VI.9.1 Pompeii. Casa del Duca di Aumale or Casa d’Iside ed Io

or Hospitium Gabinianus or of Gabinius.

Rear entrance at VI.9.14. Excavated 1831, 1841 and 1851.

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VI.9.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 16, looking west. This room was in the south-west corner of the house.

According to Packer, in room 16, (his room 9), on the south wall, were painted large yellow and red panels divided by green and white borders.

See Cronache Pompeiane, IV, 1978, for article by Packer, J: Inns at Pompeii: a short survey (p.24-30).

VI.9.1 Pompeii. W644. Remains of painted panel decoration, showing bird pecking at cherries.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. With kind permission of DAI Rome, whose copyright it remains.

According to Warscher, in her room “h”, our room 16, this painting showed a rectangle with a painted bird pecking at fruit.

This room was in the south-west corner of the house, the south wall of this room backed onto the peristyle of the House of Meleager.

The room carried on its east wall some remains of paintings.

See Warscher, T, 1938: Codex Topographicus Pompejanus, Regio VI, insula 9: Pars prima, (no. 25), DAIR, Rome. 

VI.9.1 Pompeii. W645. Remains of painted still-life panel, showing bird pecking at cherries.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.9.1 Pompeii. W646. Remains of painted architectural wall decorations.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. With kind permission of DAI Rome, whose copyright it remains.

According to Warscher, this was from her room “h”, our room 16.

See Warscher, T, 1938: Codex Topographicus Pompejanus, Regio VI, insula 9: Pars prima, (no. 26), DAIR, Rome. 

VI.9.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 21, looking west.

According to Packer, in cubicula rooms 21, 20 and 19 (rooms 8, 7 and 6 on his plan) the decorations were once elaborate but only a few remnants survived.

In room 21 (or 8 on his plan), these walls would have been decorated with a white dado and the main wall areas were separated by red and yellow borders.

In room 19 (or 6 on his plan), there were white panels with narrow red borders below a moulded stucco cornice.

In room 20 (or 7 on his plan) there were yellow panels separated by red borders.

According to BAN, the said bedrooms were all ornamented with dado, of both marble or black, and were painted with lines of plants, cornices, arabesques, birds often pecking the cherries or fruits, panthers and other animals, and the areas above were mainly finished with elegant carved cornices of stucco.

See Cronache Pompeiane, IV, 1978, for article by Packer, J: Inns at Pompeii: a short survey (p.24-30)

See Bullettino Archeologico Napolitano, 1,1843, p.68-70

VI.9.1 Pompeii. W643. Remains of decorated wall plaster.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. With kind permission of DAI Rome, whose copyright it remains.

According to Warscher, this photograph showed the south wall of room “G” (our room 21) with remains of traces of a painting that had been cut from the wall. She wrote,

“in the room “G” the south wall showed clear traces of a cut painting – the hole measured 0,55m + 0,40m.

I have not found any information on this painting, but I am in no doubt that it was there”.

See Warscher, T, 1938: Codex Topographicus Pompejanus, Regio VI, insula 9: Pars prima, (no. 24), DAIR, Rome. 

VI.9.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 20, looking west.

According to Packer, in number 20 (or 7 on his plan) the walls would have been decorated with yellow panels separated by red borders.

Originally this would have been the entrance corridor of a previously separate house, which was then converted into bedroom use.

See Cronache Pompeiane, IV, 1978, for article by Packer, J: Inns at Pompeii: a short survey (p.26)

According to Warscher, "the room "i”, open in its entire width to the triclinium "O” was rebuilt from the fauces of a second house, already mentioned.

Here also you will find traces of very coarse painting – perhaps if I am not mistaken – griffins are represented here”.

See Warscher, T, 1938: Codex Topographicus Pompejanus, Regio VI, insula 9: Pars prima, DAIR, Rome. 

VI.9.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 19, looking north-west through remains of doorway.

According to Packer, in number 19 (or 6), the walls would have been decorated with white panels with narrow red borders below a moulded stucco cornice.

According to Warscher, in her room “e” (our room 19), she could see traces of paintings on the west wall:

three panels were separated by vertical bands.

In the middle of the central panel – size 1,20m wide – there was a medallion of 0,18m diameter.

On the side panels were painted birds. The painting was very rough.

See Warscher, T, 1938: Codex Topographicus Pompejanus, Regio VI, insula 9: Pars prima, DAIR, Rome. 

VI.9.1 Pompeii. December 2007.

Room 19, with remains of stucco on east wall, in north-east corner, next to doorway leading into room 15, triclinium.

VI.9.1 Pompeii. W659.

Room 19, with remains of stucco on east wall, next to doorway leading into room 15, triclinium.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.9.1 Pompeii. W640 Looking north along west side of house, from large triclinium near garden area.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

According to Warscher, the photo was taken from the north end of the triclinium “O” (our room 15), as described by Fiorelli,

“the very large triclinium furnished with ample windows overlooking the xystus, and bordered by five independent rooms between them, one of them with the same garden window, and another without a doorway, because it was re-used from the entrance corridor of the second house of the three houses that originally stood here.

The street wall was walled up to form Warscher’s room “i” (our room 20).

See Warscher, T, 1938: Codex Topographicus Pompejanus, Regio VI, insula 9: Pars prima, (no.20), DAIR, Rome. 

VI.9.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 3, cubiculum, on south side of entrance corridor.

VI.9.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 3, looking towards south-west corner.

According to Warscher -

her room “d” (our room 3) measured 3,20 + 3,45, and had a window that overlooked onto the Via di Mercurio, see her photograph no.6, below.

The lower part of the walls up until the height of 1,75 were painted in red, the upper part was white.

See Warscher, T, 1938: Codex Topographicus Pompejanus, Regio VI, insula 9: Pars prima, DAIR, Rome. 

VI.9.1 Pompeii. W 657. Photo by Tatiana Warscher described as “Remains of wall decorations”.

No locations for the room or the walls were given.

Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

Extracts from Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano, Anno Primo, 1843 published by Francesco M. Avellino.

(Note: “Settima casa” (Seventh house) is part of Avellino’s description, and not to the seventh house on any particular street).

See Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano, Anno Primo, 1843, No. IX, 1 Maggio 1843, p.68.

See Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano, Anno Primo, 1843, No. IX, 1 Maggio 1843, p.69.

See Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano, Anno Primo, 1843, No. IX, 1 Maggio 1843, p.69.

See Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano, Anno Primo, 1843, No. IX, 1 Maggio 1843, p.70.

See Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano, Anno Primo, 1843, No. IX, 1 Maggio 1843, p.70.

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