VII.7.2 Pompeii. Casa di
Trittolemo or House of Tryptolemus
or House of the Cissonii or House of L. Calpurnius Diogenes.
Linked to VII .7.5, VII .7.14 and VII .7.15.
Excavated 1859, 1871. Restored 2014.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. Via Marina, January 1977. Looking east along Via Marina towards the Forum.
The entrance doorway to VII.7.2 is on the left. Photo courtesy of David Hingston.
VII.7.2
Pompeii. October 2023. Looking
north towards entrance doorway to wide entrance corridor “a”. Photo courtesy of
Klaus Heese.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance doorway to wide entrance corridor “a”.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. October 2023.
Looking north along entrance corridor “a”, with doorway to
room “b” on left, and room “c” on right. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018.
Looking north along entrance corridor “a”, with doorway to room “b” on left, and room “c” on right. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. September 2015.
Looking north from entrance doorway towards atrium, tablinum “k” and corridor “l” (L) to rear.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking north-east from entrance doorway towards doorway to room “c”.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking north-east from entrance doorway towards area “f”, on south side of corridor “l” (L).
According to Eschebach, on the east side of the atrium was a yard, possibly with a masonry triclinium.
See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.299).
VII.7.2 Pompeii. Drawing of rooms on east side of atrium with impluvium.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1942, (p.409).
(Not: these room numbers are different from PPM plan).
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018. Looking towards area “f” on east side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018. Steps to upper floor in north-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. September 2004. Looking north from entrance doorway towards atrium with impluvium “g”.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. September 2017.
Looking north from
entrance across impluvium “g” in atrium towards tablinum “k”. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking north from entrance towards impluvium “g” in atrium.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018. Detail of impluvium “g”, looking north. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Looking north-west across impluvium “g” in atrium, towards tablinum “k”. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.7.2 Pompeii.
October 2023. Looking north towards tablinum, and corridor to rear peristyle. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.7.2 Pompeii.
October 2023. Looking north through tablinum towards rear peristyle. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018. West wall of tablinum “k”. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018.
Detail from west wall of tablinum “k”, with blocked doorway connecting to house at VII.7.5. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018. East wall of tablinum “k”. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018.
Looking south towards impluvium “g” made of slabs of tufa, from south side of tablinum “k”.
The doorway to room “d” is on the south side, with doorway to room “i” visible behind the wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Mystery photo. VII.7.5 Pompeii according to Warsher – we think it may be -
VII.7.2 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking south-west from impluvium “g” in atrium.
This area was badly bombed in 1943 and has been rebuilt.
If we are correct, in the centre would be room “h”, with doorway to room “i”, centre left.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1445.
If anyone would like to agree or disagree with our thoughts, we would be pleased to hear from you.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018. Detail of impluvium “g” in atrium, looking south. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. December 2019.
Looking north across atrium towards tablinum and through to peristyle.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. September 2015.
Looking across impluvium “g” in atrium towards tablinum “k” with corridor “l” (L) to peristyle “x”, at rear.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018.
Looking north-west across tablinum “k” towards portico “m” and peristyle/garden “x”. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, September 2017.
Looking north across tablinum “k” towards peristyle/garden “x” at rear. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking north-west across impluvium “g” in atrium towards tablinum “k” and peristyle “x”.
According to Boyce, near the west end of the open court of the peristyle stood a masonry altar.
It was coated with white stucco, decorated with painted red and yellow flowers.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p/68, no.295 and Pl.39,1)
According to Jashemski, the peristyle garden at the rear of the tablinum was enclosed by a portico on the east, and most of the north and south sides.
It was supported on both the north and south sides by three columns and one engaged column.
An altar, decorated with crudely painted flowers, stood in the north-west part of the garden.
16 terracotta lamps were found in the portico.
The windowed tablinum, the oecus on the south, and the exedra on the north, had views into the garden.
The adjoining house, through a wide window in its large triclinium, also had a fine view into this garden.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.186 and fig 218, peristyle with painted altar).
VII.7.2 Pompeii. 1957.
Remains of painted masonry altar with flowers, from north-west of peristyle “x”.
Photo by
Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The
Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland
Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative
Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018. Looking north-west across peristyle “x”. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018. Looking towards north side of peristyle “x” with exedra “y”, in centre. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee
VII.7.2 Pompeii.
October 2023. Doorway to room in north-west corner of peristyle. Photo courtesy
of Klaus Heese.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. December 2019.
Looking north across peristyle “x” towards rear rooms. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. December
2019. Looking across peristyle towards rooms on north side. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. December 2019.
Looking north-east
across peristyle towards rear rooms. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
According to Garcia y Garcia –
the house at VII.7.5, linked by the south portico at the rear of this tablinum, was hit by a bomb during the night of 24th August 1943.
During the night bombing on 13th September 1943, the secondary peristyle at VII.7.2 was hit.
Together with the felling of the six columns, the portico was totally destroyed as well as the three rooms on the west side.
Nearly all the paintings of the II and IV style that decorated the secondary and central tablinum and the room to the north-east of this peristyle, were lost.
See Garcia y
Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.112-114,
including photos).
VII.7.2
Pompeii. 1944, detail taken from USAAF aerial photo.
Looking north-west
across the Basilica and Via Marina, lower left in photo.
On the north
side of the Via Marina, in the upper part of the photo, the house of House of
Romulus and Remus (VII.7.10), and House of Tryptolemus (VII.7.5 and VII.7.2)
can be seen on the west side of the Temple of Apollo, which is on the right.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. December 2019.
Looking across peristyle garden towards rooms in north-east corner.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Mystery photo. VII.7.5 Pompeii according to Warsher – we think it may be -
VII.7.2 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking north along east side of portico towards doorway to room “z” in north-east corner.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 866.
Mystery photo. VII.7.5 Pompeii according to Warsher – we think it may be -
VII.7.2 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking across rear peristyle “x” towards doorway of room “z” in north-east corner, centre left.
On the right would be a doorway into one of the rooms on the east side of the peristyle, possibly room “s”.
This area suffered badly from the 1943 bombing.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1447.
If anyone would like to agree or
disagree with our thoughts, we would be pleased to hear from you.
On the right would be room “o”, followed by room “q”, room “r” (behind the column), and room “s”, on left.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018.
Looking north along three rooms on east side of peristyle, room “q” on right, room “r” in centre, and room “s”.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018.
Looking east into room “q”, one of the three rooms on east side of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. December 2019.
Looking east towards Temple of Venus, across two boundary walls with a space between.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
At some stage in its early life, the wall between the Temple and the Casa di Trittolemo was rebuilt.
According to Cooley – an inscription related to changes either in the sanctuaries’ relationship with the Forum, to the east, or with private houses to the west, gave legal permission for the blocking off of light from the spaces adjacent to the sanctuary.
For the inscription -
Marcus Holconius Rufus, duumvir with judicial power for the third time and Gnaeus Egnatius Postumus, duumvir with judicial power for the second time, in accordance with the decree of the town councillors paid 3,000 sesterces for the right to block off light, and saw to the building of a private wall belonging to the Colonia Veneria Cornelia as far as the roof.
See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge, (p.84-5, E1 – CIL X 787 = ILS 5915 (c. before 2 BC).
(See also VII.7.32).
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018. Looking south in room “n” on east end of south portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Looking south in room “n” and across mosaic flooring with central emblema. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. December 2019.
Looking south across
flooring and central emblema in oecus “n”. Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018.
Central emblema in mosaic floor in room “n” at east end of south portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.2 Pompeii, May 2018. Room “n”, detail of central emblema. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.2/5, Pompeii. c.1930. Central emblema and
flooring in room “n”.
According to Blake –
The house bears evidence of several
transformations.
There is no way of knowing to which one of
those transformations the centre represented above belongs.
The design, though composed of elements common
to the mosaics of the period, is so far as I know, unique.
See Blake, M., (1930). The pavements of the
Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early Empire. Rome, MAAR, 8, (p.114
& Pl.23, Tav. 3).
VII.7.2/5 Pompeii, May 2018.
Looking east along crowded south portico “m”, with just some of the three million tourists a year. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oecus “n” and corridor “l” (L) are the two doorways at the east end of south portico “m”.
VII.7.2 Pompeii. Drawing of plan.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1942, (p. 404-415, and plan as above, on p.408).
(Note: the room numbers differ from the plan in PPM and does not show rooms on the north side of peristyle/garden).