V.2.4 Pompeii. Casa di Bacco or The House of the Triclinium.
Excavated 1883.
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V.2.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to small room on the north wall of room 15.
V.2.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Small room on the north wall of room 15.
V.2.4 Pompeii May 2005.
Photo, taken from V.2.d, looking south across small room into east side of room 15.
V.2.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 16, corridor around the sides of room 17. Looking north.
Doorway to room 17 on right.
V.2.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 16, corridor around the sides of room 17. Looking east at north end.
V.2.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 16, corridor around the sides of room 17.
Looking south from north end, towards latrine area, and doorway onto portico of peristyle 13.
V.2.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 16, corridor around the sides of room 17. Looking north on east side.
V.2.4 Pompeii. December 2007.
Room 16, corridor around the sides of room 17. Looking towards north-east corner of corridor.
V.2.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 16, corridor around the sides of room 17.
Latrine area in south-east side of corridor around the edge of room 17.
V.2.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 17, in west side of corridor 16, looking north-east.
V.2.4 Pompeii. Room 17, cubiculum, north wall.
1884 copy by G. de Simone of remains of painting of Diotima and Socrates of which only the female figure, draped and with jewels remains.
See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. III. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 819.
DAIR 83.46. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
V.2.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 17, looking towards east wall with central painting of Pindar and Corrina.
V.2.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 17, centre of east wall. Painting recorded by Schefold as Pindar and Corrina.
See Schefold, K., 1962, Vergessenes Pompeji. Bern: Francke. (T. 58,2).
V.2.4 Pompeii. 1884. Room 17, centre of east wall. Drawing by G. de Simone of painting of Pindar and Corrina.
DAIR 83.45. Photo
© Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
V.2.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 17, sacred landscape wall painting from west side of window on south wall.
V.2.4 Pompeii. Room 17, west wall. 1884 drawing by G. de Simone of painting identified as Sappho (seated) and female figure.
See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. III. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 823.
DAIR 83.44. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
V.2.4 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south from room 17 across peristyle.
V.2.4 Pompeii.
Stereoview by B
W Kilburn no. 4955 showing Pompeii
excavations in 1891.
The
Vicolo di Tesmo can be seen immediately behind the excavations placing the
excavation area around V.2.4.
Photo
courtesy The Art Institute of Chicago, catalogue number 1998.670. CC0
Public Domain Designation. See CC0
V.2.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 13, peristyle drainage channel.
V.2.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 13, peristyle drainage channel, looking east towards south-east corner.
According to Boyce, in the south-east corner of the garden were painted the two familiar serpents.
One on each wall, one on the south and one on the east wall.
The altar was painted between them in the corner of the wall.
The serpents were brown and yellow on a white ground.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.34, no.88)
V.2.4 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south across room 13, peristyle towards atrium and entrance.
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