looking east. In the north-west corner of this room a pile of lime was discovered.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 14, looking towards south-east corner and south wall.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 15.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 15, looking towards east wall.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 16, kitchen and latrine.
When excavated, the function of this room was recognised by the presence of the hearth leaning against the north wall and of the latrine.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 16, upper north wall and north-east corner.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 16, looking east along north wall towards east wall.
According to Mau –
The hearth was found on the left of the entrance doorway, and the latrine was at the rear.
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1894, (p.42)
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 16, upper west wall and doorway to garden area.
V.2.7 Pompeii. December 2007. North wall of garden area 12, and east wall above entrance to room 16.