VIII.3.18 Pompeii. Casa di Diana.

Linked to VIII.3.16 and VIII.3.17. Excavated 1826, 1840.

VIII.2 Pompeii. December 2004.                     Via delle Scuole looking north.                               VIII.3.18, on right.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. Entrance doorway at the lower side in Via delle Scuole.

Looking east across the atrium to the lararium.

There is now a doorway on the north side of the lararium, leading to rooms near the peristyle at VIII.3.16

See Lesueur, Jean-Baptiste Ciceron. Voyage en Italie de Jean-Baptiste Ciceron Lesueur (1794-1883), pl. 7.

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VIII.3.18 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking east from Via delle Scuole towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. May 2010. Entrance corridor, looking east to atrium.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. May 2024. Looking east across atrium, from entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking east towards atrium, from entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking south to site of impluvium and cistern lid in atrium. Taken from VIII.3.19.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. May 2024. West side of atrium, with a cubiculum on both sides of entrance corridor.

Looking south-west across atrium towards cubiculum on north side of entrance doorway, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. May 2010. West side of atrium, with a cubiculum on both sides of entrance corridor.

Looking south-west across atrium towards cubiculum on north side of entrance doorway, on right. Taken from VIII.3.19.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. May 2010.

West side of atrium, looking south-west to cubiculum on north side of entrance doorway. Taken from VIII.3.19.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. May 2010.

West side of atrium, looking south-west to cubiculum on south side of entrance doorway. Taken from VIII.3.19.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. May 2024.

West side of atrium in south-west corner, with triclinium, on left, with white marble threshold. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. December 2007. West side of atrium with triclinium, on left, with white marble threshold, in south-west corner.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking south to doorway to triclinium in south-west corner of atrium. Taken from VIII.3.19.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking south across atrium towards kitchen, steps to upper floor and triclinium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking towards south-east corner of atrium (or right ala) with kitchen area, (together with kitchen area of peristyle in VIII.3.16, on left of it).

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. May 2010.

Looking south across atrium towards kitchen, steps to upper floor and triclinium in south-west corner. Photo taken from VIII.3.19.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. December 2007.

Looking south across atrium towards kitchen (or right ala), steps to upper floor and triclinium.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. September 2021. Steps to upper floor. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. May 2010. Steps to upper floor. Taken from VIII.3.19. Looking south.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. December 2004.

Showing steps to upper floor which are above VIII.3.17, entrance to cellar reached from street level.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking south-east across atrium towards right ala, being used as a kitchen with hearth. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking south towards right ala, being used as a kitchen with hearth. Taken from VIII.3.19.

A niche latrine can be seen on the west (right side) of the hearth.

See Hobson, B., 2009. Pompeii, Latrines and Down Pipes. Hadrian Books (p.440 and photo p.444)

According to Boyce, Helbig saw a fragmentary lararium painting with the figure of the Lares, in the kitchen. (Helbig 91).

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.76, no.355)

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (no.91).

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking south towards kitchen. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. September 2021. Kitchen area, formerly an ala. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

According to Hobson –

“A niche latrine can be seen on the west (right side) of the hearth.”

See Hobson, B., 2009. Pompeii, Latrines and Down Pipes. Hadrian Books (p.440 and photo p.444).

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking towards east wall in south-east corner of kitchen, and east side of hearth. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking south-east across atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking east across atrium towards corridor to rear rooms and peristyle. Taken from VIII.3.19.

According to Boyce, there is a large recess formed from heavy masonry walls (in the centre of the photo).

Fiorelli called it simply a recess to contain a cupboard, but Breton thought it was the lararium.

According to Boyce, it may well have been a lararium.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.75 no. 354).

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking east across atrium towards large recess or lararium? Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail of large recess in east wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. December 2007. East wall of atrium and south-east corner with kitchen.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking east across atrium and remains of impluvium, towards site of lararium/cupboard.

VIII.3.18 Pompeii. May 2010. Doorway from atrium to rooms in north-east corner, leading to peristyle near VIII.3.16.

Found in the north ala, (the room on the left in the front of the photo), was a painting showing a sitting male figure with a female figure.

This was thought to be Diana (see Helbig 257) or perhaps Atalanta with Meleager, according to Schefold, but nothing now remains of it.

The house was named from the painting of Diana.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (257)

See Schefold, K., 1957. Die Wände Pompejis. Berlin : De Gruyter. (p.221).

According to Eschebach, this doorway would have led to rear rooms surrounding the peristyle area, also reached from VIII.3.16.

She described them as – doorway from atrium leading into tablinum at rear of north ala; nearby was a corridor leading to the three-sided peristyle garden; on the north side of the corridor was a courtyard or yard; a well; latrine; stairs to upper rooms; and a large room in the north-east corner of the peristyle; in the south-west corner of the peristyle was a kitchen hearth and a niche latrine.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.366).

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking through doorway from north-west corner of peristyle, into tablinum, with doorway from atrium on south end of west wall.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking towards west and north walls in tablinum in north-west corner of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking east from north-west corner of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking north-east from west side of peristyle, with doorway to tablinum, on left, courtyard/yard, centre left, doorway to corridor, right of centre, and doorway to large room in north-east corner, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking north-east from west side of peristyle, with doorway to tablinum, on left, courtyard/yard, centre left, and doorway to corridor, right of centre.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking north-east in area of courtyard/yard on north side of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking north through doorway to corridor on north side of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking north in corridor with a doorway to the large room on north-east side of peristyle, on right.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021. Detail of structure at north end of corridor, ? a well. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking west along north side of peristyle through large doorway into room in north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking towards west wall in room in north-east corner of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Room in north-east corner of peristyle, looking towards north-west corner of room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Room in north-east corner of peristyle, looking towards west, north-west corner and north wall of room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Room in north-east corner of peristyle, looking towards north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Room in north-east corner of peristyle, looking towards doorway in south wall onto peristyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking south-west across peristyle, towards kitchen area at west end. On the right is the south wall of the tablinum.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking south at west end of peristyle, towards kitchen area with hearth and niche latrine. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021. Window in south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021. Hearth against south wall in south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021. Detail of hearth against south wall in south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021.

Niche latrine on east side of hearth in south-west corner of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. Pre.1832. Kitchen with hearth in south-west corner of peristyle, with “niche” latrine on left of hearth.

At the rear of the latrine, is the south wall of the peristyle.

See Gell, W. Pompeii unpublished [Dessins de l'édition de 1832 donnant le résultat des fouilles post 1819 (?)] vol II, pl. 35.

Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, collections Jacques Doucet, Identifiant numérique Num MS180 (2).

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VIII.3.18/16 Pompeii. September 2021. Detail of south wall of peristyle, looking east. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.