IX.5.6 Pompeii. House. Rear entrance and stable at IX.5.17.
Excavated 1877 and 1878.
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Plan IX.5.17
Room
u – garden area
IX.5.6
Pompeii. May 2017. Room u, looking north towards room n, from garden area.
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Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Room u, looking east from
south wall of room p, towards garden wall.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6
Pompeii. May 2017. Room u, looking towards east wall of garden area.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. May 2017. Room u, looking
towards east wall of garden area with niche.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. February 2020. Room u,
looking towards niche on east wall in garden area. Photo courtesy of Aude
Durand.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. May
2017. Room u, looking towards niche on east wall in garden area.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Room u, niche on east wall in garden area.
According to Boyce, Mau measured this arched niche as h.0.31, w.0.39, d.019.
In 1937 Boyce said the niche measured h.0.70, w.0.60, d.0.20.
He felt that such a discrepancy could not be explained by the falling away of the coating of plaster which had left the bricks quite bare.
In front of the niche stood a small masonry altar.
He gave the references – Not. Scavi, 1878, 262; Bull. Inst., 1879, 94; Overbeck-Mau, 290.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.85, no. 422)
IX.5.6 Pompeii. May
2017. Room u, detail of niche on east wall in garden area.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6
Pompeii. May 2017. Room u, looking towards east wall of garden area with niche.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6
Pompeii. May 2017. Room u, looking towards east wall in south-east corner of
garden area.
On
the right is the north exterior wall of room x, see IX.5.17 for those rooms.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6/17 Pompeii.
May 2017. Room u, looking south towards doorway to rooms w, x and q, in
IX.5.17.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Extract from cork model in Naples
Archaeological Museum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6/17 Pompeii.
May 2017. Room u, detail of exterior upper wall in south-east corner.
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Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6/17 Pompeii.
May 2017. Room u, detail of exterior wall in south-east corner.
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Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6/17 Pompeii. May 2017. Room u, exterior south-east
corner of garden area.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6/17 Pompeii. May 2017. Room u, detail from exterior
south-east corner of garden area.
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IX.5.6 Pompeii. May 2017.
Room u, flooring.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. May 2017.
Room u, detail of flooring.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6/17 Pompeii. May 2017.
Room u, doorway
from garden area leading into corridor y, of IX.5.17
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. February 2020. Room u, looking
south across garden area. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
Room
u, looking towards west wall in south-west corner of garden area.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6
Pompeii. May 2017.
Room
u, looking towards continuation of west wall northwards from south-west corner
of garden area.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6
Pompeii. May 2017. Room u, detail from west wall.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6
Pompeii. May 2017. Room u, continuation of west wall northwards.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. May 2017. Room u, continuation
of west wall further northwards.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6
Pompeii. March 2017. Room u, garden area, looking towards west wall, with
masonry basin, in centre.
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Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6
Pompeii. March 2017. Room u, masonry basin against west wall of garden area.
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Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6
Pompeii. March 2017. Room u, detail from lower front of masonry basin.
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Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Room u, looking south across garden area.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. May 2017.
Room u, looking south from north side of masonry basin along west wall towards doorway into IX.5.17.
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Room
u, looking north towards room n from near masonry basin, on west side of garden
area.
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Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. May 2017. Room u, looking north
towards masonry basin, on west side of garden area.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. May 2017.
Room u, looking north towards
detail of south side of masonry basin and west wall of garden area.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. May 2017. Room u, looking west
to masonry basin against west wall of garden area.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. May 2017. Room u, looking west
to interior of masonry basin.
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IX.5.6 Pompeii. May 2017. Room u, lizard
disturbed in his peace and quiet.
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IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Room u, masonry basin with water pipe, on south side of room “s”, on west wall of garden area.
According to both Richardson and Jashemski, near this basin four marble heads were found, including an Epicurus and two other philosophers.
See Richardson, L., 1988. Pompeii: An Architectural History. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.
Jashemski said that three were heads of men and one of a woman. All were of the same marble and excellent workmanship.
Mau thought they were to be attached to a wall; Dwyer suggested that they may have been cut to place back-to-back as double herms.
Although, under examination he found that no two heads fitted together.
The marble heads are now in the Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory numbers 111389, 111390, 111391 and 111392.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.236)
According to Pompeii, the richest series of little busts of philosophers was found here, Demosthenes, one alleged to portray Seneca, Epicurus and a woman, perhaps Leontion, the philosopher’s student and companion.
See Panetta, M.R. (ed): Pompeii, the history, life and art of the buried city. Italy, White Star Publishers: (p.269)
IX.5.6 Pompeii. Room u. Marble bust said to be Seneca.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 111389.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. Room u. Marble bust of Epicurus.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 111392.
Cork model
Cork model on display on Naples Archaeological Museum. July 2017.
Looking north from Gladiators Barracks and Theatres at VIII.7 on Via Stabiana, lower right.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
This model in the Naples Archaeological Museum, made of wood, cork and paper, by Felice Padiglione, is scaled at 1/100, and shows the excavations up until the end of 1879.
Many models of the city were produced, including one on display in an exhibition in VIII.2.14/16 in 2018.
That model featured the houses on the western side of VIII.2, that is VIII.2.1/3 the Houses of Championnet, VIII.2.14/16, VIII.2.17/21 the Sarno Baths, and the next few properties on the southern slope.
According to the Archaeological Park of Pompeii display notice in VIII.2.14/16 -
“The cork model was begun in 1865 by Giovanni Padiglione, one of several models predating the great model of the entire city now in Naples Archaeological Museum.
It was created over the course of several stages, following the advance of archaeological discoveries, as demonstrated by the Courtyard of the Moray Eels, excavated at the end of the nineteenth century, and the lower floors of the houses which were investigated in the 1930’s.
In addition, the wall and floor decorations, painted on paper, do not correspond with those that were originally present; most probably it was decided to substitute them with those of a more profound impact from other houses, for educational purposes.”
IX.5, Pompeii. July 2017. Looking west across insula, with Central Baths, at top, Via di Nola, on right, Vicolo del Centenario, lower.
Extract
from cork model in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5, Pompeii. July 2017. Overview of insula.
From
cork model in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.12/11/10/9/8/7/6/5,
Pompeii. July 2017. Looking towards south side of Via di Nola, with entrance
doorway, on right.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking west across atrium, with entrance corridor, on right.
From cork model in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
IX.5.6 Pompeii, across centre. July 2017. Rooms on north end around atrium, with entrance onto Via di Nola
From cork model in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
IX.5.6 Pompeii, across centre. July 2017. Rooms at south end linking to garden, and rear entrance at IX.5.17, on left.
From cork model in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
IX.5.6 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking west across rooms at rear of house.
From cork model in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
IX.5.6 Pompeii, in centre. July 2017. Looking north-west across insula towards decorated rooms around atrium.
From cork model in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii,
in centre. July 2017.
Looking north-west towards decorated walls in entrance corridor, west ala, and other rooms around atrium.
From cork model in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking north-west across rooms at rear.
The room in the lower left is part of IX.5.18.
From cork model in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.6 Pompeii. July 2017. Detail from north wall of rooms at rear.
The room in the lower left is part of IX.5.18.
From cork model in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
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Plan IX.5.17