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I.10.5

I.10.5

I.10.5 Pompeii. May 2005. Stairs to upper floor.

I.10.5
According to Boyce,
the stairs led up to an apartment on the upper floor.
This large arched
niche was above the third step of the stairs.
It was coated with
successive layers of stucco, of which the last was white.
It was decorated with
painted red and yellow flowers and a green festoon.
See Boyce G. K., 1937.
Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14.
(p.29, no. 54)

I.10.5 Pompeii. December 2007. Niche on west wall of site of stairs to upper floor.

I.10.5

I.10.5 Pompeii. December 2007.
Looking into I.10.6 over the top of the remains of the stairs to upper floor.