VI.9.2 Pompeii. Casa del Meleagro or House of Meleager. Part 15.

Rear entrance at VI.9.13. Excavated 1829, 1837 and 1966.

 

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VI.9.2 Pompeii. Found on 19^th January 1830 on west wall of peristyle 16.

Wall painting of Hymenaeus the god who presided over weddings.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9320.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (855).

 

VI.9.2 Pompeii. Found 19^th January 1830 on west wall of peristyle 16.

Wall painting of Thetis on a sea griffin bearing the arms of Hephaestus to Achilles.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8873.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1320).

 

VI.9.2 Pompeii.  Found 1st September 1830 on west wall of peristyle 16. 

Wall painting of Apollo playing the lyre next to a woman, possibly Daphne.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9534.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (214).

 

VI.9.2 Pompeii. Found 19-20th January 1830 on west wall of peristyle 16.

Wall painting of the wounded Adonis with Aphrodite and a cupid.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9255.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (337).

 

VI.9.2 Pompeii. Found in January 1830 on west wall of peristyle 16.

Wall painting of the abandoned Ariadne weeping while a winged cupid points to the ship of Theseus in the distance.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9051.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1227).

 

VI.9.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Peristyle 16, south side, looking east.

 

VI.9.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Peristyle 16, south wall, looking east.

 

VI.9.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Peristyle 16, south wall showing thickness of plaster. 

 

VI.9.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Peristyle 16, south wall, looking east.

According to Jashemski, the luxurious garden, excavated 1829-30, was entered from the north side of the atrium.

It was enclosed by a portico of twenty-four stucco-covered columns, red at the bottom, white at the top.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.137)

 

VI.9.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Peristyle 16, south side, looking east.

 

VI.9.2 Pompeii. September 2004. Peristyle 16, south side, looking west.

 

VI.9.2 Pompeii. September 2004. Peristyle 16, south-east corner.

 

VI.9.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Peristyle 16, looking east. 

According to Jashemski, the large dolium in the south-east corner of the garden contained lime.

This would have been used in the restoration work going on at the time of the eruption.

Tatiana Warscher believed that it had originally been used as a planter.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.137-8)

See Warscher, “Codex”, appendix to House of Pansa, photo no.46a.

 

 

 

 

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