VI.11.10 Pompeii. Casa del Labirinto or House of the Labyrinth.

Excavated early 1830s. Linked to VI.11.9. 

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VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 12, feature in room to east of atrium.

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 13, room to east of entrance.

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 13.

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 13.

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 13, feature. 

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north along east side of atrium.

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 10, ala.

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, room or corridor leading north from atrium to peristyle.

In the north-west corner can be seen a small window, which was closed by a plaque of terracotta pierced by six small arched openings.

They resembled the entrances into a dove-cote. Many of this type had been found at Pompeii.

See Breton, Ernest. 1870. Pompeia, Guide de visite a Pompei, 3rd ed. Paris, Guerin.

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, corridor leading from atrium to south-east corner of the peristyle.

VI.11.10 Pompeii. 1974.

Looking south from peristyle, towards corridor (room 9), with plaque of terracotta closing the window.

Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, east wall of room leading from atrium to peristyle. 

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, west wall of room leading from atrium to peristyle. 

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 16, peristyle. Looking north.

According to Della Corte, he hypothesised that a certain Eutychi could have been the faithful servant/procurator of the owner, who he named as Fuficius Januarius. He surmised that Eutychi had stayed too long before fleeing from the eruption.

A skeleton was found in the lapilli, high up above the peristyle of VI.11.9/10, with a group of precious objects together with a key and seal registered to him and with the letters – Eutychi

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.44)

According to G. Luongo et al, a skeleton found above the peristyle was a woman.

See Luongo, G. et al. (2003): Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 126, (p.195)

According to Pagano and Prisciandaro, found in March 1835 in the middle of the peristyle but high above the original soil level was a skeleton.

Nearby were two gold circles, perhaps armbands or bracelets, (MN 24992 and 24993); three gold rings and an iron key, together with a bronze seal with an inscription –

Euti

chi        [CIL X 8058,33]

These objects are now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory numbers 4755, 25830, 25831, 25832.

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p.150 PAH, II, 304-5.

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north along east portico of the peristyle.

VI.11.10 Pompeii. W.1536. Looking west across peristyle, from east portico.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.11.10 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Detail of columns from peristyle.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive.

Warsher collection no. 1043.

VI.11.10 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Room 16, looking south along east side of peristyle.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive.

Warsher collection no. 835.

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 16, looking east along north side of the peristyle.

According to Garcia y Garcia, the same bomb that fell on the house to the north of this house, also caused the partial disintegration of the roof of the stately rooms on the north side of this peristyle.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.82)

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking across peristyle garden from the north-west corner.

According to Jashemski, the large peristyle garden was enclosed by a portico on all sides.

The portico was supported by thirty stuccoed columns, on which numerous graffiti were written.

This peristyle was one of the largest in the city, so far found.

The portico was four metres wide.

The skeleton of a woman was found in the garden at a height of about 2.50m above the original soil level.

She had been fleeing with her jewels when she had been overcome by the falling of the lapilli.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.143)

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south along west portico, from north-west corner.

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2006. Wall of west portico, looking south. 

VI.11.10 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east towards rooms 7 and 8, from the south-west corner of the peristyle.

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