I.14.2 Pompeii. Modest dwelling house with garden.
Excavated 1954.
(Originally, this Insula was numbered as Reg. II, Insula 14, and then in the 1950’s at the moment of excavation altered to Reg I, Insula 14).
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Room E
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Looking south across atrium to base of stairs
(left) to upper floor. Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
The group of rooms aligned in the southern part of the house was surmounted
by a floor. From the atrium, in fact, this level was reached thanks to a staircase
leaning against the eastern wall of room D (Fig. 159). From this staircase
remains only the start, constituted of two rough masonry steps (l .: 0,72 m). However, the traces that remain partially on
the travertine blocks composing the wall indicate that a wooden staircase
followed these two steps. In 1958, the excavators also reported the presence of
charred wood at the bottom of the staircase, a probable remnant of this
development (see Fig. 156).
Voir Chapitre
2 : L’atelier de fabrication de nattes de la
via di Nocera (I 14, 2) in Magali Cullin-Mingaud, 2010. La vannerie dans
l'Antiquité romaine: Collection du Centre Jean Bérard 35. Paris. Centre
Jean Berard, p. 129-171, fig.
159, fig. 156.
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I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room E, north wall with start of stairs
to upper floor, on right.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room E, east wall with line of stairs showing
in wall.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room E, south wall. Photo courtesy of
Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room E, south-west corner. Photo
courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room E, west wall with doorway to
atrium, on right.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room E, north wall with doorway to
atrium in north-west corner.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
Room F
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room F, east wall. Photo courtesy of
Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room F, south wall. Photo courtesy of
Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room F, west wall with traces of
painting and floor in corner.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
Room H
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room H, Looking towards north wall from
doorway in west wall, from room L.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room H, north wall. Photo courtesy of
Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room H,
east wall. Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room H, east wall. Fig. 168 — Tableau représentant le mythe
de Pyrame et Thisbé sur le mur ouest de l’œcus
(© CNRS-CCJ, Christine Durand).
Voir Chapitre
2 : L’atelier de fabrication de nattes de la
via di Nocera (I 14, 2) in Magali Cullin-Mingaud, 2010. La vannerie dans
l'Antiquité romaine: Collection du Centre Jean Bérard 35. Paris. Centre
Jean Berard, p. 129-171, fig.
168.
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I.14.2 Pompeii. Room H, east wall and mosaic floor. Fig. 161 Oecus
H, vue ouest / est (© CNRS-CCJ, Christine Durand).
Voir Chapitre
2 : L’atelier de fabrication de nattes de la via di Nocera (I 14,
2) in Magali Cullin-Mingaud, 2010. La vannerie dans
l'Antiquité romaine: Collection du Centre Jean Bérard 35. Paris. Centre
Jean Berard, p. 129-171, fig. 161.
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According to Nappo, the floor of the wide room 4.80m x 4.60m
consists of a very particular cocciopesto with decoration outlined in white
tiles: a wide fillet band with regular dots encloses a square carpet with an
edge consisting of meanders alternating with squares with centre point. The
field encloses a rosette of diamonds clearly divided in four parts, in
correspondence with the lanceolate tip of the palmettes placed in the corner at
the plumes.
Il pavimento
dell'ambiente ampio m 4,80 x 4,60 è costituito da un particolarissimo
cocciopesto con ornato delineato in tessere bianche: un'ampia fascia di
raccordo con punteggiato regolare racchiude un tappeto quadrato con bordo
costituito da meandri alternati a quadrati con punto centrale. Il campo
racchiude un rosone di rombi chiaramente suddiviso in 4/ 4 in corrispondenza
della punta lanceolata delle palmette sistemate negli angoli in corrispondenza
dei pennacchi.
See Nappo S. C., 2000.
Nuovi pavimenti in cocciopesto con decorazione geometrica da recenti scavi
nella Regio I di Pompei. AISCOM VII, 2000, p. 344-5, fig. 1.
I.14.2 Pompeii. Room H, mosaic
floor. Fig. 170 — Pavement mosaïqué de l’œcus
(© CNRS-CCJ, Christine Durand).
As shown by the overlap of the wall plaster on the floor, the mural
paintings of the oecus were put in place after the installation of the
pavement.
This one, in opus signinum inlaid with white tesserae, is in a very good
state of conservation.
The outer band is decorated with a regular seeding of white tesserae.
The central carpet (2,795m x 2,79 m) has a meander band of swastikas and squares.
The meander borders a square panel decorated with a "diamond
shield" developing around a white ring; in each corner is a palmette.
This type of pavement is common in Pompeii, where several examples have
been found. It is generally dated from the 2nd
century BC.
Voir Chapitre
2 : L’atelier de fabrication de nattes de la via di Nocera (I 14,
2) in Magali Cullin-Mingaud, 2010. La vannerie dans
l'Antiquité romaine: Collection du Centre Jean Bérard 35. Paris. Centre
Jean Berard, p. 129-171, fig. 170.
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I.14.2 Pompeii. Room H, detail of palmette in mosaic floor.
Fig. 248 —
Palmette du pavement du salon de la maison I 14, 2 (photographie Véronique Blanc-Bijon).
Voir Véronique
Blanc-Bijon : Les Sols in Magali Cullin-Mingaud, 2010. La
vannerie dans l'Antiquité romaine: Collection du Centre Jean Bérard 35.
Paris. Centre Jean Berard, pp. 233-8, fig. 248.
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I.14.2 Pompeii. Room H, detail of meander in mosaic floor.
Fig. 247 — Détail
du méandre du pavement du salon de la maison I 14, 2 (photographie Véronique
Blanc-Bijon).
Voir Véronique
Blanc-Bijon : Les Sols in Magali Cullin-Mingaud, 2010. La
vannerie dans l'Antiquité romaine: Collection du Centre Jean Bérard 35.
Paris. Centre Jean Berard, pp. 233-8, fig. 247.
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I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room H, south wall. The doorway on the
left is to room I, the doorway on the right leads to the atrium.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. Room H, south wall. Fig. 164 — Vestiges du tableau d’Apollon citharède
sur le mur sud de l’œcus (© CNRS-Christine Durand).
Voir Chapitre
2 : L’atelier de fabrication de nattes de la
via di Nocera (I 14, 2) in Magali Cullin-Mingaud, 2010. La vannerie dans
l'Antiquité romaine: Collection du Centre Jean Bérard 35. Paris. Centre
Jean Berard, p. 129-171, fig.
164.
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Rooms I, and J.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room I, cubiculum, looking south from
room J. Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
At the far-left end is a mound
of carbonized plants preserved in cubiculum I, south-east corner.
Voir Chapitre
2 : L’atelier de fabrication de nattes de la via di Nocera (I 14,
2) in Magali Cullin-Mingaud, 2010. La vannerie dans
l'Antiquité romaine: Collection du Centre Jean Bérard 35. Paris. Centre
Jean Berard, p. 129-171, fig. 196.
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I.14.2 Pompeii. Room I, remains of painting on west wall.
Fig. 173 — Restes
de peinture sur le mur ouest du cubiculum I (© CNRS-CCJ, Christine Durand).
There was also painting on the east wall (fig. 172)
Voir Chapitre
2 : L’atelier de fabrication de nattes de la
via di Nocera (I 14, 2) in Magali Cullin-Mingaud, 2010. La vannerie dans
l'Antiquité romaine: Collection du Centre Jean Bérard 35. Paris. Centre
Jean Berard, p. 129-171, fig.
172, 173.
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I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Rooms I and J, west wall. Photo
courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room J, kitchen, looking north from
room I. Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room J, latrine in north-east corner. Photo
courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
According to Hobson,
“This latrine takes a little understanding. Here an amphora has
been built into the space between the pedestals.
The tiled floor slopes towards a small opening at the base of the
amphora.
Was this done to reduce the contamination of the tiles and so that
less water would be required to cleanse them?”
See Hobson, B., 2009. Latrinae et foricae: Toilets in the Roman World. London; Duckworth. (p.53, fig.70).
I.14.2 Pompeii. Room J, latrine in north-east corner. Amphora
embedded in the bench with small opening at the base.
Fig. 179 — Détail
de la latrine : amphore encastrée dans la banquette (© CNRS-CCJ, Christine
Durand).
Voir Chapitre
2 : L’atelier de fabrication de nattes de la
via di Nocera (I 14, 2) in Magali Cullin-Mingaud, 2010. La vannerie dans
l'Antiquité romaine: Collection du Centre Jean Bérard 35. Paris. Centre
Jean Berard, p. 129-171, fig.
179.
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I.14.2 Pompeii. Room J. Carbonised grass stubble removed from
where it was stored in room J.
Fig. 201 —
Prélèvement de chaumes de Graminées stockées dans la pièce J. (photographie de Magali Cullin-Mingaud).
Voir Chapitre
2 : L’atelier de fabrication de nattes de la
via di Nocera (I 14, 2) in Magali Cullin-Mingaud, 2010. La vannerie dans
l'Antiquité romaine: Collection du Centre Jean Bérard 35. Paris. Centre
Jean Berard, p. 129-171, fig.
201.
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Corridor K and area L
Looking
east to doorways to corridor K, and room H, in area L, on east side of garden
area.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Area L, looking towards north side, and
doorway to corridor K, on right.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Corridor K, looking east from area L.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Area L, area on east side of Garden M, looking
towards south wall.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Area L, looking south through doorway
and across atrium towards room F.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Area L, west side, looking south. Photo
courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
According to Jashemski – “a gutter along the west side of the
house carried rain-water to a cistern under the stairs”
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.59)
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Area L, detail from south side. Photo
courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Area L, detail from south side. Photo
courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Area L, detail. Photo courtesy of
Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Concrete covered area L, looking
towards north wall. Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Area L, basin and cistern mouth. West
side, looking north. Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Area L, detail of basin at north end. Photo
courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Outside stairs on east side of garden
area, on south side of area L.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Outside stairs to upper floor, on east
side of garden area M.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
I.14.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Garden M, detail of area below stairs
to upper floor, on east side of garden area.
Photo courtesy of Guilhem Chapelin.
According to Jashemski, under the stairs was a cistern.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.59)
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