VI.15.9 Pompeii. Casa del Compluvium or Casa del Doppio Impluvio.

Excavated 1896. Atrium gallery reconstructed 1976.

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VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Cubiculum on south side of entrance.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Cubiculum. East wall with window to Vico dei Vettii.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. East wall of cubiculum, with window to Vicolo dei Vettii.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Cubiculum. North wall.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. North wall of cubiculum.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Cubiculum. South wall.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall of cubiculum.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Cubiculum. South wall.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall of cubiculum.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of cubiculum, with doorway into atrium. Looking west.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of cubiculum, with doorway into atrium, and remains of upper floor room. Looking west.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north-west across impluvium in atrium.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north-west across impluvium in atrium from doorway of cubiculum.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Reconstructed modern staircase to upper floor above atrium.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west across atrium, to doorways of kitchen area and triclinium.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to kitchen and service area.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Services area, kitchen and latrine, with its own upper floor.
In left foreground, the light-well. According to NdS, ahead on the right from where you enter would have been the stairs to the upper floor. At the rear, would have been the latrine and a small hearth. See Notizie degli Scavi, February 1897, (p.64)

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009.

Services area, kitchen and latrine, with its own upper floor. In left foreground, the light-well.

According to NdS, ahead on the right from where you enter would have been the stairs to the upper floor.

At the rear, would have been the latrine and a small hearth.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, February 1897, (p.64)

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Kitchen area. Area without roof, or lightwell. to give daylight, to the services area.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Kitchen area. Area without roof, or lightwell, to give daylight to the services area.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. South East corner of roofless area in kitchen area.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. South-east corner of roofless area in kitchen area.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Kitchen area, doorway through to kitchen and latrine. Looking west.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Latrine in kitchen. Looking west.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. July 2008. Looking west at latrine in kitchen. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Latrine in kitchen. Looking north.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Latrine. North wall with remains of wall plaster.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. North wall of latrine, with remains of wall plaster.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Latrine.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Kitchen and Latrine. West wall, downpipe, and holes in wall for upper floor support.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009.

Kitchen and Latrine. West wall, downpipe, and holes in wall for upper floor support.

VI.15.8 Pompeii.July 2008. West wall of kitchen, with downpipe. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.

VI.15.8 Pompeii, July 2008. West wall of kitchen, with downpipe. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Kitchen area, base of stairs leading to a loft or pergula. Looking south.

VI.15.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Roofless kitchen area looking east, walls with no holes for an upper floor.

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