VII.2.20 Pompeii. Casa di N. Popidius Priscus or Casa dei Marmi.

Linked to VII.2.21, VII.2.41 and VII.2.41a.

Excavated 1833, 1845 and 1863-4.

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VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 9, corridor to peristyle and rear, in south-west corner of atrium.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 9, corridor, looking south.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, west wall of corridor. Looking south.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, east wall of corridor. Looking south.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 9, looking north along corridor towards atrium.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 10, small room for servants, in west wall of corridor.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, north wall with remains of structure, possibly a base for a wooden staircase.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, small room. Looking west.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, south-west corner of small room.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, remains of downpipe in south-east corner of small room.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Small doorway in west wall of corridor, leading to room 11, triclinium.

(Please note the graffiti was already there, done by some senseless moron, nothing to do with our family!!)

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, triclinium. Looking north.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, remains of floor in triclinium.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. c.1930. Triclinium (t), Opus Sectile emblema in centre of triclinium mosaic floor. (Note: our room 11).

See Blake, M., (1930). The pavements of the Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early Empire. Rome, MAAR, 8, (p.44, & pl.8, tav.4)

VII.2.20 Pompeii. c.1930. Triclinium (t). (Note: our room 11).

According to Blake, this border of coloured limestone, may have been one of only two, and therefore unique.

The band in the bead and reel design, which runs across the room at the right of the tablinum, dividing into antecamera and room, suggests Hellenistic influences.

See Blake, M., (1930). The pavements of the Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early Empire. Rome, MAAR, 8, (p.75, pl.46, tav.5).

VII.2.20 Pompeii. c.1930s. Triclinium (t), (our room 11). Border of coloured limestone.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher W.0009. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west to room 12, triclinium, along north portico of peristyle area.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 12, triclinium. Looking west.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 12, north wall of triclinium.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 12, north wall of triclinium. 

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 12, south wall of triclinium. 

VII.2.20 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking south-east across peristyle, from north-west corner.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south-east across garden area of peristyle.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south along west portico, from outside room 12.

VII.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east across north portico.

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