V.2.i Pompeii
or Domus L. Albucius Celsus.
Excavated between 1891 and 1908.
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V.2.i Room Plan (opens in a
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V.2.i Pompeii. December 2005.
Entrance on Vicolo delle Nozze d’Argento.
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Restored compluvium,
originally fitted with Grondaia or water spouts (see picture below).
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Originally would have
been set around the four sides of the compluvium, above the impluvium in the
atrium.
The rainwater would
have been channelled to pour through the open mouth of the lion into the
impluvium below.
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V.2.i Pompeii. Old
postcard postmarked 1902. Looking south-east across atrium during excavation.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
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Stone basin on a stand
with a bronze water spout next to a rectangular marble base and a travertine
puteal.
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Room 1, atrium. East
side showing windows of rooms on upper floor.
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Room 1, atrium,
looking south across to tablinum.
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Room 2, west wall,
with blocked doorway through to house at V.2.h
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December 2007.
Room 2 on west side of
atrium has a small blocked door to V.2.h.
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Room 2, east wall,
with doorway to entrance corridor, and room 3a directly opposite.
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Room 2, north-east
corner, with door to entrance corridor in east wall.
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V.2.i Room Plan (opens in a
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