VI.5.10
Pompeii. Rear entrance of Casa dei Fiori or Casa del Cinghiale or Casa dei Tre
Cortili.
Linked to VI.5.9, VI.5.19. Excavated 1808, 1813, 1836, 1844, 1976.
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VI.5.10 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking north along Vicolo di Modesto, from outside entrance doorway, on right.
VI.5.10 Pompeii, on left. December 2018.
Looking south along
Vicolo di Modesto, from outside front façade. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking towards entrance doorway.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance doorway.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway to peristyle area.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. Floor mosaic found in room near peristyle, reported in PAH I, 3, 12 on 14th January 1809.
Mosaic of the hunt - Festus cum Torquato.
Now in the musée Conde at the Chateau de Chantilly, France.
Photograph courtesy of musée Conde, photo RMN © R G Ojeda.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. 14th January 1809. Finding of Festus cum Torquato mosaic.
According to Fiorelli -
“We have worked near to the usual peristyle, and lifted earth from an entrance, that was on the west part of the peristyle: discovering this, we have found the decorated mosaic floor, which formed a painting (2.37m x 0.99m) (9 pal. long, and 3.3/4 pal. wide) enclosed by a black band, showing a man in a short tunic……..”
See Fiorelli G., 1860. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 1: 1748 - 1818, Naples, Part 3, p.12 etc.
14th January – 11th February 1809, p.12-14: and 15th April – 3rd June 1809, p.18-19, reports the mosaic as being found at the entrance of VI.5.9.
See Van der Poel, H. B., 1983. Corpus Topographicum Pompeianum, Part II. Austin: University of Texas. (p.250, Note 7).
See also VI.5.9.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. 14th January 1809. Finding of Festus cum Torquato inscription in mosaic.
See Fiorelli G.,
1860. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia,
Vol. 1: 1748 - 1818, Naples, Part 3, p.13.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east from the entrance doorway.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, looking south-east across peristyle.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. November 2021.
Looking south along west wall of peristyle
from north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Hélène Dessales.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. November 2021.
Looking towards south-west corner of
peristyle. Photo courtesy of Hélène Dessales.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. November 2021.
West wall of
peristyle, at north end near entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Hélène Dessales.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. November 2021.
North-west corner of peristyle, on north side of entrance doorway.
Photo courtesy of Hélène Dessales
VI.5.10 Pompeii. November 2021. Looking towards north wall
of peristyle, with steps on right. Photo courtesy of Hélène Dessales.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. November 2021.
Looking towards steps in north-east corner of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Hélène Dessales.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. May 2011. Steps in north-east corner of peristyle.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Steps in north-east corner of peristyle.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Room 1, looking east across north portico of peristyle.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Room 1, looking south-east towards east portico of peristyle.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, looking towards south portico of peristyle.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Room 1, north-east corner of peristyle.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Room 1, north side of peristyle.
According to Jashemski, when excavated in 1809 the peristyle area was found in a ruined state.
Today, the columns on the north and south are joined by a low wall which has a planting space on top.
The low wall on the east side has been restored without a planting space.
The entire house was found in such a ruined state it was nearly impossible to know how the rooms were connected.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.126)
VI.5.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Drainage gutter on east edge of peristyle.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Drainage gutter on north edge of peristyle.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking south along east portico of room 1, peristyle.
VI.5.10 Pompeii. December 2007. East side of peristyle with room 2 on the left, looking south.