I.6.4 Pompeii. Casa del Sacello iliaco or Casa del Larario di Achille

or House of the ilion sanctuary or House of the Lararium of Achilles.

Excavated 1913 and 1929.

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I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, triclinium, looking south-east.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 11, looking towards north wall of triclinium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii, 1968. Room 11, north-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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I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2021. Room 11, east wall, wall painting of elephants. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2005. Room 11, east wall, wall painting of elephants.

According to Della Corte, 4 graffiti were found on the east wall of the large salon written at the height of man above the painted red/cinnamon on the extreme south –

Idibus Martia(s!) / in sumptum sumpsi [CIL IV 8013]

It seems to be the date of a contracted debt (sumpsi) to cope with some expenditure (in sumptum).

XI XV Ka(lendas) Maias [CIL IV 8014]

Nothing else other than the date can be learnt.

VII Idus Novem(bres) asseres(!) IIII / Tertius [CIL IV 8015]

The third instead, alludes to four poles/planks/joists/small beams or stakes (asseres), of which a servant (?) Tertius, keeps account.

XI K(alendas) Iulias / man() [CIL IV 8016]

The last was vague, with the exception of the date.

On the same wall, but at the top of the zoccolo, under the representation of the two large elephants, was a graffito that Della Corte reproduced in facsimile –

Venustus is fu[3]in[3] Vibrio(?) l<e=I>one(?)[3] [CIL IV 8017]

The name Venustus, at the beginning of the inscription is fairly clear, whereas the rest was rather dubious.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1914, (p.201).

See Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (www.manfredclauss.de).

I.6.4 Pompeii, 1968.  Room 11, east wall, wall painting of elephants.  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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I.6.4 Pompeii, 1968. Detail from elephant with garland on east wall. 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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I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2021. Room 11, looking towards east wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2021.

Room 11, room of the elephants – showing fine mosaic floor and painting on east wall at south end, on right.

Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2005.

Room 11, room of the elephants – showing fine mosaic floor and painting on east wall at south end, on right.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, mosaic floor, looking across towards the south-east corner.

In the south-west corner of room 11 is a small doorway leading into a cubiculum.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 11, south-east corner and south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2021. Room 11, mosaic floor. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2005. Room 11, mosaic floor.

I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2021. Room 11, mosaic floor. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

I.6.4 Pompeii. Before 1938. Room 11, mosaic floor.

DAIR 41.665. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

See Pernice, E.  1938. Pavimente und Figürliche Mosaiken: Die Hellenistische Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin: de Gruyter, Taf. 25,5.

I.6.4 Pompeii. Before 1938. Room 11, mosaic floor part.

DAIR 41.666. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

See Pernice, E.  1938. Pavimente und Figürliche Mosaiken: Die Hellenistische Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin: de Gruyter, Taf. 25,6.

I.6.4 Pompeii. Before 1938. Room 11, mosaic floor spirals.

DAIR 41.286. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

See Pernice, E.  1938. Pavimente und Figürliche Mosaiken: Die Hellenistische Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin: de Gruyter, Taf. 26,3.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 12, on the left (east side) is the doorway into room 11.

Ahead is the south wall of room 12, at the rear of this is the small cubiculum with a mosaic floor.

The small cubiculum has not been photographed.

According to Kuivalainen in an alcove in the east wall of the small cubiculum, he describes –

“A composition of two figures painted with white on a red background. On the left, a half reclining robed female figure with her head inclining towards her right shoulder. The youth on the right side advances energetically, stepping with his left leg over the female’s legs, with a pedum in his left hand.”

Kuivalainen comments –

“Bacchus, with a pedum in hand, approaching a sleeping Ariadne would be a rare subject. ……………………….”

See Kuivalainen, I., 2021. The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus. Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 140. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, (p.144, E4).

I.6.4 Pompeii. Mosaic floor in small cubiculum.

DAIR 41.669. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

See Pernice, E.  1938. Pavimente und Figürliche Mosaiken: Die Hellenistische Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin: de Gruyter, Taf. 26,4.

See http://arachne.dainst.org/entity/1327491

I.6.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Doorway to room 13.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 13, looking east from doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Room 13, looking east, with more building material against south wall.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, looking south.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022.

Room 13, structure for industrial activity against east wall at north end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

According to Spinazzola –

“this was the vaulted temporary “Fornax calcaria”. For work in progress”.

See Spinazzola V., 1953. Pompei alla luce degli Scavi Nuovi di Via dell’Abbondanza (anni 1910-1923). Roma: La Libreria della Stato, (p.446, and fig. 506).

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, structure for industrial activity, looking north from south-east corner.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, small room or recess in south-west corner.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, garden area. Looking north along west side towards room 14.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 14, steps to upper floor. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 14, staircase to upper floor.

I.6.4 Pompeii. August 2023.

Looking north towards room 14, stairs to upper floor, on left, and window into tablinum, on right. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, tablinum.  Looking north-east through window space, towards east wall.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022.

Room 15, tablinum. Looking north through window space, towards atrium and front entrance. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, tablinum. Looking north through window space, towards atrium and front entrance.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, tablinum. West wall, looking south.

I.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 15, looking south across tablinum through window to garden 9. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. September 2019. Room 15, looking south across tablinum through window to garden. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, tablinum. Looking south to garden area.

I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, tablinum. Floor with mosaic edging. 

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