VII .2.20 Pompeii. Casa di N. Popidius Priscus
or Casa dei Marmi.
Linked to VII .2.21, VII .2.41 and VII .2.41a.
Excavated 1833, 1845 and 1863-4.
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VII.2.20 Pompeii, on left. October 2017.
Looking west towards entrance doorway on south side of Vicolo del Panettiere.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.20
Pompeii, on right. October 2017. Looking west along Vicolo del Panettiere, with
entrance doorway at VII.2.20, on right.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009.
Entrance on south side of Vico del Panettiere, with short vestibule and then threshold for fauces.
According to
Pagano –
“Vicoletto tra la
via Stabiana e il vico Storto.
Sui due lati di
questo breve vicoletto veggonsi parecchie abitazioni, che tornarono a luce
verso gli ultimi mesi del 1857, ma tutte sono di poca importanza, meno l’ultima
a sinistra scavata nel 1864, notevole per la sua grandezza, e per altre
considerazioni ancora.
Infatti vi si
scorgono tre tondi che ritraggono Paride con l’Amorino sulla destra spalla, una
scrittrice col dittico nella destra e lo stilo avvicinato alla bocca, infine i
busti di Marte e Venere. Vi si rinvennero gli scheletri di due cavalli, e una
gran provvista di marmi colorati, dai quali ha preso l’abitazione il nome di
Casa dei marmi colorati.
Ma le due piu importani
scoverte che vi si fecero, sono il pozzo alto 110 palmi e trovato con una considerevole
quantita di acqua, e la statuetta in bronzo del Sileno ubbriaco, che era tra le
piu belle sculture del Museo Nazionale. Questa casa ha una seconda porta sul
Vico degli Augustali.”
See Pagano, N. (1868). Guida di Pompei, 2nd ed. (p.42)
(translation -
On both sides of this short vicolo we see several
dwellings, which came to light towards the last months of 1857, but all are of
little importance, except the last to the left excavated in 1864, remarkable
for its greatness, and also for other considerations. In fact, found here were
three medallions which portray Paris with a Cupid on his right shoulder, a
female writer with the diptych in her hand, and stylus approaching the mouth,
and finally the busts of Mars and Venus.
Also found here were the skeletons of two horses, and a
large supply of coloured marble, from which the house took the name of House of
Coloured Marbles.
But the two most important discoveries that were found
here, was the well 110 palms deep and found with a considerable amount of
water, and the bronze statuette of the Drunken Silenus which is amongst the
most beautiful sculptures of the National Museum. This house has a second
doorway onto the Via degli Augustali.)
VII.2.20 Pompeii. Entrance on south side of Vico del Panettiere. Scratched Greek inscription, Latin equivalent Domus Pertusa.
According to
Fiorelli –
“Sappiamo che
questa casa fu ricercata dopo l’eruzione vesuviana, e probabilmente verso il
tempo degli Antonini, leggendovi presso il limitare della porta graffito con un
chiodo: Domus pertusa (Casa sbucata)".
"We know that this house was searched after the Vesuvian eruption, and probably around the time of the Antonines, (c.96-192AD) as one could read at the edge of the door scratched with a nail: House pierced (House brought out)?”.
See Fiorelli, G.,
1877. Guida di Pompeii. Roma: Tipografia Elzeviriana, p. 59.
VII.2.20 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking south from entrance
doorway threshold towards vestibule threshold to fauces.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking towards vestibule with marble threshold, from entrance corridor/fauces.
VII.2.20 Pompeii. c.1930. Flooring in atrium.
DAIR
41.640. Photo ©
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
See Pernice, E.
1938. Pavimente und Figürliche Mosaiken: Die Hellenistische
Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin: de Gruyter, (tav. 20,2, above.)
Found somewhere in this house on 21st May 1866 was the statue of Drunken Silenus, below.
Bronze
statuette of Drunken Silenus. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
On
display in “L’altra MANN” exhibition, October 2023, at Naples Archaeological
Museum, inv. 5001.
VII.2.20 Pompeii. October 2023.
Description card. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Side and rear view of bronze statuette of Drunken Silenus. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
On display in “L’altra MANN” exhibition, October 2023, at Naples
Archaeological Museum, inv. 5001.
Bronze statue of Drunken Silenus, intended as a stand for a vase, of which the fragments were found nearby.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 5001.
See Real Museo Borbonico, Vol. XVI, Tav. XXIX.
Old undated postcard by G. Sommer e Figlio. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Giorgio Sommer Cabinet Card number 5427. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
These may
have been seen on the east side of the atrium.
They are
described as - a young girl with an even younger girl looking over her shoulder
(Helbig 1426);
- Paris,
with Cupid (Helbig 1276), and
- Mars and
Venus (Helbig 313).
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 313, 1276, 1426.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 537.
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Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
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VII.2.20 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking south across
impluvium in atrium.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, looking south-east across impluvium in atrium.
VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 2, triclinium.
VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, north wall of triclinium with windows onto Vicolo del Panettiere.
VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, east wall of triclinium.
VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, east side of atrium showing doorways to rooms 3, 4, 5 and 6. Looking south-east.
VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 3, cubiculum.
VII.2.20 Pompeii. c.1930. Room 3, flooring
DAIR 41.642. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung
Rom, Arkiv.
See Pernice,
E. 1938. Pavimente und Figürliche
Mosaiken: Die Hellenistische Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin:
de Gruyter, (described as cubiculum “e”, see taf. 20.4)
According to PPM,
The
flooring of the interior of the room, although in its simplicity, emphasized
the destination of the parts of the room with the drop in the alcove and the
carpet pattern in the antechamber. Inserted in the beaten flooring, were
irregular small limestone flakes, a set of black tesserae consisting of a band
of seven rows within a rectangle of four, and the edge of the carpet of the antechamber
formed by bands of six rows of the same black tiles.
See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VI. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p. 624).
VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, east wall of cubiculum.
VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, north wall of cubiculum.
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