IX.5.6 Pompeii. House.

Rear entrance and stable at IX.5.17. Excavated 1877 and 1878.

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IX.5.6 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance.

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south across atrium from entrance corridor. 

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking across atrium from entrance corridor. 

Doorway to room 2 is on the right hand, west side.

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 2, looking west.

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 3, ala, on east side of atrium. Looking east.

According to Schefold, the wall painting of Apollo-Sol and Orion was found here.

See Schefold, K., 1957. Die Wande Pompejis. Berlin: De Gruyter. (p.253)

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p.75,no.458, nearly destroyed)

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Impluvium in atrium.

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 4, in north wall of room 3.

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 4, north wall.

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007.

Looking south-west across atrium to room 5, ala, and doorway to room 6.

According to Schefold, on the west wall of the ala was a wall painting of Hercules and Auge (Sogliano 499).

On the north wall was a wall painting of Phrixus and Helle (Sogliano 550)

According to Schefold. 175.6 shows a drawing of the painting of Phrixos and Helle.

See Schefold, K., 1962. Vergessenes Pompeji. Bern: Francke. (drawing no.175.6)

See Schefold, K., 1957. Die Wande Pompejis. Berlin: De Gruyter. (p.253)

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p.83, no.499 and p. 101, no.550)

See Bragantini, I and Sampaolo, V. 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Napoli, Electa. (p.359, no.166)

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 5, ala, west wall. Wall painting of Hercules and Auge.

Now in the Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 115397.

See Schefold, K., 1957. Die Wande Pompejis. Berlin: De Gruyter. (p.253)

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p.83, no.499).

See Annali dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), Vol. 56, 1884, p. 75-87, Tav. d’agg. H.

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. 

Room 5, ala on west side of atrium, remains of wall painting on south wall.

According to Schefold this was a wall painting of a sitting girl and a young hunter with a lance, both crowned.

See Schefold, K., 1957. Die Wande Pompejis. Berlin: De Gruyter. (p.253)

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p. 127, no. 622)

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. 

Room 5, ala on west side of atrium, remains of wall painting on south wall.

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 7, on east side. 

According to Sogliano, some of the paintings visible in this room on excavation were –

Hera and her attributes - peacock and a globe and sceptre (no.91)

Wall painting of Apollo and woman of his love, according to Sogliano “completely destroyed” (no.108).

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p.24, no.91 and p.27, no.108)

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 7, east wall.

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 7, room on east side.

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 7, room on east side.

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. 

Room 8, corridor on east side of tablinum leading to rear of house.

 

IX.5.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 8, wall painting of sea creature in corridor.

 

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