IX.14.c Pompeii. House.

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IX.14.c Pompeii. May 2010.

Looking north across room on south side of entrance, atrium, rear rooms and garden area.

 

IX.14.c Pompeii. May 2010. Room on south side of entrance corridor. North wall.

 

IX.14.c Pompeii. May 2010.

Looking north across atrium with impluvium, and two doors in rear (east) wall.

 

IX.14.c Pompeii. May 2010. North wall of atrium.

 

IX.14.c Pompeii. May 2010.

Looking north to atrium with two doors in the east wall.

The nearest leads into the garden area where there is a window, and a doorway overlooking the garden on the north side. 

The other doorway, in the east wall of the atrium, leads into the room with the window.

 

IX.14.c Pompeii. May 2010.

North wall of garden area, with window from one room, and doorway to another.

According to Jashemski, Spano wrote there was a garden painting in the garden, but no description was given.

Today nothing remains of it.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p. 252) and (p. 369, number 101).

See Spano, NSc (1911) pp.374-375, plan on p.374 (location given as III.i) (This is a reference from Jashemski’s book).

 

IX.14.c Pompeii. May 2010. Looking west towards front of house.

 

IX.14.c Pompeii. May 2010.

Looking west to remains of second room on the south side of the entrance corridor.

 

IX.14.c Pompeii. May 2010. Looking west towards the room on the south side of entrance.

 

IX.14.c Pompeii. May 2010. Looking west to the entrance corridor.

 

IX.14.c Pompeii. May 2010.

Looking west towards room with window, on north side of entrance corridor.

On its north side, steps to the upper floor can be seen.

 

IX.14.c Pompeii. May 2010. Looking west. Steps to upper floor.

 

IX.14.c Pompeii. May 2010. Looking east through the entrance corridor to atrium and garden area.

 

IX.14.c Pompeii. May 2010. Looking east through the entrance corridor to atrium, and garden area.

A terracotta puteal can be seen, standing on a masonry circle, in the doorway leading into the garden.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p. 252)

 

IX.14.c. December 2007.

Looking south-east across top of wall into the room on north side of garden.

photographed from roof of IX.14.2/4.

 

IX.14.c. December 2007. Garden area.  Looking south.

Photographed from roof of IX.14.2/4.

 

 

 

 

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