IX.9.11 Pompeii. House. Excavated 1889.
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IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Atrium, north-west corner. Doorway to room 5, cubiculum.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Niche on west wall of atrium, with doorway and window to room 6, garden.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of atrium, between doorways to rooms 6 and 5.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. May 2005. West wall of atrium, between doorways to rooms 6 and 5.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Plaster on west wall of atrium, between doorways to rooms 6 and 5.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Niche on west wall of atrium.
According to Boyce, this was an irregular arched niche.
The walls were coated with white stucco and decorated with green plants and red flowers.
The same decoration extended onto the wall on each side of the niche, where apart from the plants, was a painted bird.
Above the niche was a garland, on the left side was seen a part of a figure of a Lar, the only part that remained of the Lararium painting.
In the floor of the niche, near the back wall, was a square hole for the base of a statuette.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus
of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome:
MAAR 14. (p. 91, no. 461)
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1891, p. 261.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of small red painted flowers in niche.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Rear wall of niche.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 5, cubiculum.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, north wall of cubiculum, with remains of vaulted ceiling.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, north-west corner of cubiculum.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Atrium, north-west corner near room 5.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 6, garden area, from atrium.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, garden area. South wall and south-west corner, with remains of lararium painting.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, garden area. South-west corner, with a kind of rectangular basin with masonry walls.
Above this basin was the lararium painting, badly damaged when found.
The lararium included a painting of Bacchus, a male follower of Bacchus and two maenads, Agave with the head of Pentheus, and Silenus.
A terracotta pot containing the burnt bones of animals was found in the basin.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas, p. 247.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p. 92, no. 463).
IX.9.11 Pompeii. 1890 drawing of part of the lararium painting, room 6, garden area.
Agave holds the head of Pentheus in her outstretched right hand. To her left is an axe.
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1890, p. 251.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. Room 6, garden area, south west corner, under the lararium painting.
Drawing of small cylindrical terracotta altar, the top of which showed signs of burning.
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1890, p. 251.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, garden area, looking north to window and doorway to triclinium.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, garden area, terracotta puteal near north wall.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Garden area, east wall with doorway to atrium and window to tablinum,
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, garden area, terracotta puteal near east wall.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 7, large triclinium on north side of garden area.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, north-west corner of triclinium.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, niche in north wall of triclinium.
According to NdS, the triclinium was lit by the large window from the garden area.
Both the floor and the high zoccolo (dado) were of signinum, and the walls had a layer of white plaster.
Buried in the north wall zoccolo, was a semicircular niche, faced internally with crushed brick (mattone pesto).
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1891, p.262-3
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, niche in north wall zoccolo of triclinium.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009.Room 7, rear wall of niche in north wall of triclinium.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, north wall of triclinium.
IX.9.11 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, triclinium, looking out through window in south wall into garden area.
IX.9.11 Pompeii, 1978. Looking through window in south wall of triclinium onto garden area. 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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