VI.16.27 Pompeii. Garden entrance linked to peristyle.

Linked to VI.16.19 and VI.16.26. Excavated 1904.

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VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 16, atrium of VI.16.26, looking north towards rooms 22 and 23.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16, looking north across impluvium in atrium.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii.  March 2009. Impluvium decorative edging on west side.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16, atrium.

Looking east to area that used to have a dividing wall (destroyed) and was originally two rooms.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16, south-east corner of atrium.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16, south-east corner of atrium.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 16, east wall of south-east corner of atrium.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 16, south wall of south-east corner of atrium.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 16, west end of south wall of atrium with recess, site of Jupiter altar.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16, recess in south wall of atrium.

According to Boyce, the doorway that led from the atrium to the peristyle was walled up, leaving a shallow recess in the south wall.

Within this recess, in the upper left corner, a white panel was marked off by green stripes on both sides.

The figure of Jupiter was painted on the panel.

He was seated upon a throne, leaning his forehead against his left hand, through the bend of this arm passed a long sceptre.

The lower end of the sceptre rested on the ground., in his right hand he held the thunderbolt.

His feet were placed on a footstool and to its left stood an eagle.

In the wall below the panel were embedded two broken tiles, one horizontal, the second perpendicular to the first at its west end.

The wall space between the painting of Jupiter and the two tiles was decorated with plants painted on a yellow background.

The horizontal tile may have served as a shelf for offerings, but the purpose of the two tiles was not clear.

Found near the shrine was a terracotta votive altar.

Not. Scavi, 1908, 184.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.59, no.226)

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16, remains of painting in recess in atrium. 

The painting of Jupiter or Jove is just visible on the south wall of the recess.

The small remains of a painted green stripe or garland are also just visible on the left.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16, recess in atrium. 

The painting of Jupiter or Jove is just visible on the south wall of the recess.

The small remains of a painted green stripe or garland are also just visible on the left.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 16, detail of remains of broken tiles in recess in south wall.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 17, cubiculum.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, west wall of cubiculum, with window.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009.

Doorway to room 18, and north wall of entrance corridor or fauces of VI.16.26. 

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 18, entrance corridor or fauces of VI.16.26. Looking west to Vicolo dei Vettii.

 

VI.16.27 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 18, north wall.

 

 

 

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