IX.5.9 Pompeii. Casa dei Pygmeii. Excavated 1877.

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IX.5.9 Pompeii. December 2007.

Room 8, wall painting of pygmies, tower and temple.

 

IX.5.9 Pompeii. May 2010.

Looking south from entrance towards rooms 9, 11 and 12.  

 

IX.5.9 Pompeii. May 2010. Doorways of rooms 9, and 11, on east side of peristyle.

 

IX.5.9 Pompeii. December 2007.

Room 10, peristyle looking south from entrance of room 9 towards rooms 11 and 12.  

Room 9 was not able to be photographed.

 

IX.5.9 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 11, kitchen, looking east.

 

IX.5.9 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 11, kitchen. North-east corner with hearth.

 

IX.5.9 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 11, arched niche in north wall of kitchen.

According to Boyce, a burning altar was painted on the wall on each side of the niche, with a yellow serpent gliding towards it between plants and flowers.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p86, no.423, Plate 2,4)

 

IX.5.9 Pompeii. December 2007. 

Looking south across peristyle to doorway of room 12 with wooden scaffolding and room 13 in corner. 

 

IX.5.9 Pompeii. May 2010. Doorway to room 13, from entrance corridor.

 

IX.5.9 Pompeii. House as recorded on the model in Naples Archaeological Museum. 

Note the colourful painting that was on the west wall of the peristyle.

According to Jashemski, there was a large animal painting, only partially preserved upon excavation, on the west wall.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.237 & No.94 on p.366)

 

 

 

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