VI.10.6 Pompeii. Casa di Pomponius. Rear entrance at VI.10.17.

Excavated 1827, 1831. Bombed in 1943. (Strada di Mercurio 4)

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VI.10.6 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance doorway.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance doorway.

According to Pagano and Prisciandaro, in March 1828, found painted in red on the front wall was POMPONIO in big letters.

This gave the name to the owner of the house.

M(arcum) Pomponium aed(ilem) v(irum) b(onum)    [CIL IV 27]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p. 138) PAH II, 204-5; III, (dated 19th December 1827) 84.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. c.1830. Page from William Gell’s Sketchbook showing street and house fronts and inscriptions.

The wall in the lower drawing shows VI.10.6 (left) and VI.10.7 (right).

The middle drawing shows the doorway at VI.10.8.

The top drawing shows from the Arch to the doorway at VI.10.9.

See Gell, W. Sketchbook of Pompeii, c.1830.

See book from Van Der Poel Campanian Collection on Getty website http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2002m16b425

VI.10.6 Pompeii. pre-1937-39. Entrance doorway.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1526

VI.10.6 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance corridor or fauces, and painted plaster on south wall. 

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. South side of entrance corridor.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance fauces and painted plaster on north wall.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium, looking east.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking north-east across atrium.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1735.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, looking west across impluvium in atrium.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, looking east across impluvium, well and cistern. 

For an Essay on the structure of the foundations of this house,

see Maiuri in Notizie degli Scavi, 1944-45, (p.135-140).

VI.10.6 Pompeii.

Plan and foundations of the house as shown in report on excavations beneath the floor of the atrium.

See Maiuri in Notizie degli Scavi, 1944-45, (p.136, fig.3).

VI.10.6 Pompeii. Axonometric view of the house and foundations, looking west.

For an essay on the various structures found beneath the atrium,

see Maiuri in Notizie degli Scavi, 1944-45, (p.139, fig.5).

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 2, on north side of entrance.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, on north side of entrance. Looking west.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. North side of atrium.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, on north side of atrium.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, ala on north side of atrium.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, tablinum on east side of atrium.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. pre-1937-39. Room 5, tablinum on east side of atrium.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1736.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 6, on south side of entrance corridor.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, west wall.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, north wall.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, remains of oil press found in atrium, probably waiting to be installed in the cellar.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p141).

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, south wall.

VI.10.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, east wall.

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