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HGW06 Pompeii Herculaneum Gate West Side .
Villa di Cicerone or Villa of
Cicero or Villa detta di Cicerone.
Linked to HGW15a.
Part 1. Part 2
Excavated in 1748/9 and 1763 then filled in again after
the removal of the paintings and the mosaics.
HGW06 Pompeii. Villa di Cicerone or Villa of
Cicero. May 2006. Entrance.
HGW06
According to Spano, at
the entrance of the villa during a small excavation, two semicircular walled
bases were completely disinterred (from 60 to 90cm high).
These had the remains
of red painted stucco on their exterior.
They were probably
used to contain plants decorating the entrance of the villa.
Their internal
surfaces were coarse and the absence from either of any trace of a water-pipe
excluded the idea that these were used as fountains.
See Spano in Notizie
degli Scavi, 1910, p.268-9.
HGW06 Pompeii. May 2006. North side of entrance.
According to Spano,
found immediately to the left of the shop numbered 7, was a large block of
material.
This was found during
a small excavation in the area, and can be seen on the right of the above photo.
This large square mass
of material contained a large circular basin, open above.
This must have
collected in the rain water which flowed from the high part of the Villa of
Cicero, at the rear.
This basin, which had
already been drawn by Mazois, was only entirely emptied of its eruptive material
by this excavation.
Finished with sturdy
opus signinum, it was formed by an empty cylinder (1.90m deep, and 2.65m wide).
The base was rather
concave, and in it (to the south-east) was a distribution channel for the water.
See Spano in Notizie
degli Scavi, 1910, p.268-9.
HGW15a Pompeii. May 2006. Villa detta di Cicerone.
Entrance .
HGW15a Pompeii. May 2006. Villa detta di Cicerone.
Entrance, looking north.
HGW15a
HGW06 Pompeii. Found in triclinium on 18th May 1748.
Left is a wall
painting of three candelabra with cupids mainly related to the world of
Dionysus.
Now in
Right is a wall painting of a candelabrum with a flying
cupid in the central medallion.
Now in
HGW06 Pompeii. Found in triclinium on 18th May 1748.
Wall painting of four
candelabra with cupids showing the making of votive offerings.
Now in
HGW06 Pompeii. Found in triclinium on 25th May 1748. Wall painting of
flying female figures.
Now in
HGW06 Pompeii. Found in triclinium on 1st June 1748. Wall painting of
Satyr playing pipes.
Now in
HGW06 Pompeii. Found in triclinium on 1st June 1748.
Wall painting of a
Satyr with a thyrsus on his shoulder and who is walking on a horizontal thyrsus.
Now in
HGW06 Pompeii. Found in triclinium on 18 January 1749.
Seven fragments with
flying figures with a jug and musical instruments.
Now in
HGW06 Pompeii. 1862
painting of floating figures found in one of the Villa rooms.
See Niccolini F, 1862. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Secondo. Napoli.
Tavolo V.
These match the third
figure from the right and the third figure from the left in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number
9297.
HGW06 Pompeii. Found in triclinium on 18 January 1749.
Wall painting of
acrobatic Satyrs with Thyrsi and musical instruments.
Now in
HGW06 Pompeii. Found in triclinium on 18 January 1749.
Wall painting of
Satyrs playing drums and lyre and dancing.
Now in
HGW06 Pompeii. Found in triclinium on 18 January 1749. Two acrobatic Satyrs.
Now in