V.3.10 Pompeii. House. Excavated 1901.
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. West side of atrium, with doorway to corridor, tablinum and cubiculum.
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north along west side of atrium, seeing north side of tablinum and doorway to cubiculum.
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Tablinum, looking west through to small room with rectangular niche.
The tablinum had flooring of opus signinum.
The zoccolo was black.
On either side of the tablinum doorway from the atrium, also
painted black, there were fake
grooves with white and yellow lines.
The two side
tablinum walls were divided into five panels, the central yellow, the two side-panels
were red, and the two outer were black.
The yellow panel
was separated from the red by means of high, narrow, white columns.
The tablinum was
open in all its width onto the narrow peristyle which was supported by one
eight-sided column painted red.
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. West end of tablinum showing remains of door sill on north side.
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. West end of tablinum showing remains of door sill on south side.
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. North wall of tablinum.
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall of tablinum.
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to cubiculum (o).
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall of cubiculum (o).
The long walls, south and north, were divided into five panels, the central being yellow, red side panels, and the outer two were black.
According to Notizie degli Scavi - above was an Egyptian style frieze but nothing remains of it.
Painted at the sides of the central yellow panel were two columns supporting the central aedicula.
V.3.10 Pompeii. May 2005. South-west corner of cubiculum (o).
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of cubiculum (o), with vaulted ceiling and window onto garden.
On the back, (west) wall there were only three painted panels, yellow in the centre and two red sides panels.
Above around all of the room was a stucco cornice in relief, but now only preserved in a small portion.
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. North wall of cubiculum (o).
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. East wall of cubiculum (o), with doorway to atrium.
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south-east from doorway in cubiculum (o), across atrium to entrance doorway.
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Passageway to garden area on south side of atrium.
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. South side of atrium, fallen plaster leaning against masonry.
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall of andron or corridor.
V.3.10 Pompeii. March 2009. North wall of andron or corridor.