IX.1.12 Pompeii. House. Excavated 1856. (Strada Stabiana 83).

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance on Via Stabiana.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. 1966.

Entrance doorway, on right, with IX.1.11, on left. 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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IX.1.12 Pompeii. October 2020.

Looking east across entrance corridor towards atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. September 2004. Looking east across atrium from entrance.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking east across atrium.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. October 2020. Looking north-east across atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. Pre-1943.

Looking north-east across impluvium in atrium. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no. 49), p. 80.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Atrium and impluvium edged in tufa.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. October 2020. Looking south-east across atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. North side of atrium with doorway to cubiculum and triclinium.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Two doorways to rooms on north side of atrium.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007.

South side of atrium with doorway to cubiculum (on left), open doorway to small room or cupboard, and doorway to cubiculum (on right).

On the south wall of the atrium, on the left of the picture, the high cocciopesto zoccolo/plinth can be seen.

The middle zone of the wall would have been white.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Holes for upper floor supports.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Small room or cupboard.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007.

Small doorway in east wall of south-east corner of atrium, leading to room with stairs of wood.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007.

Small room that contained stairs of wood, on south side of portico, with small doorway into atrium.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

According to Warscher, this is a photo of the graffito showing two gladiators.

It was found on the north wall of the small room on the south side of the peristyle.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.53), p. 83.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Detail of gladiator graffito.

DAIR 31.1766. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

According to Warscher this is CIL IV 2364.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.54), p. 84.

According to CIL there are inscriptions CIL IV 2364 and 2364a, but these are unclear.

See Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum Vol. IV, 1871. Berlin: Reimer, p. 149 and p. 220.

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

CXXCVI VA // XXX A   [CIL IV 2364]

CXXCV va(le) // XXXA   [CIL IV 2364a]

IX.1.12 Pompeii. October 2020.

Looking north-east across peristyle area, from west portico near room with stairs. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east across peristyle area, from west portico near room with stairs.

A fragment of wall plaster with graffito of gladiators was found from a wall in this peristyle.

It showed on a faded red background, a scene of violent gladiatorial combat.

The two combatants, both wounded, throw away the shields and fight hand-to-hand.

It was detached from the wall and is now held in the Pompeii storerooms. Inventory number: 20562.

See IBM Catalogue, 1990-92. Rediscovering Pompeii. (p.155).

IX.1.12 Pompeii. April 2018. Looking towards cubiculum on east side of small peristyle. Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.

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IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking towards south portico of peristyle, with niche in south wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking east along south portico of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east along south portico of peristyle.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2018. Niche in south wall of portico. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Niche in south wall of portico.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to cubiculum on east side of peristyle.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2018.

Recess on east wall above doorway to cubiculum on east side of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Recess on east wall above doorway to cubiculum on east side of peristyle.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Cubiculum on east side of peristyle, looking towards north wall.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007.

Looking north across peristyle towards exedra/triclinium. On the west wall of the triclinium, the recess for the couch can be seen.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

Looking towards column on north-west side of peristyle, and doorways to corridor and stairs, at rear.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.50), p. 81.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

Looking towards north wall of exedra/triclinium with remains of painted decoration.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.51), p. 81.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Peristyle garden area.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. October 2020. Looking south across peristyle area. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to cubiculum in north-east corner of peristyle area.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

Looking across peristyle towards doorway to cubiculum in north-east corner of peristyle.

According to Warscher, the rear (east) wall had rectangular holes for support beams which demonstrated that there were rooms on an upper floor.

These rooms would have received light through windows from IX.1.20.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.52), p. 82.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. October 2020. Looking east towards decorated walls in cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Triclinium/exedra on north side of peristyle area.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. October 2020.

Looking towards corridor and stairs on north side of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Stone steps to upper floor.    

IX.1.12, Pompeii. December 2007. Corridor on north-west side of peristyle next to stone steps.

IX.1.12, Pompeii. December 2007.

North wall of room at end of corridor on north-west side of peristyle under the stone steps.

IX.1.12, Pompeii. December 2007. East wall and arch under the stairs in room at end of corridor on north-west side of peristyle.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Room in north-west corner next to corridor, kitchen. Looking west.

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall and south-east corner near doorway of kitchen. Masonry altar.

According to Boyce, the lararium painting was done on a white background.

When he wrote his book in 1937, he said that on the right and left, the legs of the figures of the Lares were preserved.

In the middle was the lower part of Venus Pompeiana wearing a yellow chiton and blue mantle.

In her left hand she held a sceptre, and her right rested on a rudder.

At her side was a cupid who seemed to be leaning forward to touch the garment of the goddess.

Below this, the two serpents confronted at a painted altar.

On the floor below the painting a masonry altar stands against the wall.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.79) 

Remains of the altar and household shrine recorded by Helbig: Kitchen: Venus Pompeiana and Gods, 66? 

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (66).

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.138)

See Fiorelli, G. (1875). Descrizione di Pompei, (p.370)

IX.1.12 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall of kitchen. 

Is this the remains of the two painted snakes recorded by Boyce and Helbig?

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.79) 

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (66).

See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico. Milano: LED Edizioni. (p.204).