I.8.14
Pompeii. Casa di Epidius Primus.
Excavated 1938 to 1941.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, room in north-east corner.
The walls were painted in the Fourth style, in the middle zone with simple yellow and red panels with still-life paintings.
In the upper zone, painted white and divided into areas, were panels and paintings independent of the partitions of the area below.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, remains of painting of a bird, possibly from south end of upper west wall?.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, upper west wall and north-west corner, with detail of painted plaster.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, west wall with detail of painted panel of a lion.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, upper north wall at west end, with detail of painted plaster.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, north wall at west end, with detail of painted panel with a bird.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, upper north wall with detail of painted figure of a cupid.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, upper north wall with detail of painted plaster.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, north wall with detail of painted panel of a leopard or panther on red central panel.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, upper north wall and north-east corner, with detail of painted plaster.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, north wall with detail of painted panel of a bird on yellow panel at east end.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, looking towards east wall of room.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, upper east wall and south-east corner of room.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, east wall at south end, with remaining detail of painted panel.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, west wall with stone ledge feature in room.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, lower north-east corner.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, detail of items in north-east corner.
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, Sima or Grondaia with bear or lion’s head?
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, Sima or Grondaia with bear or lion’s head?
I.8.14 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 9, Sima or Grondaia with bear or lion’s head?
Finds
I.8.14 Pompeii. March 2024. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
No. 3 – Fragment of braided plant, (Esparto/halfah grass, 1st century AD.
(Frammento di intreccio vegetale, (Sparto, I sec. D.C).
No. 4 – Carbonised fragment of a sole made from rope for animal hooves (horseshoe), 1st century AD.
(Frammento carbonizzato di suola in corda per
zoccoli animali (ipposandalo), I sec. d.C.).
On display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled – “L’altra
Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”.
I.8.14 Pompeii. March 2024. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
No.2 on information
card – Oil lamp with an intellectual thinker (Ist century AD). (Lucerna plastica con intellettuale (I sec. d.C).
I.8.14 Pompeii. Bronze Sonda or medical probe (at rear). SAP 7383a.
Photographed at “A Day in Pompeii” exhibition at Melbourne Museum. September 2009.
I.8.14 Pompeii. Bronze ahenum or cauldron (in centre). SAP 7538.
Photographed at “A Day in Pompeii” exhibition at Melbourne Museum. September 2009.
I.8.14 Pompeii. Silver found in the vestibule, probably kept in a wooden box.
Patera, SAP inventory number 7481, and simpulum, SAP inventory number 7483.
See Guzzo, P. (A cura di), 2006. Argenti a Pompei. Milano, Electa. (p. 148).
I.8.14 Pompeii. Silver found in the vestibule, probably kept in a wooden box.
Jug - SAP inventory number 7478, a patera - SAP inventory number 7482 and jug - SAP inventory number 7477.
See Guzzo, P. (A cura di), 2006. Argenti a Pompei. Milano, Electa. (p. 148 and 150).
I.8.14 Pompeii. Silver found in the vestibule, probably kept in a wooden box.
Four cups each with double handle, SAP inventory numbers 7484-7487.
Mirror with club or cudgel handle SAP inventory number 7480.
Another round mirror with corrosion and perforation, SAP inventory number 7479.
See Guzzo, P. (A cura di), 2006. Argenti a Pompei. Milano, Electa. (p. 149-150).