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I.10.4 Pompeii. Casa del Menandro or House of the Menander

or House of the Silver Treasure.

Peristyle area and garden.

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I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Peristyle, looking towards west portico.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Peristyle, looking towards west portico.

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Peristyle, west portico, with dip for Sarno canal underneath.

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Course of Sarno canal, under west portico.

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Hole in west portico floor, ventilation for the Sarno canal.

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. South west corner of peristyle. Lararium with built in altar and apsed niche.

I.10.4 Pompeii. December 2006. Area 25, south-west corner of peristyle.

Sacrarium with built in altar and apsed niche.

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Alcove 25, south wall.

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Alcove 25, south wall.

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Alcove 25, altar to household gods against west wall.

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Alcove 25, altar to household gods against west wall.

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. Alcove 25 in south-west corner of peristyle. Lararium or domestic shrine with built in altar and apsed niche. Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

I.10.4 Pompeii. Alcove 25 in south-west corner of peristyle.

Lararium or domestic shrine with built in altar and apsed niche.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Alcove 25, sacrarium. The busts are plaster cast of the original wooden busts. These are probably ancestor images.

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Alcove 25, lararium or domestic shrine.

The busts are plaster cast taken from the cavities left by the original wooden busts.

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Lararium or domestic shrine. Four plaster casts. According to Cicirelli, these are imagines maiorum, ancestor images, and were accompanied a statuette of a sitting youth, identified as a lar. See Stefani, G. (Ed), 2003. Menander: La casa del Menandro di Pompei. Milano: Mondadori Electa. (p. 187)

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Lararium or domestic shrine. Four plaster casts.

According to Cicirelli, these are imagines maiorum, ancestor images, and were accompanied a statuette of a sitting youth, identified as a lar.

See Stefani, G. (Ed), 2003. Menander: La casa del Menandro di Pompei. Milano: Mondadori Electa. (p. 187)

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Alcove 25, east wall.

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Alcove 25, east wall.

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Alcove 24.

I.10.4 Pompeii. December 2006.  Alcove 24.

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. December 2006. Alcove 24, Stucco.

I.10.4 Pompeii. December 2006.  Alcove 24, stucco.

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Alcove 24, stucco and painted plaster.

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Alcove 24, stucco and painted plaster.

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Alcove 24, painted plaster of Venus and cherubs in temple.

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1981. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 1. Rome: ICCD. (p. 128)

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Alcove 24, detail of painting of Venus.

I.10.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Alcove 24, detail of painting of Venus.

 

I.10.4 Pompeii. December 2006. South portico. Looking west along doorways of room 21, and alcoves 22, 23, 24 and 25.

I.10.4 Pompeii. December 2006. South portico.

Looking west along doorways of room 21, and alcoves 22, 23, 24 and 25.

 

 

 

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