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VII.16.15 Pompeii.  House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus (Father and Son). 

Linked to VII.16.12, VII.16.13, VII.16.14, VII.16.16.

Part 3                         VII.16.15 Part 4    Click Here

 

VII.16.15 Part 1    Click Here.           VII.16.15 Part 2    Click Here

 

VII.16.15 House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus. Rear of lower level from Atrium.

VII.16.15 Pompeii.  Rear of lower level from Atrium.

 

VII.16.15 House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus. Rear of lower level from Atrium.

VII.16.15 Pompeii.  Rear of lower level from Atrium.

 

VII.16.15 House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus. Atrium and Impluvium.

VII.16.15 Pompeii.  Atrium and Impluvium.

 

VII.16.15 House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus. “Cornice in terracotta of a Compluvium preserved at Pompeii”. Photograph courtesy of Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection. These are Grondaia that fed rainwater from the Compluvium in the roof to the Impluvium below. These were reconstructed and displayed during the 19th century in VII.4.15/16 before the Antiquarium was opened.

VII.16.15 Pompeii.  “Cornice in terracotta of a Compluvium preserved at Pompeii”. 

Photograph courtesy of Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection.

These are Grondaia (antefisse fittili) that fed rainwater from the Compluvium in the roof to the Impluvium below.   

These were reconstructed and displayed during the 19th century in VII.4.15/16 before the Antiquarium was opened.

 

Mau (Pompeii, Its Life and Art, 1907, Page No: 251, 253, 298) identifies these as being from “a House near the Porta Marina”. The plan provided by Mau can be used to identify the house as VII.16.12/15 the House of Umbricius Scaurus.

Mau identifies these as being from “a House near the Porta Marina”.

The plan provided by Mau can be used to identify the house as VII.16.12/15 the House of Umbricius Scaurus.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.251, p.253, p.298).

 

VII.16.15 Pompeii. Mosaic with inscription Liqua(minis) Flos from corner of Impluvium. SAP inventory number 15188. In the Atrium at each corner of the impluvium was a black and white mosaic of an amphora with an inscription for the four Roman fish sauces. Three of the four amphorae name Aulus Umbricius Scaurus, the wealthy Pompeian Garum producer and merchant.

VII.16.15 Pompeii.  Mosaic with inscription

Liqua(minis) Flos

from corner of Impluvium.  SAP inventory number 15188.

 

In the Atrium at each corner of the impluvium was a black and white mosaic of an amphora with an inscription for the four Roman fish sauces. 

Three of the four amphorae name Aulus Umbricius Scaurus, the wealthy Pompeian Garum producer and merchant.

 

VII.16.15 Pompeii. Detail of mosaic with inscription Liqua(minis) Flos from corner of Impluvium showing Garum amphora. SAP inventory number 15188.

VII.16.15 Pompeii.  Detail of mosaic with inscription

Liqua(minis) Flos

from corner of Impluvium showing Garum amphora. 

SAP inventory number 15188.

 

VII.16.15 Pompeii. Detail of mosaic with inscription G(ari) f(los) scom(bri) Scauri from corner of Impluvium showing Garum amphora.

VII.16.15 Pompeii.  Detail of mosaic with inscription

G(ari) f(los) scom(bri) Scauri

from corner of Impluvium showing Garum amphora. 

 

VII.16.15 Pompeii. Detail of mosaic with inscription G(ari) f(los) scom(bri) Scauri from corner of Impluvium showing Garum amphora.

VII.16.15 Pompeii.  Detail of mosaic with inscription

G(ari) f(los) scom(bri) Scauri

from corner of Impluvium showing Garum amphora. 

 

VII.16.15 Pompeii. Part of mosaic from corner of Impluvium showing Garum amphora.

VII.16.15 Pompeii.  Part of mosaic from corner of Impluvium showing Garum amphora. 

 

VII.16.15 House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus. Looking north east across Atrium.

VII.16.15 Pompeii.  Looking north east across Atrium.

 

 

VII.16.15 Part 4    Click Here

 

VII.16.15 Part 1    Click Here.           VII.16.15 Part 2    Click Here

 

 

 

 

 

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