VIII.2.16 Pompeii. Casa dei mosaici geometri or House of the Geometric Mosaics.

Linked to VIII.2.14. First excavated 1826.

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VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Mosaic in entrance fauces.

Looking out from atrium, east towards Via delle Scuole.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking west from fauces across atrium.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. Looking west from fauces across atrium towards rear garden area.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. North side of atrium, from fauces.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Mosaic floor in fauces.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance mosaic.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking across site of impluvium in atrium towards tablinum.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005.

Looking north-west across impluvium in atrium, towards tablinum, terrace garden and doorways in north-west corner.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005.

Doorways on north side of atrium, the central one leading to VIII.2.14.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Corridor leading to VIII.2.14.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Decorated floor.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Geometric mosaic floor.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Mosaic floor.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Mosaic floor.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Arched opening.

 

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Labyrinth mosaic floor.

 

 

 

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