VI.9.6 Pompeii. Casa dei Dioscuri
or House of Castor & Pollux.
Rear entrance at VI.9.9. Excavated 1826, 1828 and 1837.
Linked to VI.9.7 and VI.9.8.
Atrium
Large peristyle Pseudoperistyle and east side
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, looking south-east across atrium, towards the doorway to the peristyle.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, area on south side of atrium, leading to peristyle.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. c.1830. Room 4, area on south side of atrium, leading to peristyle., a drawing by Gell from his sketchbook.
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.9.6 Pompeii. W.172.
Room 3, looking south-east towards tablinum and doorway leading to peristyle, across atrium with richly painted walls.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. Wall painting of Saturn or Chronos or Chronus holding a sickle.
One of two paintings that flanked the door in the deep bay of the atrium that formed a vestibule for the peristyle.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8837.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella, November
2018.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. Found on 18th June 1828 in room 4, area leading to peristyle.
Wall painting of Saturn or Chronos or Chronus holding a sickle.
One of two paintings that flanked the door in the deep bay that formed a vestibule for the peristyle.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8837.
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (96).
VI.9.6 Pompeii.
Painting by Giuseppe Marsigli, 7th July 1828, of the figure of Saturn from atrium wall.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 334.
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VI.9.6 Pompeii. July 2017.
Found on 1st July 1828. Pan and Hermaphrodite. Found over the entrance to the big peristyle, on the south wall.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 27700.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. Found on 1st July 1828. Pan and Hermaphrodite.
Found over the entrance to the big peristyle, on the south wall.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 27700.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. 1867 Drawing of painting of Pan and Hermaphrodite found on 1st July 1828.
DAIR 83.87. Photo
© Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
See Helbig, W.,
1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv
verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1370:
p.304, p.469).
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4 with doorway to room 5 in west wall.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.792. Room 4 with doorway to room 5 in west wall of south-west side of the atrium.
The doorway leading into the peristyle is on the left.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
Wall painting of Ceres holding a long torch and a basket full of ears of grain.
One of two paintings that flanked the door in the deep bay of the atrium that formed a vestibule for the peristyle.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9454.
Photo courtesy
of Giuseppe Ciaramella, November 2018.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. Found on 18th June 1828 in room 4, area leading to peristyle.
Wall painting of Ceres holding a long torch and a basket full of ears of grain.
One of two paintings that flanked the door in the deep bay that formed a vestibule for the peristyle.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9454.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. Drawing of Ceres attributed to Giuseppe Marsigli, but perhaps drawn by La Volpe.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 335.
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VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 5, cubiculum.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, west wall of cubiculum.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, cubiculum.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, cubiculum.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, doorway in east wall of cubiculum.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. December 2023.
Looking south through doorway to room 6, entrance to
peristyle on south side of room 4. Photo
courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. November 2023.
Doorway to room 6,
entrance to peristyle on south side of room 4. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 6, entrance to peristyle on south side of room 4.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.793.
Room 3, atrium with doorway to room 7 (centre) in south-east side of atrium, with doorway to peristyle (on right).
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 7, looking east.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, east wall.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, north wall.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, south wall.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, slit window overlooking peristyle in south wall.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, west wall with doorway to room 4 and atrium.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.794. Room 3, atrium, south east side with doorways to room 8 (on left) and room 7 (on right).
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east across atrium towards tablinum and room 8.
This is shown on the Fox collection list as “the corner of tablinum showing entrance to fauces”.
The entrance is in fact a room on the right of the tablinum with a window to the garden, (our room 8).
Old undated photograph courtesy of the Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.797, Room 3, atrium, looking towards south wall, east side outside room 8.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.771. Room 3, atrium – architectural fragment near south wall.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
Atrium: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Plan
Large peristyle Pseudoperistyle and east side