VI.17.41 or VI.17.f Pompeii. House of the library.

Plus VI.17.c, VI.17.d, VI.17.e shown on the Eschebach plan but now have no doorway.

Linked to VI.17.40. First excavated 1759 and shortly before 1970. Restored 1974.

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VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2006. Mosaic door sill.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. September 2004. Looking north along rear of house.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking north along mosaic floor on west side.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. September 2004.

Looking east towards tablinum, atrium and entrance, from room in south-west corner.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2006. Painted east wall in ala on south side of atrium.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. September 2004.

Looking north-east from rear of house towards north wall of tablinum.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking east from rear of tablinum towards atrium and entrance.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2006.

North wall of tablinum with remains of painting of a ship or ships.

According to Eleanor Winsor Leach

“above a dado supported by telamones stand the prows of two large ships, each resting on its own rectangular pedestal base”.

See Winsor Leach, E., 2004.  The Social Life of Painting in Ancient Rome and on the Bay of Naples. Cambridge UK: Cambridge UP. (p.69 onwards)

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking east across atrium and impluvium towards entrance, from tablinum.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2006. North wall of atrium in north-east corner.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2006. Painted plaster on north wall of atrium.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2006. Rooms on north side of atrium.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2006. Room on north side of atrium.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking west across north side of atrium.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2006. Room in north-west corner of atrium.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2011. Room in north-west corner of atrium.Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

 

VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2006. Second room in north-west corner of atrium.

 

 

 

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