IX.2.21 Pompeii. House linked to bronze ware shop.

Linked to IX.2.19 and IX.2.20. Excavated 1869.

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IX.2.21 Pompeii (on left).   Looking west along Vicolo leading to Via Stabiana & Via degli Augustali.       IX.3, on right.

Unnamed vicolo between IX.2, and IX.3, the continuation from Via degli Augustali. December 2018.

Looking west along south side of roadway from IX.2.20, in centre, with doorway to IX.2.21, centre right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance doorway, looking east.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance doorway. 

IX.2.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance, looking south.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. March 2009. East (left) side of entrance fauces.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. March 2009. West (right) side of entrance fauces.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. December 2018.

West side of entrance doorway, possible niche, or as described by Warscher “a hole for barring the door”. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

According to Warscher – this photo is of a hole for barring the entrance doorway.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.113.), p. 193.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south across atrium from entrance fauces.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Looking north across impluvium in atrium.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.112.), p. 193.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, remains of impluvium in atrium, looking south.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, looking south across atrium, through tablinum to peristyle.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

Room 1, looking south towards west side of tablinum and through to peristyle. The doorway to room 5 is on the right.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.115.), p. 195.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Looking south across atrium towards doorway to room 2, on left. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.114.), p. 195.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 2, from atrium.

According to Bragantini, to the east of this doorway the dado would have been seen to be low and red.

The middle zone of the wall was colourless.

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.422, atrio ‘b’).

IX.2.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, south wall, and south-west corner.

According to Bragantini, in this room the dado was colourless. On the south wall the central panel was yellow and the side panels were red.

In the side panels would have been vignettes of animals, or birds. The upper zone was colourless.

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.423, ambiente ‘h’).

IX.2.21 Pompeii. May 2005. South wall at west end.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, south-west corner.

According to Boyce, found in this room, that Fiorelli described as un cubiculo divenuto Larario, was a square brick base with a depression in its upper surface for a statue base and in front of it was a square brick altar.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.81, no. 400)

IX.2.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, south-west corner, and west wall.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, east wall, and south-east corner.

IX.2.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, north-east corner.

On the north wall, the dado was discoloured but seemed to be divided into panels.

The middle zone was divided into red and yellow panels by borders and two parallel lines, separated by narrow compartments with candelabra.

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.423, ambiente ‘h’).

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