VI.7.6 Pompeii. Casa di Ercole. Linked to VI.7.4 and VI.7.5.

Excavated 1835. Restored 1976.

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VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, west wall of ala.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, south-west corner of ala.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 1, atrium, looking north to doorway to south portico of the garden area, at the side of the small tablinum.

Through the window in the rear wall of the tablinum, can be seen the site of the wide window of the triclinium.

According to Jashemski, the tablinum and the triclinium had a wide window looking out onto the garden area.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.129)

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Area 6, garden area with remains of columns with a low wall.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 6, garden area with aedicula lararium in north-east corner of the garden.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. September 2004. Room 6, garden with lararium.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Aedicula lararium.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.47, no.162 and Pl.30,1)

See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico.  Milano: LED Edizioni. (p.269)

See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (L.62)

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

Rear wall of lararium, with remains of a figure of a Lar.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Detail of painting of a Lar.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

West wall of lararium, with painting of garlands, and remains of a serpent.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

West wall with painting of garlands and remains of serpent.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

West wall, painting of coils of serpent and remains of plants.

According to Boyce, on each of the side walls was a painting of a serpent, coiling towards an altar with two eggs and a pine cone on it.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.47, no.162 and Pl.30,1)

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

East wall of lararium, originally with paintings of garlands and a serpent..

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Inside upper area of lararium.

Around the top of the three inner walls ran a cornice of modelled stucco painted in various colours, including two oblong panels on each wall.

Within each of these panels was painted a small hunting scene.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall and north-west corner with stucco.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Inside roof of aedicula lararium.

According to Boyce, the vaulted ceiling was ornamented with painted red and blue flowers.

Around the top of the three inner walls ran a cornice of modelled stucco painted in various colours, including two oblong panels on each wall.

Within each of these panels was painted a small hunting scene.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Detail of painted upper part of lararium.

According to Boyce, the vaulted ceiling was ornamented with painted red and blue flowers.

 

 

 

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