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VI.15.8 Pompeii. Casa del Principe di Napoli or House of the Prince of Naples.

Linked to VI.15.7. Excavated 1896.

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VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Household shrine in the garden on the west side of the portico.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007.

Household shrine in the garden on the west side of the portico.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Household shrine in the garden. According to Boyce, against the west wall of the garden stands an aedicula. It was built upon a high masonry podium coated with yellow stucco. The aedicula is formed by four columns, and two antae applied to the rear wall. These support a roof with pediment. The columns are coated with stucco and painted, the two outer being yellow, the two inner red. The rear wall of the shrine was painted white, as if for a painting but no trace remains. The base is adorned with a red dado and in the centre is cut a large arched recess, painted red within. See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.55, np.214, Pl.32,2) See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico. Milano: LED Edizioni. (p.276) See Warscher, T., 1925. Pompeji: Ein Führer durch die Ruinen. Berlin und Leipzig: de Gruyter. (p.92)

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Household shrine in the garden.

According to Boyce, against the west wall of the garden stands an aedicula.

It was built upon a high masonry podium coated with yellow stucco.

The aedicula is formed by four columns, and two antae applied to the rear wall.

These support a roof with pediment.

The columns are coated with stucco and painted, the two outer being yellow, the two inner red.

The rear wall of the shrine was painted white, as if for a painting but no trace remains.

The base is adorned with a red dado and in the centre is cut a large arched recess, painted red within.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.55, np.214, Pl.32,2)

See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico.  Milano: LED Edizioni. (p.276)

See Warscher, T., 1925. Pompeji: Ein Führer durch die Ruinen. Berlin und Leipzig: de Gruyter. (p.92)

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. Small niche in household shrine in the garden.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007.

Small niche in household shrine in the garden.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. Painted columns and pediment on household shrine in the garden.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007.

Painted columns and pediment on household shrine in the garden.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Detail of pediment and stucco on household shrine in the garden.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007.

Detail of pediment and stucco on household shrine in the garden.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail of pediment and stucco on household shrine in the garden.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010.

Detail of pediment and stucco on household shrine in the garden.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail of column and stucco on household shrine in the garden.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010.

Detail of column and stucco on household shrine in the garden.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. Terracotta pot in the garden.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Terracotta pot in the garden.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Threshold of cubiculum on south side of fauces or entrance corridor. Looking west towards atrium floor. .

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010.

Threshold of cubiculum on south side of fauces or entrance corridor.

Looking west  towards atrium floor.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Threshold of doorway to cubiculum on south side of fauces, in south-east corner of atrium. Looking east towards floor of cublicum.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010.

Threshold of doorway to cubiculum on south side of fauces, in south-east corner of atrium.

Looking east towards floor of cublicum.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking towards east wall of cubiculum with window onto Vicolo dei Vettii. According to NdS, this room had been covered by a barrel-vaulted ceiling and had a recess for a bed. The walls were decorated with a white background, and had a stucco cornice which ran around the walls at a height of approximately 2m from the floor. See Notizie degli Scavi, January 1897, p.34.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking towards east wall of cubiculum with window onto Vicolo dei Vettii.

According to NdS, this room had been covered by a barrel-vaulted ceiling and had a recess for a bed.

The walls were decorated with a white background, and had a stucco cornice which ran around the walls at a height of approximately 2m from the floor.

See Notizie degli Scavi, January 1897, (p.34).

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. North-east corner of cubiculum with bed recess. According to NdS, a human skull together with some of the bones of the skeleton were found in this room. See Notizie degli Scavi, March 1898, (p.126)

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. North-east corner of cubiculum with bed recess.

According to NdS, a human skull together with some of the bones of the skeleton were found in this room.

See Notizie degli Scavi, March 1898, (p.126)

 

Vicolo dei Vettii looking south from outside VI.15.8. December 2007.

Vicolo dei Vettii looking south from outside VI.15.8. December 2007.

 

 

 

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