IX.1.22 Pompeii. House of M. Epidi Sabini.

Linked to IX.1.29. Excavated 1858 and 1866. Restored 1985.

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IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance, in the middle.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. April 2014. Description entrance plaque. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance.

According to Della Corte, graffiti was found on the right of this entrance

(C. Cuspi)  Pansa,  fac  facias    [CIL IV 1071]

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.249)

Also found on the right pilaster, between IX.1.22 and IX.1.23 in August 1858 were

Neptunalem

aed(ilem)  o(ro)  v(os)  f()aciatis)    [CIL IV 1070]

Modestum

aed(ilem)  Pans[a(m)]

fac(it)  facias    [CIL IV 1071]

Siricum    [CIL IV 1072]

M(arcum)  C(errinium)  V(atiam)    [CIL IV 1073]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p.175)

IX.1.22 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Entrance doorway. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

According to Warscher – “The east (right) pilaster of brick was probably reconstructed after 63AD”.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.110), p. 189.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking north along entrance corridor.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

IX.1.22 Pompeii. April 2014. Looking north from entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2004. Vestibule, looking north along entrance corridor to atrium.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2006. Vestibule wall, on west side.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 2, west wall of fauces or entrance corridor.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 2, east wall of fauces.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. September 2019.

Room 1, south side of atrium, with entrance corridor, in centre, and doorway to room 9, on right.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

IX.1.22 Pompeii. September 2019. Room 1, atrium. Looking north.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium. Looking north.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. September 2019. Room 1, looking south towards household shrine. 

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

IX.1.22 Pompeii. September 2019.

Room 1, atrium with household shrine in south-east corner.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium with household shrine in south-east corner.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium with household shrine in south-east corner.

According to Boyce, on the top of a high masonry podium stood the elaborately decorated aedicula.

The podium was decorated along the upper edge with a double band of painted stucco relief.

There was one Doric column of heavy proportions with base and two rectangular pilasters attached to the room walls.

These supported heavy entablature and cornice and a roof with two pediments.

The cornices which surrounded the pediments were decorated with quadruple bands of red and blue stucco relief.

The single column was also stucco coated and painted to imitate red and yellow marble.

The walls, inside and out, were painted with decorations in red, green and yellow upon the white background; ornate portals, garlands, birds, candelabra and arabesques.

Against the walls within the shrine was a low step, to serve as a pedestal for the figures of the gods.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.80)

IX.1.22 Pompeii. November 2008.

Room 1, atrium with household shrine in south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. 1968.

Room 1, atrium with household shrine in south-east corner. 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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IX.1.22 Pompeii. Pre-1931.

Room 1, lararium in south-west corner, showing painted rectangular panel on east wall.

1931.2456. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.117), p. 201.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. 1911. Room 1, atrium with household shrine in south-east corner.

Watercolour painting of lararium by the architect R. A. Briggs.

See Briggs R. A., 1911. Pompeian Decorations. London: Batsford, Plate: Lararium.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. Undated drawing by Pierre Gusman. Room 1, looking towards south-east corner in atrium.

See Gusman, P. (1900). Pompei, the city its life and art. (p.114).

IX.1.22 Pompeii. c.1880-1890. G. Sommer no. 9205.

Room 1, atrium with household shrine in south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. 15th September 1876. Watercolour by Luigi Bazzani of household shrine in atrium.

Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum. Inventory number 1068-1886.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium. Top of household shrine in south-east corner.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. November 2008. Detail from west side of lararium. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. November 2008. Detail from west side of lararium. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. November 2008. Detail of stucco from lararium. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. November 2008. Detail from lararium. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium. Household shrine in south-east corner with painting of a bird.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. November 2008.

Room 1, atrium. Looking east at west side of household shrine, with painting of a bird. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium. Painting on east wall of household shrine in south-east corner.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium. Looking south at ornate top pediment of household shrine in south-east corner.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium. Painting from south wall of the inside of household shrine.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium. Painting on base of household shrine in south-east corner.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. 1968.

Room 1, atrium. Top of household shrine in south-east corner. 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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