VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. Casa degli Capitelli colorati or Casa di Arianna

or House of Ariadne or House of the Coloured Capitals.  

Linked to VII.4.32, VII.4.33 and VII.4.51. Excavated 1822, 1832 and 1846.

Part 16.

 

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VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north-east towards room 37, exedra.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 37, east wall of exedra.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. 

Looking west along gutter of north peristyle garden towards rooms. 39 and 40.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 38.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 38, south-west corner.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 38, north wall.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance to room 39, lararium.

According to Boyce, in this room was a lararium, probably a niche, described merely as “un’edicola per la imagine di qualque….divinita”

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.66)

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 39, niches on west wall.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Rectangular niche.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Arched Niche.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of stucco on south wall.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 39, floor.

 

 

 

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